Catering & Conferences Sales Manager
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About the Role
The Ritz-Carlton is seeking a Catering Sales Manager to contract and close local catering and social business, achieve revenue goals, and drive customer loyalty. Requires 2 years of sales and marketing experience or a related degree.
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Responsibilities
- Manage sales efforts for the hotel including local corporate and social catering
- Respond to incoming catering opportunities for the hotel
- Identify, qualify and solicit new catering business to achieve personal and hotel revenue goals
- Close the best opportunities for the hotel based on market conditions and hotel needs
- Design, develop and sell creative catered events
- Maximize revenue by up selling packages and creative food and beverage
- Manage catering sales revenue and operation budgets, and provide forecasting reports
- Develop menus which drive sales
- Execute and support the operational aspects of business booked
- Monitor effective resolution of guest issues arising from the sales process
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED; 2 years experience in sales and marketing, guest services, front desk, or related professional area
- OR 2 year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; no work experience required
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Job Summary
- The Catering Sales Manager is responsible for contracting and closing local catering and social business and ensuring that business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for quality service delivery.
- The position is responsible for achieving catering revenue goals by actively up selling each business opportunity to maximize revenue.
Candidate Profile Education And Experience
- High school diploma or GED; 2 years experience in the sales and marketing, guest services, front desk, or related professional.
- OR 2 year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; no work experience required.
Core Work Activities Managing Sales Activities
- Manages sales efforts for the hotel including local corporate and social catering.
- Works collaboratively with off property sales channels to ensure sales efforts are coordinated.
- Responds to incoming catering opportunities for the hotel.
- Identifies, qualifies and solicits new catering business to achieve personal and hotel revenue goals.
- Understands the overall market competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc.
- Closes the best opportunities for the hotel based on market conditions and hotel needs.
- Uses negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to close on business and negotiate contracts.
- Designs, develops and sells creative catered events.
- Maximizes revenue by up selling packages and creative food and beverage.
- Manages catering sales revenue and operation budgets, and provides forecasting reports.
- Develops menus which drive sales.
- Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked.
Providing Exceptional Customer Service
- Interacts effectively with sales, kitchen, vendors, competitors, local community, catering associations and other hotel departments.
- Executes and supports the company’s Customer Service Standards and hotel’s Brand Standards.
- Executes exemplary customer service to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Serves the customer by understanding their needs and recommending the appropriate features and services.
- Gains understanding of the hotel’s primary target customer and service expectations.
- Develops a close working relationship with operations to ensure execution of strategies at the hotel level.
Additional Responsibilities
- Performs other duties, as assigned, to meet business needs.
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