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Head Bartender | Fulltime | Moana Bar I nhow Amsterdam RAI
Are you the Head Bartender with a passion for food, drinks, and hospitality, and who enjoys the vibrant atmospheres of nhow Amsterdam RAI, 'the cultures hub'?
social hub. design hotel. the place to be.
nhow Amsterdam RAI is a social and multicultural hub for globetrotters, business travelers, and Amsterdam locals. The iconic building, facing the various wind directions, symbolizes the melting pot the city of Amsterdam has always been and continues to be. The impressive 91-metre-tall building is located in the Zuidas district, right next to the RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre, offering its guests a dynamic headquarters and home base.
For this iconic social hub, we are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and innovative Head Bartender. You will be responsible for creating nhow experiences for every guest and your crew. Our moana bar is located on the 1st floor and it is open between 11 - 00/01 (weekend). Your key responsibilities will be updating the bar menus, cocktail list, creating a team around you, training your crew, organizing small social events, and much more. This is a great opportunity for a junior bar manager/ senior bartender to step up and put own imprint on a place. Read further on the key challenges.
What's in it for you? In comparison to a small cocktail bar and independent restaurants/bar, working in a hotel bar has number of advantages:
- Free online & offline training organized by our own University;
- End of year bonus (up to 100% of monthly gross salary) & refer-a-friend bonus (500 EUR);
- Employee rates differing from 36 euros in all our hotels worldwide, 30% discount in the F&B outlets, and Friends & Family discount up to 25%. Various discounts in (web)shops;
- Travel allowance of €0.23 per km, up to 30 km distance from work each way;
- Welcome @ Work; dine, spend the night, and have breakfast in your own hotel for 2;
- Team building events, trips and holiday parties;
- The opportunity to grow within our company worldwide;
- Salary based on your experiences, as per Horeca CLA scale 6, ranging between €2.493 - €3.100.
What's in it for us?
- You have a passion for drinks and people. Being there for your team and for your guests comes naturally;
- Since this is a leadership role, experience leading people is highly preferred. If you are missing this, you will need to demonstrate to us that you can do this;
- You are an experienced bartender with a passion for the world of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and cocktails;
- You are a hard worker who has an eye for details, and you see a challenge in every situation;
- You like to lead a team, and you have an ambition to grow into a bar manager role;
- You can speak, read, write in good English;
- You are humble, open-minded and positive.
The challenge
Our moana bar is currently running on limited hours (during winter) during the week and is open as usual on Friday and Saturday. The key challenge (and the opportunity) for the new head bartender will be to take control of the place, to build a team from almost the scratch, and to set basic procedures and standards in place. The key mind-set of the new colleague needs to be to roll-up your sleeves and work alongside your team to get the basics right, before updating menus and developing a cocktail lists. Moana bar is not a cocktail bar. Being the main bar of the hotel, coffee during the day, beer, wine, g&ts and classic cocktails are the biggest sellers. Are you up for it?
A day in the life of the Head Bartender
16:00 With a cup of coffee you prepare your shift and prepare the handover with your team. You do the handover together with the Food and Beverage Supervisor.
16:30 You check whether the preparatory work is going as instructed in all the outlets and assist where necessary.
17:30 After dinner with your colleagues, ensure the bar is ready for the evening rush and discuss any specifics with the kitchen/other outlets, if needed.
18:15 You work on your laptop in the office on schedules and payroll for last months. With the time left, you start working out teams' input on the autumn/winter menu.
19:30 During the peak hours in the bar, you keep your cool and ensure all guests have an unforgettable experience. You help the team achieve the same goal.
20:15 For one of the regular guests you shake her favorite cocktail, with your own twist of course.
23:45 Most of the guests left the bar and together with your team you discuss the planning for all the closing tasks and assist where necessary.
00:30 Bar is now closed. You complete the handover and head out with your colleagues for a well-deserved drink in one of the bars nearby.
Are you the one we are looking for? Apply now!
NH Hotel Group, by Minor Hotels is committed to an inclusive working environment in which everyone is valued and encouraged equally, therefor we warmly welcome people from all horizons & personal abilities.