The Executive Steward at Fairmont San Francisco is responsible for maintaining the smooth operation of the Stewarding Department, ensuring labor efficiency, budgeted labor costs, safe working conditions, and highest standards of sanitation.
Requirements
- Approach all encounters with guests and employees in a friendly, service-oriented manner.
- Maintain regular attendance at department and operations meetings.
- Strive to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget.
- Manage the daily kitchen utility operations and staff.
- Monitors the inflow of ordered materials and the maintenance of current materials.
- Coordinates banquet plating and food running with Banquet Chef.
- Enforces proper breakdown procedures for banquets, restaurants, room service, and employee cafeteria.
- Manages scheduling and payroll administration for stewarding team.
- Participates in the management of department's controllable expenses to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
- Ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards, and procedures.
- Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.
- Conduct inventories of equipment, glassware, china, and silver on a regular basis.
- Supervises dish room shift operations.
- Interacts with vendors and Health Department representatives as required.
- Ensures employees maintain required food handling and sanitation certifications.
- Recruits, interviews, selects, hires, and promotes employees in the organization.
- Ensure a safe and productive operation.
- Assure compliance with Health Department standards.
- Assure compliance with the guidelines set by EHC.
- Supervise and maintain the sanitation of kitchen, store rooms, hallways, dock, and equipment.
- Work with Chef, Director of Event Services/Catering to anticipate equipment needs.
- Participates in employee progress discipline procedures.
- Solicits employee feedback, utilizes an 'open door' policy, and reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
- Must perform and train on all stewarding duties.
- Ensure MSDS Binder is updated and compliant.
- Conduct monthly safety trainings for staff.
- Order and control of inventory of all cleaning compounds.
- Participate and support the hotel’s ESG initiatives.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
