Lead Bartender ("Lider de Cantineros/as") - Vancouver, WA

Azul Hospitality is a reputable company operating within the hospitality industry, known for its commitment to high standards and exceptional guest experiences. Azul Hospitality prides itself on maintaining excellent service and operational excellence across its properties, including bars and food and beverage outlets. The company's focus is on delivering quality and consistency, supported by a team of dedicated professionals who uphold the company’s values and service excellence. As a hospitality organization, Azul Hospitality fosters a culture of teamwork, innovation, and customer satisfaction, ensuring guests enjoy memorable, high-quality service in a welcoming environment. This position is for a Lead Bartender, a critical role within the food and beverage team at Azul Hospitality. The Lead Bartender provides friendly, courteous, and efficient food and beverage service to guests, emphasizing quality presentation and craftsmanship. This role not only involves bartending duties such as preparing high-quality cocktails, taking beverage and food orders, and maintaining the bar but also supervises the beverage staff during shifts. The Lead Bartender plays an essential leadership role by supporting the Director of Food & Beverage, Executive Chef, and Food & Beverage Manager with various leadership responsibilities and operational tasks. The Lead Bartender is responsible for maintaining high standards in cocktail preparation, utilizing proper techniques to craft cocktails at high volume while ensuring consistency and quality. They are also instrumental in directing the craft spirits, wine, and beer programs and play a part in creating the craft cocktail menu with a focus on classical mixology methods. Alongside their supervisory duties, they contribute to cost management by keeping accurate par levels, preventing spillage, enforcing theft-prevention measures, and designing high-margin beverage programs. This role demands excellent customer service skills, with a commitment to guest satisfaction and maintaining strict service standards. The Lead Bartender trains the bartending team to uphold these standards, enhancing product knowledge and technique. They ensure the bar is fully stocked with necessary materials, including garnishes, infusions, syrups, and bitters, all used properly and consistently. They also prepare house-made spirit infusions and collaborate with the Director of Food & Beverage to build vendor relationships and ensure the bar carries top-quality products. Operational responsibilities include handling cash and credit transactions accurately, maintaining cleanliness and safety standards behind the bar, performing inventory control, and securing all alcoholic products to prevent theft or loss. The Lead Bartender ensures all bar equipment and appliances function correctly and oversees enforcement of alcohol service laws, including verifying customers' identification and refusing service to minors or intoxicated persons. Physical demands of this position involve working in a range of temperatures, standing or moving extensively during shifts, lifting and pushing heavy equipment, and maintaining visual and auditory awareness to provide safe and efficient service. Strong communication skills, leadership ability, attention to detail, and computer literacy are essential for success in this role. Educational requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, with at least three years of high-volume bar or food service experience. Supervisory experience is preferred, along with certifications such as Safe Server Alcohol and Food Handlers certification. Azul Hospitality expects all employees to maintain a neat and professional appearance consistent with company grooming standards and to adhere to attendance and conduct policies that promote a safe and productive workplace. Overall, the Lead Bartender at Azul Hospitality is a pivotal role that blends expert beverage service with leadership, operational management, and customer relations, contributing directly to the success and reputation of the food and beverage program.

• Must be at least 21 years of age to serve alcohol
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum three years of high volume bar or food service experience
• Supervisory or lead bartender experience preferred
• Safe Server Alcohol and Food Handlers certification required
• Ability to stand and move for up to four hours continuously
• Ability to lift up to 45 lbs
• Ability to push and pull carts and equipment up to 250 lbs
• Good communication skills
• Knowledge of alcohol service laws and responsible beverage service
• Compliance with grooming standards as per Azul Hospitality policies
• Regular attendance as per company standards
• Ability to work varying schedules to meet business needs