Avery Poliak

About Avery Poliak

As a hospitality executive with over a decade of experience, I specialize in transforming…

Experience

1. Corporate Food & Beverage Director, Transitions & Taskforce

   Aimbridge Hospitality

   Mar 2021 — Present

   Successfully led food and beverage openings and transitions for 17 managed hotel properties. Act as corporate liaison to project hotel ownership on all food and beverage matters. Developed and implemented corporate-based SOPs and training programming. Identified and developed vendor partners in purchasing, IT and staffing. Collaborate with branded corporate F&B leadership. Conducts f&b assessments and utilize root cause analysis implement corrective actions. Provide guidance to the portfolios F&B directors and executive chefs to ensure service standard compliance, guest satisfaction, team member training, risk management and loss control. Oversee the physical aspects of new build development in outlets, bars, kitchen, dining areas to ensure alignment with corporate and branded standards. Direct assigned corporate food and beverage task force allocating resources to key property initiatives.

Skills

• P&L
• Revenue Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Cooking
• Hospitality
• 5 Diamond Hotel Standards
• Food Safety
• Restaurants
• Budgets
• Casino Management
• Bartending
• Casino
• Catering
• Resorts
• Wine
• Training
• Infogenesis
• Cost Control
• Forecasting
• Food
• Menu Costing
• Micros
• Operations Management
• Banquets
• Vip
• Cuisine
• Menu Engineering
• Culinary Skills
• Beverage Development
• Guest Recovery
• Banquet Operations
• New Restaurant Openings
• Restaurant Management
• Hospitality Management
• Fine Dining
• Pre-Opening
• Strategic Planning
• Opening Hotels
• Menu Development
• Event Planning