Julian

Bar Manager

Lead daily bar operations and beverage program execution while supporting broader restaurant operations across FOH, staffing, service standards, and guest experience.. Manage hiring, interviewing, onboarding, scheduling, training, performance management, and corrective action processes for bar and FOH employees.. Supervise a multidisciplinary FOH team across bartenders, servers, barbacks, bussers, hosts, and support positions during high-volume operations.. Develop and implement SOPs, opening and closing procedures, checklists, training materials, and accountability systems to improve consistency and operational execution.. Manage beverage inventory, purchasing, ordering, PAR levels, vendor relationships, recipe costing, pricing, and beverage cost controls.. Lead beverage program development, including cocktail creation, menu development, recipe standardization, batching systems, prep procedures, and staff beverage education.. Utilize Toast POS, Backbar, Power BI, and Microsoft Excel to analyze sales, inventory usage, costs, variances, and operational performance.. Coordinate with ownership, management, culinary, and marketing teams on events, promotions, entertainment programming, and operational initiatives.. Serve as a key management decision-maker during service, overseeing guest recovery, employee issues, service flow, and operational problem-solving.