Events Sales Manager

Divino Group Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

DiVino Group is seeking an experienced Events Sales Manager to coordinate media and corporate events, drive new business opportunities, and manage all aspects of event delivery in Hong Kong from proposal to post-event evaluation.

You will balance budgets, negotiate with clients, and collaborate with marketing and restaurant operations to ensure events are delivered on target and within budget, while delivering exceptional guest experiences across our Italian restaurants.

Qualifications

• Degree in Hospitality Management or relevant discipline.
• Minimum 2 years' catering experience.
• Experience in events coordination and business development.
• Experience in performance based event marketing.
• Able to manage/balance events budgets and deliver results.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills.
• Good proficiency in written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate media and corporate events to maximize the Company's public exposure.
• Research, identify, pitch and develop new business opportunities for events (private and corporate).
• Negotiate financial arrangements with clients.
• Develop and execute detailed event proposals including timelines, vendors, and staffing.
• Work with marketing and restaurant operations to deliver events on target and within budget.
• Post-event evaluations and detailed reporting to stakeholders.
• Identify business opportunities and enhance sales on events and catering.
• Respond to catering/events inquiries and conduct site inspections with clients.

Skills

Degree in Hospitality Management

Catering experience

Events coordination

Business development

English & Chinese proficiency

Education

Degree in Hospitality Management

Job description

The Events Sales Manager coordinates media and corporate events to maximize the Company's public exposure, researches and develops new business opportunities, and manages all aspects of event delivery from proposal through post-event evaluation.

Key responsibilities

Coordinate media and corporate events to maximize the Company's public exposure

Research, identify, pitch and develop new business opportunities for events (private and corporate)

Negotiate financial arrangements with clients

Strategize and execute detailed events proposals including timelines, development and planning, coordinating vendors, securing exhibition space bookings, arranging material design, production and staffing

Work with the marketing and restaurant operation teams to ensure that events are delivered on target and within budget

Post-event evaluations (collect and analyze surveys/feedback to submit detailed and event-specific reports to event stakeholders)

Identify business opportunities and enhance sales on events and catering

Response to catering / events enquiries and conduct site inspection with clients in a professional manner

Coordinate with external and internal parties to ensure the execution of events

About you

Degree in Hospitality Management or relevant discipline

Minimum 2 years' catering experience

Experience in events coordination and business development

Experience in performance based event marketing

Able to manage/balance events budgets and deliver results

Excellent interpersonal, communication and networking skills

Good proficiency in written and spoken English and Chinese (Both Mandarin and Cantonese)

Work outside normal office hours occasionally

DiVino Group owns and operates three popular Italian restaurants in Wan Chai, Central and Tsim Sha Tsui. All restaurants serve up the finest and most authentic Italian cuisine. Now, we are seeking a high caliber candidate to fill the following post to cope with our expansion. We would like to invite highly motivated service professionals with excellent guest service skills to join our dynamic team for the following positions: