Stadium and Events Manager

Wshgroup; Cork; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BaxterStorey in Ireland invites an experienced Operations Manager for catering and hospitality events to lead day-to-day stadium catering operations, ensuring standards and seamless guest experiences.

You will coordinate with kitchen, sales, and client teams, plan short- and long-term operations, manage budgets, and deliver compliant, high-quality service across locations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in event and general management (ideally in a catering and hospitality environment although other industries will be considered)
• Thorough understanding of the event and operations management process - conception to completion
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, commercial environment while maintaining professional and commercial standards
• Meticulous organisational abilities; high attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience in setting and controlling financial budgets/targets while delivering high compliance with procedural requirements
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
• Creative, positive energy, self-directed, amiable, and composed under pressure; helpful and humble

Responsibilities

• To ensure day to day stadium catering operations and hospitality events are set up as required and in line with business standards
• Establish and manage daily and weekly event & operations planning meetings to ensure timely and effective communication across the team
• To liaise with the kitchen, event sales, operations and client teams to deliver successful location operations.
• Conducts short- and long-term planning and management for the catering service and hospitality events delivery.
• Contributes to budget planning and objectives and manages within those approved plans. Provides accurate and timely weekly and month end financial reporting withing business guidelines.
• Delivers on all food, health and safety requirements in line with business and operational standards, maintaining best practice and auditable excellence for the service and location

Skills

Event management

Budget planning

Financial reporting

Verbal and written communication

Organisational skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Job description

Responsibilities

• To ensure day to day stadium catering operations and hospitality events are set up as required and in line with business standards
• Establish and manage daily and weekly event & operations planning meetings to ensure timely and effective communication across the team
• To liaise with the kitchen, event sales, operations and client teams to deliver successful location operations.
• Conducts short- and long-term planning and management for the catering service and hospitality events delivery.
• Contributes to budget planning and objectives and manages within those approved plans. Provides accurate and timely weekly and month end financial reporting withing business guidelines.
• Delivers on all food, health and safety requirements in line with business and operational standards, maintaining best practice and auditable excellence for the service and location

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in event and general management (ideally in a catering and hospitality environment although other industries will be considered)
• Thorough understanding of the event and operations management process - conception to completion
• Ability to prioritise multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, commercial environment while maintaining professional and commercial standards
• Meticulous organisational abilities; high attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience in setting and controlling financial budgets/targets while delivering high compliance with procedural requirements
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
• Creative, positive energy, self-directed, amiable, and composed under pressure; helpful and humble

For almost 20 years, for every client, in every location (whether that's an office, stadium, cathedral or university), we have created beautiful spaces, exciting menus and friendly teams, so that each and every customer can have the hospitality experience they deserve.

We need the brightest and the best to join us to make this all possible. We will support you to create your hospitality legacy and build a career that you are proud of.

Our drive and belief in our people, means that we always strive to supercharge our team's careers. 'Better' is a daily habit that sits deep within our DNA, meaning learning will be front and centre of your experience working with us.

Join us, and be part of the food revolution!

BaxterStorey Values

• ALWAYS VISIONARY We strive for better, we never settle, never compromise, never follow. We lead the way, blazing our own trail.
• WHOLEHEARTEDLY POSITIVE We are up-beat, motivating and inspiring. Our love for what we do radiates through our food, and is amplified by our people.
• CREATIVELY COLLABORATIVE We embrace our differences to push creativity and we work together to be better.
• FOREVER CONSCIOUS We work together as a team to lead by example, protecting the planet and supporting local communities.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

We celebrate individuality and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities, gender identities, sexual orientations, races, religions, and socio-economic backgrounds.

BaxterStorey is committed to encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) among our workforce and aim for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To support our commitment to this we have set ourselves an ambition to 'set the standard and to be recognised for having the most inclusive culture in hospitality'.

Join us and bring your unique perspective to our team.