Banquet Manager-TEMPORARY

Alila Hotels; Encinitas (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas seeks a Banquet Manager/Event Services Manager for a 60-90 day assignment. You will monitor daily banquet operations, guide the banquet team, and coordinate with catering, convention services, and other hotel departments to ensure smooth events.

The role is full-time and on-site, with responsibilities including staffing, decor development, and adherence to Hyatt standards. Salary ranges from $80,000 to $92,000 based on experience.

Qualifications

• Leadership and motivational skills for a luxury guest experience.
• Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Proven customer service excellence in high-end events.
• Creative problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational and analytical capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise the banquet team and events staff.
• Collaborate with Director of Restaurants, Bars and Events and other departments.
• Review Banquet Event Orders to ensure proper setup and standards.
• Plan staffing, equipment needs and budget for functions.
• Coordinate with Culinary, Stewarding, Catering/CS, CS Floor and Beverage.
• Maintain a high-energy, professional appearance and guest focus.
• Develop innovative decor concepts for banquet spaces and events.
• Support floor coverage in F&B outlets during slower periods.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Customer service

Creativity

Organization

Analytical skills

Job description

Organization- Alila Marea

Welcome to Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas, a defining and iconic beachfront resort located in North County, San Diego, just 28 miles north of San Diego International Airport. Both historic and breathtaking, Encinitas is a unique setting among a group of beach enclaves that dot California’s Coast Highway 101. The vibe here is refreshingly unpretentious, artsy and chill, and a place where the local residents take a balanced, holistic approach to the good life. Whether riding the consistent ocean waves, biking along the dramatic coastline, swimming and bodysurfing, practicing yoga or just relaxing, reflecting and toasting with a glass of wine, it’s an enviable lifestyle that echoes the essence of our distinctive relaxed luxury experience. To the discerning traveler, we are the quintessential Southern California beachfront destination that delivers authentic and one-of-a-kind personalized experiences in a world-class, barefoot luxury setting. We are local, sophisticated and unscripted, with the intent of anticipating guest needs both spoken and unspoken. True to Alila’s pillars of conscious travel, VAGA Restaurant & Bar offers a menu of modern creations that celebrates the finest local and sustainably sourced ingredients, including the incredible bounty of the ocean that hugs our shores. Our award-winning Executive Chef, Claudette Zepeda, is a San Diego native who gives expression to the region’s unique cultures and landscapes in an exciting confluence of flavors that sing in harmony. We are looking for colleagues who can quickly perpetuate a culture that embraces great design and superlative service. Our highly-anticipated soon-to-be-open hotel seeks unique individuals who have a passion for exceptional hotel service that is both intuitive and personal, and who best express that belief in an atmosphere of spontaneity and authenticity. At Alila Hotels, a Hyatt Hotels brand, we believe our guests select our luxury resort because of our caring and attentive colleagues who are focused on providing efficient service and meaningful, surprisingly different experiences.

We are seeking a candidate interested in a 60-90 day assignment as a Banquet Manager/Event Services Manager. This position will effectively and proactively monitor the daily functions of the Banquets/Events Department. This is including providing support and guidance to the banquet team, the catering and convention services team, the convention services floor department and banquet beverage. This also includes working and communicating closely with all hotel departments and to ensure a successful and effective event resulting in a positive guest experience.

Banquet Manager/Event Services Manager Responsibilities

• Supports and Manages the Events Department while working closely with the Director of Restaurants, Bars and Events and other hotel departments. Leadership responsibilities may also include convention services set up and banquet beverage.
• Supervise, Empower, Lead, Coach and Motivate the Banquet team including captains, food servers, and lead house attendants towards achieving exceptional guest service results and complete associate engagement
• Ability to assist the hotel in reaching top box service scores on our Meeting Planner surveys. Ensure thorough communication and understanding with guests and other departments by reviewing Banquet Event Orders. Responsible for the appropriate and timely set up of all functions and meetings while maintaining standards of food, beverage and meeting specifications
• Responsible for proactively reviewing staffing and equipment needs
• Responsible for ensuring coordination and execution of all events with Culinary, Stewarding, Catering/CS, CS Floor and Beverage
• Responsible for maintaining a high energy, positive, professional appearance
• Responsible for developing innovative and creative décor for Banquet function space
• Responsible for short and long term banquet functions in the front and back of the house
• Creates an environment establishing highest standards of quality service and ensures implementation through effective hiring, training development, promotion and continuous reinforcement.
• Administrative tasks may include the facilitation of payroll, reports, forecasts, point of sale procedures, inventory and budget for food and beverage functions
• Performing daily walk-throughs in banquet department and all function space and storerooms to ensure full compliance with Department of Health regulations and Hyatt Corporate standards
• Responsible for providing support and floor coverage in all F&B outlets as needed, during slower banquet/event periods.
• Ability to develop ideas for special events and holiday functions

Banquet Manager/Event Services Manager is an integral part of the hotel's overall Food and Beverage team. Your colleagues will work along with the Executive Chef, Banquet Chef, Director of Outlets, and other members of the food & beverage management team to ensure a successful department.

The expected salary for this role is between $80,000 and $92,000 based on level of experience. This role is a temporary position with an expected completion date of 10/31/2026.

Qualifications

• Full time management position that requires full flexibility, including the ability to work weekends and holidays and a varied schedule
• At least three years of previous experience as a Banquet Manager/Event Services Manager, preferably in a luxury hotel environment.
• Highly professional with a refined sense of luxury service and a thorough understanding of all levels of banquet service
• A true desire to understand and anticipate the needs of others in a fast paced environment
• Refined verbal and written communication skills
• Must be proficient in general computer knowledge
• Candidates should be extremely creative, innovative, detail oriented and organized
• Must possess the following strengths: high energy, entrepreneurial spirit, motivational leader, effective communicator, strong developer and trainer and effective in providing exceptional luxury customer service
• A true desire to satisfy the needs of others in a fast paced environment
• Strong analytical, organizational and interpersonal skills

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.