One Haus Hospitality

ASSISTANT BEVERAGE DIRECTOR

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Reports To: Beverage Director

Compensation: $90,000 – $110,000

Status: Full-Time, Salaried, Exempt

About the Company

A chef-founded, Texas-based multi-unit, multi-concept restaurant group with a portfolio spanning steakhouse, seafood, neighborhood American, pizza, burgers, and a Baja-inspired cantina. Each restaurant has its own distinct personality, built around immersive, design-driven spaces, scratch cooking, and genuine, fun hospitality. The group is now expanding into new markets and building the leadership bench to take its culture with it.

Position Summary

The Assistant Beverage Director is a hybrid, career-track leadership role for a hospitality professional with a strong foundation in wine, beverage, service, and restaurant operations. This role owns beverage execution across assigned restaurants while supporting multi-unit operations, service standards, team development, and business growth. It is part beverage lead, part floor operator, part educator, and part ambassador, with real financial accountability from day one and a clear path toward senior beverage leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Beverage Program & Menu Development

• Oversee day-to-day beverage operations across assigned restaurants, keeping each program consistent and on standard
• Maintain and evolve wine lists for quality, value, profitability, and fit with each restaurant’s identity
• Own consistency in pricing, specs, pours, glassware, by-the-glass integrity, and service sequence
• Contribute costed recommendations for seasonal menus, happy hour, wine dinners, and special programming

Financial Accountability & Inventory

• Own beverage COGS and gross margin, catching and correcting variance during the period
• Maintain accurate inventory, right-sized par levels, and a consistent counting cadence
• Reduce waste, shrink, and over-pour, and support purchasing, budgeting, and forecasting

Vendor Partnerships

• Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for wine, spirits, and beer vendors
• Coordinate tastings and supplier education that translate into staff knowledge and sales
• Evaluate new products and support allocations and strategic purchasing

Training & Team Development

• Lead beverage teams, including sommeliers, bartenders, and beverage staff
• Deliver beverage training on a consistent cadence, including pre-launch training before every menu change
• Identify high-potential team members and develop future beverage leaders

Service, Culture & Operations

• Serve as a visible floor leader and support General Managers with staffing, service recovery, and coverage
• Carry a regular closing rotation with accountability for closing procedures, cash handling, and beverage controls
• Reinforce an energetic, accountable culture while respecting each restaurant’s individual identity

Business Building & Growth

• Build guest relationships and grow private dining, events, and corporate business
• Represent the group in the local hospitality community and help establish the brand in new markets
• Support new restaurant openings, including opening orders, list builds, and staff training

Qualifications

• 4+ years in beverage and/or restaurant management, with meaningful beverage program responsibility in a full-service, hospitality-driven environment
• Strong wine foundation in list development, buying, and cellar management, with credible depth in spirits, cocktails, and beer
• Proven financial fluency with beverage COGS, inventory, variance, and purchasing
• Track record of training staff in beverage knowledge and salesmanship with visible results on the floor
• High-volume floor leadership and closing experience; comfortable working across multiple concepts
• Working knowledge of POS and inventory systems
• CMS, WSET, Cicerone, or equivalent certification a plus; alcohol-service certification required or obtained upon hire
• Availability for evenings, weekends, holidays, and local travel between properties

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.