Event Sales Manager

Role Overview

The Event Sales Manager will be responsible for executing all aspects of event planning, including meetings, reunions, social functions, and catering. The role requires a strong focus on revenue production, customer service, and problem-solving skills.

What You Will Do

The Event Sales Manager will have the opportunity to target, capture, and coordinate catering sales, develop new catering accounts, and plan/coordinate all components of group business in a profitable and win-win selling approach.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have a passion for hospitality, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The role requires a strong focus on revenue production, customer service, and problem-solving skills.

Requirements

• Knowledge of general sales techniques & processes
• Knowledge CY/TY is a plus
• Highly developed customer service & problem-solving skills
• Strong follow-up and guest satisfactions skills
• Understand and follow verbal/written instructions
• Work on more than one task at a time
• Develop & maintain strong internal and external customer relationships
• Set and manage priorities and plan activities in advance
• Solve problems and make sound business decisions
• Requires ability to hear, speak, read and write English fluently
• Requires effective verbal communication and business writing skills
• Must have dexterity/mobility to meet clients on and off premises, to tour property and attend functions, to climb stairs, use door keys and operate basic office equipment
• Vision to read fine print and computer screens, to see colors, to observe rooms in poorly lit conditions
• Must be detailed oriented

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Pet discount program
• Flexible spending accounts
• Matched 401K
• Life
• Critical accidental or illness
• Short- & long-term disability
• Paid time off
• Hotel discounts