Catering Sales Manager

Lm Services Corporation; Pattonville (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Lm Services Corporation is seeking a Catering Sales Manager to lead growth across multiple properties. The role focuses on initiating and developing quality leads, coordinating weddings, social events, and meetings, and ensuring top-tier customer service throughout the sales lifecycle.

Key duties include generating revenue, soliciting new business through various sales techniques, and acting as the liaison between clients and venues to ensure flawless event execution.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Teamwork-oriented approach with strong interpersonal abilities.
• Professional demeanor, punctuality, and reliability.
• Thorough and organized work style with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify catering opportunities across multiple properties.
• Coordinate lead generation and marketing for catering sales growth.
• Solicit new business through traditional and non-traditional sales techniques.
• Plan, book and coordinate weddings, social events and meetings.
• Provide exceptional customer service from inquiry to post-event follow-up.

Skills

Verbal & written communication

Teamwork

Professionalism

Organized

Punctual

Customer-focused

Job description

A 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.SkillsDemonstrates strong verbal and written communication skillsTeamwork OrientedMaintains a Good Energy LevelThorough and OrganizedProfessionalPunctual