Are you passionate about hospitality and do you have an entrepreneurial mindset? Do you want to take the lead in our restaurant by motivating and coordinating a team? Then this job opening could be for you!

Within Take In, a great customer experience is key. As a Maître d'hôtel you are ultimately responsible for the restaurant team and you work closely with the F&B manager. Take In is your pride and joy and you radiate this to the entire team. You take charge of the dining room and are also on standby behind the scenes to ensure the most memorable experience before, during, and after service. You will ensure that everything runs smoothly operationally and you will be the central point of contact for the entire team. You will take direct charge and indirectly lead the Crew Members, Students, Extras & Flexis.
"Take In" is the beating F&B heart of the IBIS Budget Hotel Dampoort. Our mission is to create a hip hub where everyone can indulge in exciting, relevant, quality, and budget-friendly offerings at any hour of the day. Breakfast, Lunch, Tea Room, Barr Bites, Dinner, Events, Seminars, …

The job!
You are the hostess or host of our organization and you help us to ensure the smooth daily operation of our restaurant, meeting rooms, ...,. You create a friendly atmosphere where your guests and colleagues feel welcome and in good hands.
Your duties include:

• Coming to eat at Take In equals a memorable experience! A great customer experience is therefore your daily mission for you. You convey your energy and customer focus to your entire team.
• Every day you learn and strive to improve. The Hospitality House environment is constantly evolving, so your daily goal is to do a little bit better than the day before!
• You welcome guests as well with a smile and guide them through the process.
• You are a true role model and a born leader who makes friends on both sides of the table. You train, inspire and motivate your team and create a true community. Striving for the balance between perfect service, optimising productivity & creating a positive and enthusiastic vibe in your team is in your blood!
• Safety and hygiene are our priority! You respect legislation and enforce internal procedures in this regard!
• Oversee the daily operational management of the restaurant.
• You build up knowledge of the dishes and drinks we offer
• You ensure the quality and punctuality of food and beverages served.
• Giving directions and instructions, as directed by the manager.
• Working in the restaurant yourself, including passing on orders.

• You are a born host & team player!
• You have previous hospitality experience in a managerial position
• You are enthusiastic, dynamic & maintain a positive attitude
• You have strong people skills, are sociable & have good communication skills
• Stress gives you butterflies and is anything but a problem for you, thanks to your organised & structured mindset you can steer everything in the right direction
• You doesn’t mind to work on weekends or holidays

As an employer, we are convinced that people make the difference. So do you!

• You will join a young and enthusiastic team. You have a very varied and exciting function. No two days are the same and you have the opportunity to carry a lot of responsibility and grow with the company.
• You will work a varied schedule with early, late and day shifts including weekend work. We offer you a permanent full-time job (38 hours per week) with indefinite contract.
• You will be paid according to the bar scales of the catering industry with many benefits:
  7 euro meal vouchers per day worked
  Compensation for commuting
  Collective bonus
  Extra legal benefits from >6 months of service:
  - Hospitalization insurance
  - Possibility to lease a company bicycle
• Discount at all ACCOR hotels worldwide
  Extensive training offer
  Fun teambuildings
  Growth opportunities
  Start: ASAP
• A chance to grow with us: "Take In" is the beating Food & Beverage heart of the biggest hotel in Ghent: ibis budget & Adagio Acces Ghent Centre Dampoort with 281 rooms.
  You will enter the Hospitality House environment since Take In is part of the Hospitality House Group, an ambitious and fast growing company in the hospitality industry.