Andre Harris

Experience

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  Sandals Resorts International

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2018

  • Plan and direct the functions of administration and planning of the Food and Beverage Department to meet the daily needs of the operation.• Clearly describe, assign and delegate responsibility and authority for the operation of the various food and beverage sub-department, e.g., catering, restaurant, banquets, kitchen, stewarding, bars etc.• Develop, implement and monitor schedules for the operation of all restaurants and bars to achieve a profitable result.• Participate with the chef and restaurant managers in the creation of attractive and merchandising menus designed to attract a predetermined customer market.• Implement effective control of food, beverage and labor costs among all sub-departments.• Assist the area managers in establishing and achieving predetermined profit objectives and desire standards of quality food, service, cleanliness, merchandising and promotion.• Regularly review and evaluate the degree of customer acceptance of the individual restaurants and banquet service, to recommend to management new operating and marketing policies whenever declining or constant sales imply dissatisfaction by customers, a material change in the make-up or the customer market or a change in the competitive environment.• Develop (with the aid of sub department heads) operating tools necessary and incidental to modern management principles, e.g. budgeting, forecasting, purchasing specifications, recipes, portion specifications, menu abstracts, food production control, job descriptions etc.• Continuously evaluate the performance and encourage improvement of the personnel in the food and beverage department. Plan and administer a training and development program Show less

  • Director of Food & Beverage

    Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  • Director of Food and Beverage

    Jul 2014 - Apr 2018

  • Food & Beverage Manager

    Nov 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Assistant Food & Beverage Manager

    Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

  • Food & Beverage Trainee Manager

    Feb 2010 - Feb 2012
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  Sandals Resorts

  Nov 2013 - Jul 2014

  Food & Beverage Manager
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  AC Hotels

  Apr 2019 - now

  Hotel Food & Beverage Manager

  • Hotel Manager

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Hotel Food & Beverage Manager

    Apr 2019 - Nov 2022