Catering Sales Manager

Lm Services Corporation Group; Bridgeton (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Crowne Plaza St Louis Airport in Bridgeton, MO seeks a Catering Sales Manager to lead lead generation and coordinate catering sales for weddings, social events, and meetings across multiple properties. The role focuses on developing existing business and soliciting new catering opportunities with a strong emphasis on service quality.

The candidate will manage proposals, contracts, and event orders, ensuring seamless execution and post-event follow-up while maintaining the highest standards of

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Teamwork oriented and collaborative.
• Maintains a good energy level and enthusiasm.
• Thorough and organized approach to work.
• Professional demeanor in all interactions.
• Punctuality and reliability in meeting deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Qualify client needs and conduct site inspections for events.
• Generate proposals, prepare contracts, and create banquet event orders.
• Serve as a liaison between client and hotel for booked events.
• Coordinate catering for weddings, social events and meetings.
• Identify and solicit new catering business through lead generation and marketing.
• Ensure high level of customer service throughout the event lifecycle.
• Manage on-site event execution and post-event follow-up.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Energy

Organization

Professionalism

Punctuality

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Crowne Plaza St Louis Airport - Bridgeton, MO 63044A catering sales manager targets and coordinates catering sales efforts. The job involves initiation and development of quality leads to ensure growth of catering sales for multiple properties. The primary responsibility of a catering sales manager is to develop existing business and solicit new catering business through catering lead generation and catering sales marketing. The sales manager solicits new catering customers through traditional and non-traditional sales techniques. Other important duties include booking, selling, planning and coordinating weddings, social events and meetings, while assuring the highest level of customer service. Generating revenue, establishing new accounts, monitoring booking space, booking repeat business while keeping quality consistently high, conducting catering sales presentations and catering sales calls also falls under the purview of a catering sales manager job. Market Corporate, Government, Association, Local Social Catering and Weddings

Duties & Responsibilities

Qualify needs of client/business, conduct site inspections, generate proposals, prepare contracts, work as customer liaison between client and hotel for events booked and others, create banquet event orders, collect payment, on-site for execution of events, post con follow up and re-solicit as necessary.

Qualifications & Skills

• Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills
• Teamwork Oriented
• Maintains a Good Energy Level
• Thorough and Organized
• Professional
• Punctual