MERKIN VINEYARDS HILLTOP WINERY & TRATTORIA 770 N Verde Heights Dr – Old Town Cottonwood https://merkintrattoria.com/ HIRING: Restaurant Host/Hostess Be part of the team at Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery located in Old Town Cottonwood. Our restaurant and tasting rooms are well-known and well-established and we look forward to adding talented, dedicated, and energized people to our existing team! Check us out at www.merkinvineyards.org. Merkin Vineyards Hilltop Winery & Trattoria features a full menu of freshly made breads, pastas, entrees, salads and wood-oven pizzas, along with finely crafted Arizona wines, select beers and cocktails. Also onsite is the greenhouse and bottle shop and retail space. The Host/Hostess is responsible for welcoming and engaging guests, and ensuring that they are seated. Their duties include maintaining a well-stocked and organized retail area, maintaining a waitlist of patrons during busy meal service, passing out menus, accepting phone calls, completing accurate money transactions and accuracy of the cash register. Experience: Two years or more of experience as hostess in the food and beverage industry is preferred. Compensation: $15.15-16.00 per hour Benefits: Medical, dental and vision insurance, employer paid life insurance, paid holidays (based on policy), paid vacation & sick leave, and paid parental leave. Days/Hours: Somewhat flexible. 20 – 40 hours per week available Additional Requirements (for some positions): • Yavapai County Food Worker Certificate. (www.yavapai.us/chs/) • Arizona Department of liquor basic training certificate. (www.azliquor.gov) Essential Duties & Responsibilities: • Experience hostessing or similar. • Greets customers as they walk into the restaurant, helps with reservations, and guides them to their table. • Adds guests to the Waitlist and gives them approximate wait time estimates. • Provides guests with menus and answers any initial questions they may have. • Optimizes seating at different tables to ensure an even workload for wait staff. • Answers phones and schedules reservations with large parties. • Cleans the store and ensure products are properly displayed before the store opens. Including, shelves, counters, and tables. • Organizes merchandise on shelves and restocks them when they become empty. • Recommends, selects, and helps locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires. • Advises customers concerning particular products or services and answers questions regarding the store and its merchandise. • Executes routine inventory counts and submits reports to the Store Manager. • Completes other store administrative tasks as directed by the Store Manager. • Upsells to customers through recommendations. • Maintains knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices. • Able to accurately handle payment transactions. • Able to stand and walk for long periods of time, bending, lifting of 25 pounds. • Performs other duties as assigned. Merkin Vineyards an EEO/AA/Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.