Director of Catering

Cherry Valley Hotel; Woburn, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Cherry Valley Hotel in Woburn, MA is seeking an experienced Director of Catering to lead catering sales, event planning, and flawless execution of meetings, conferences, weddings, and banquets.

You will drive revenue, develop client relationships, coach the catering team, and ensure outstanding guest experiences across F&B operations. The role reports to the Director of Sales & Marketing with a base salary in the stated range.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of progressive experience in hotel catering or related field.
• Degree in Hotel Management preferred.
• Previous supervisory responsibility required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute meetings, conferences, weddings, and banquets.
• Collaborate on menu creation with Chef and F&B Director.
• Manage group room reservations, billing, forecasting, and client relationships.
• Identify upselling opportunities and drive catering revenue.
• Train and develop the catering team for consistent service and execution.

Skills

Catering sales

Event planning

Leadership

Budgeting

Education

Degree in Hotel Management

Tools

ProfitSword

Delphi

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, driven, and customer-focused Director of Catering to lead catering sales, event planning, and event execution for our full-service hotel. This leadership position is responsible for maximizing catering revenue, generating new business opportunities, developing lasting client relationships, and ensuring flawless execution of meetings, conferences, weddings, social events, and banquet functions.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic sales leader with a strong background in hotel catering, banquet operations, event planning, and hospitality management. This role requires an individual who can successfully balance revenue generation, team leadership, guest satisfaction, and operational excellence. This position reports directly to the Director of Sales & Marketing.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, meeting and event planning, collaborating with the Chef and Food and Beverage Director on menu creation, group room reservations, billing, forecasting, client relationships, and upselling opportunities.

The Director of Catering is also responsible for training, coaching, and developing the catering team to ensure consistent service, effective sales practices, and successful event execution.

Accountabilities:

The Director of Catering is expected to enhance the reputation, optimize revenue and profitability of the department to maximize revenues. The Director of Catering is expected to exceed budgeted revenues while maintaining guest experiences. He/she must act as liaison between client and operating departments to ensure a successful meeting, events and generate repeat business.

Qualification Standards

Education & Experience:

• At least 5 years of progressive experience in a hotel catering or related field
• Degree in Hotel Management Preferred
• Previous supervisory responsibility required

Other Abilities, Skills, Knowledge:

• Thorough knowledge of F&B procedures and serving standards
• Menu and Cost/ Profit awareness
• Function planning ability
• Must be able to perform duties of all positions within department
• ProfitSword and Delphi a Plus!

Salary Requirements

This position offers an annual base salary range of$95,000 - $115,000 USD, based on experience and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.