Catering Sales Manager

Hotel Viata; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Cell phone reimbursement

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Hotel Viata in Austin seeks an experienced catering and event sales professional to drive revenue by selling public space, food and beverage, and function planning services.

You will build long-term client relationships, respond to RFPs, coordinate with hotel operations, and deliver memorable events.

Qualifications

• Two or more years of related catering/event sales experience in a hotel/resort or winery operation.
• Experience working with multi-cultural weddings or events desired.
• Knowledge of cost control measures (labor, food and beverage, materials) involved with events and meetings.
• Solid knowledge of hotel service standards, guest relations and etiquette.

Responsibilities

• Achieves or exceeds sales goals by effectively selling the public space, food and beverage, and function planning services of the property.
• Actively solicits new business opportunities through prospecting new customers and uses network channels to open doors to new clients.
• Attends industry events, trade shows, and sales meetings to develop business and deliver onsite presentations.
• Develops long-term relationships with clients by maintaining consistent communications and providing excellent service.
• Responds to RFPs, outlines available space, quotes prices, and coordinates function details with hotel managers.
• Maintains client data and prepares correspondence, internal booking reports, and client data.
• Participates in local activities to develop business and conducts familiarization trips.

Job description

Achieves or exceeds sales goals by effectively selling the public space, food and beverage, and function planning services of the property. Establishes new client relationships and maintains existing relationships to maximize revenue.

• Actively solicits new business opportunities through prospecting new customers (including groups, travel managers, travel agents and consumers). Uses network channels to open doors to new customers. Seeks methods to penetrate key business activities within the marketplace and finds profitable ways to bring this business to the hotel. Research information on market and trends and the clients supporting those markets locally.
• Actively participates in industry related organizations. Attends trade shows, community events and industry meetings to develop business. Participates in Sales blitzes. Makes onsite and field presentations to prospective clients. Participates in pre-event meetings, training and other sales-related meetings as required.
• Develops long-term relationships with clients or potential clients by maintaining consistent verbal and written communications and providing good customer service.
• Analyzes requirements of business opportunities. Researches and maintains knowledge of market trends, competition and customers. Responds to RFP’s. Outlines available hotel space, menus and facilities. Quotes prices. Meets with clients and hotel department managers to plan function details, space requirements, food service and decor. Prepares correspondence to customers, internal booking reports and client data.
• Maintains detailed information about clients/prospective clients and enters data into property's computer systems.
• Attends Business Review Meetings. Research new companies. Creates and implements direct mailing campaigns. Attends training. Makes presentations.
• Conducts familiarization trips. Participate in local community to develop business.

What You Will Bring

• Two or more years of related catering/event sales experience in a similar sized hotel/resort or winery operation.
• Experience working with multi-cultural weddings or events desired.
• Knowledge of cost control measures (i.e. labor, food and beverage and materials) involved with events and meetings desired.
• Solid knowledge of hotel service standards, guest relations and etiquette. Ability and experience in successfully selling and working in a high volume, time sensitive environment.

Great If you have

• Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality
• Ability to learn, follow and maintain effective sale processes designed to attain maximum revenue while ensuring adherence to established operating criteria.
• Strong knowledge of sales techniques with strong skills and ability to negotiate and close sales.
• Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• 401(k)
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

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