F&B Catering Assistant Manager

ASM Global; United States; On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Legends Global is seeking a full-time F&B Catering Assistant Manager to oversee catering event execution, staff management, scheduling coordination, and administrative operations at the LA Memorial Coliseum. This role requires at least four years of managerial experience and supervision of 15+ employees, focusing on operational execution rather than sales.

You will coordinate BEO changes, communicate updated requirements across departments, manage staffing, and ensure accurate event

Qualifications

• Minimum four years of managerial experience in catering, food and beverage, hospitality, or event operations.
• Experience supervising at least 15 employees.
• Strong administrative, scheduling, and financial reconciliation experience.
• Experience executing BEOs and coordinating event changes across departments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee catering events from setup to breakdown and post-event closeout.
• Execute published BEOs and coordinate changes with Premium leadership.
• Communicate updated event details, menus, guest counts, timelines, and staffing requirements.
• Supervise a team of at least 15 employees, including scheduling and performance management.
• Coordinate staffing levels with Staffing Department and manage event documentation.
• Reconcile catering payments and resolve discrepancies with Finance.

Skills

Managerial experience

Staff supervision

Scheduling

Communication

Tools

Reserve

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

POS systems

Job description

Position Summary

Legends Global is seeking a full-time F&B Catering Assistant Manager to oversee catering event execution, staff management, scheduling coordination, and administrative operations at the LA Memorial Coliseum This position requires a minimum of four years of managerial experience and demonstrated experience supervising at least 15 employees. The assistant manager will oversee events from pre-event planning through post-event closeout, ensuring published Banquet Event Orders (BEOs) are executed accurately and service standards are consistently met. The assistant manager will work closely with the Premium Coordinator, culinary team, staffing department, and Director of Premium to coordinate BEO changes, communicate updated event requirements, oversee staffing needs, track consumption, and ensure accurate event documentation anAd financial reconciliation. This is an operations-focused position, not a sales role.

Position Duties

• Oversee catering events from setup and service through breakdown and post-event closeout.
• Execute published BEOs and coordinate approved changes with the Premium Coordinator and Director of Premium.
• Communicate updated event details, menus, guest counts, timelines, and staffing requirements to relevant departments.
• Supervise and develop a team of at least 15 union and non-union employees, including scheduling oversight and performance management.
• Partner with the Staffing Department to establish staffing levels, employee call times, schedules, and distribution of parking and reporting information.
• Use Reserve and other designated systems to maintain accurate BEOs, event records, consumption updates, and pre- and post-event notes.
• Reconcile catering event payments, review consumption records, and coordinate with Finance to resolve discrepancies.
• Coordinate with Culinary, Operations, Staffing, Finance, and other departments to ensure successful event execution.
• Enforce service standards, food safety, sanitation, and applicable venue and union procedures.

Qualifications

• Minimum four years of managerial experience in catering, food and beverage, hospitality, or event operations.
• Experience supervising at least 15 employees
• Strong administrative, scheduling, and financial reconciliation experience including placements for staff
• Experience executing BEOs and coordinating event changes across departments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and POS systems; Reserve experience required or strongly preferred.
• Excellent organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Union experience preferred.
• Availability to work a full-time schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.

Working Conditions

Requires frequent walking, standing, and working on the event floor in a fast-paced convention center environment, with exposure to varying temperatures and elevated noise levels.

Role Clarification

This is a full-time position, not an on-call or event-by-event assignment. The role focuses on operational execution, staffing, administration, and event closeout—not sales, lead generation, or catering contract negotiation.

Compensation

Compensation: $25- $30 per hour / DOE

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.