Strategic Meetings & Events Manager

Marriott PIttsburgh City Center; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Hotel Room Discount

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Marriott Pittsburgh City Center is seeking a sales-oriented professional to create and meet clients’ needs through active communication, planning, and team leadership. The role emphasizes strong closing and negotiation skills, with creative menu and setup planning in collaboration with culinary teams.

The position involves managing group room blocks, coordinating with banquet services, and working with outside vendors to ensure client satisfaction for events and meetings.

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of sales techniques including strong closing skills as well as negotiating skills.
• Excellent creative skills to provide innovative set-ups, menus, and functions for groups.
• Ability to generate creative and innovative menus while working closely with Chef on pricing specialty menus.
• Monitor group room blocks and pick up, generate detailed resumes for the operating departments.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with banquet department on operations and event execution, ability to quickly evaluate alternatives and decide on a plan of action.
• Provide overall direction, coordination, and ongoing evaluation of operations.
• Detail execution of all banquet event orders generated by the Convention Services Department.
• Comfortable with hotel site inspections and client presentations.
• Experience providing Audio/Visual equipment and operating Audio/Visual as a profit center.

Skills

Sales techniques

Closing skills

Negotiation

Menu pricing

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Marriott Pittsburgh City Center is seeking a sales-oriented professional to create and meet clients’ needs through active communication, planning, and team leadership. The role emphasizes strong closing and negotiation skills, with creative menu and setup planning in collaboration with culinary teams.

The position involves managing group room blocks, coordinating with banquet services, and working with outside vendors to ensure client satisfaction for events and meetings.