Senior Banquet & Events Manager

Hilton Anchorage; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilton Anchorage is seeking an experienced Banquet Manager to lead our banquet operations. This role ensures successful execution of meetings, conferences, weddings, and other catered events while maintaining Hilton standards and guest satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader, adept at managing multiple events, developing a strong banquet team, and coordinating with Catering, Sales, Culinary, Stewarding, Engineering, and Front Office for seamless service.

Qualifications

• Experience in banquet, catering, restaurant, or hotel F&B operations.
• Supervisory or management experience preferred.
• Experience handling large meetings, conferences, weddings, or catered events is a plus.
• Strong leadership and team development skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily banquet operations and ensure events are executed per BEOs and client expectations.
• Review BEOs, resumes, diagrams, guarantees, timelines, and special requests before functions.
• Conduct pre-shift meetings and communicate service expectations to the banquet team.
• Supervise banquet captains, servers, housepersons, bartenders, and other staff.
• Coordinate room setups, food and beverage service, AV, breaks, and breakdowns.
• Work with Catering, Sales, Culinary, Stewarding, Engineering, and Front Office for smooth execution.
• Maintain communication with event contacts before and during functions.

Skills

Banquet operations

Team leadership

Event planning

Guest service

Scheduling

Budgeting

Communication

Problem solving

Reading BEOs

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Hilton Anchorage is seeking an experienced Banquet Manager to lead our banquet operations. This role ensures successful execution of meetings, conferences, weddings, and other catered events while maintaining Hilton standards and guest satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader, adept at managing multiple events, developing a strong banquet team, and coordinating with Catering, Sales, Culinary, Stewarding, Engineering, and Front Office for seamless service.