Convention Services Manager

Remington Hospitality; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Remington Hospitality in Costa Mesa, CA, seeks an Events/Banquet Coordinator to coordinate, manage, and prepare all event documentation, coordinating with Sales, property departments and clients to ensure a consistent, high level of service throughout all phases of property events. This role ensures seamless turnover from sales to service back to sales and opportunities for up-selling and enhancements.

You will train and supervise the banquet captain and staff, maintain accurate BEOs, finalize

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating banquets and events.
• Ability to negotiate with guests for banquets and events.
• Strong teamwork, reliability, and professional presentation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and finalize banquet events, communicating with Sales and hotel departments to ensure success.
• Inform management promptly of any operational issues or guest complaints.
• Prepare weekly banquet forecasts and maintain accurate BEOs and event documentation.
• Provide site tours to potential clients and actively solicit banquet business to meet booking goals.
• Train, coordinate, and supervise banquet staff to maintain service standards and budgeted sales quotas.

Skills

Event coordination

Negotiation

Team leadership

Customer service

Budgeting

Job description

Position Summary

To coordinate, manage, and prepare all event documentation and coordinate with Sales, property departments and client to ensure consistent, high level of service throughout all phases of property events. Ensures their property events have a seamless turnover from sales to service back to sales. Recognizes opportunities by up-selling and offering enhancements.

Responsibilities

• Know your work schedule and follow it with a high degree of reliability.
• Work in a cooperative and friendly manner with fellow associates.
• Maintain professional attire and personal hygiene.
• Maintain a clean, neat and orderly work area.
• Read, understand and follow all policies, procedures and practices as stated in the Associate Handbook.
• Inform management promptly of any work‑related problems or guest complaints.
• Practice “aggressive hospitality” and provide guest satisfaction.
• Provide for a safe work environment by following all safety and security procedures and rules.
• Comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances as they apply to the hotel, guests and associates.
• Know all emergency procedures (fire, severe weather, bomb threats, guest accidents/illness, etc.).
• To negotiate with the guest and other patrons for banquets, meetings and other functions, all arrangements, suggesting menus, bar set up, room arrangements as per policy and procedure.
• On completion of negotiations, inform other departments of arrangements in writing which are necessary to assure success of the function.
• Works closely with set up person for all catering functions to insure maximum utilization of facilities.
• Prepare monthly inventory of all catering office supplies and requisition same for General Manager’s approval.
• Train, coordinate and supervise regarding the duties of the banquet captain and the banquet staff. Maintain budgeted sales quotas.
• Solicit banquet business, correctly enter bookings in diary and finalize these functions.
• Handle changes in information listed on Banquet Event Orders (BEO) effectively.
• Finalize details on Banquet Event Order Sheets from the sales department by making customer contact, receiving finalized program and publishing BEO’s for distribution.
• Meet or exceed own booking goals each month by talking and personally meeting with customers to sell hotel function space.
• Perform MOD responsibilities as directed by property policy.
• Accurately prepare weekly forecast for banquet functions.
• Provide site tours to potential customers of the hotel’s banquet facilities.
• Perform MOD responsibilities as directed by property policy.
• May perform additional duties as required.