Wine Director - Eastern Standard Kitchen and Drinks

Core Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage the wine programs at Eastern Standard and Standard Italian
• Seek out the interesting, rare, relevant and exciting in the world of wine and bring your vision to life for guests and staff
• Implement and maintain strong staff wine education initiatives
• Manage all wine tech sheets and wine education materials
• Impact guest experience as an effective and dynamic restaurant manager during service, advocating for service excellence
• Identify opportunities to coach staff during floor shifts
• Build relationships with wine regulars
• Nurture strong supplier relationships through wine tastings with local and regional wine sales representatives
• Attend off-site beverage events and tastings
• Generate weekly beverage orders for wine
• Manage monthly wine inventory, reaching for set cost of goods and total inventory value
• Contribute to the growth of beverage culture across the collection of restaurants and liaise with respective beverage personalities across our sibling restaurants
• Support all private event and special event beverage needs

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years experience in hospitality with a focus in wine and beverage management, ideally in a multi-concept setting
• Superior wine knowledge and the ability to develop and implement multiple wine programs across multiple restaurant concepts
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to create and implement wine education programs with a focus on product knowledge and sales technique across all staff
• Experienced in performing monthly wine and beverage inventory
• Able to multitask, adapt as needed, and work well under pressure

Who You Are

• Self-motivated and confident, with the ability to work well with diverse teams across multiple concepts
• Excited to be joining a vibrant, growing community of 3 closely-associated restaurants each with a unique wine program
• Just as comfortable with your nose in a wine book as you are tableside with guests
• A team player, ready and eager to pitch in as needed to ensure not only the success of the wine programs but of the restaurants as a whole

Compensation and Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary (based on experience)
• Health/dental/vision insurance
• Paid time off plan
• Dining discounts
• 401k
• Continuous development and learning opportunities