A catering sales manager targets and coordinates catering sales efforts. The job involves initiation and development of quality leads to ensure growth of catering sales.

The primary responsibility of a catering sales manager is to develop existing business and solicit new catering business through catering lead generation and catering sales marketing. The sales manager solicits new catering customers through traditional and non-traditional sales techniques.

Other important duties include booking, selling, planning and coordinating all special social events while assuring the highest level of customer service. Generating revenue, establishing new accounts, monitoring booking space, booking repeat business while keeping quality consistently high, conducting catering sales presentations and catering sales calls also falls under the purview of a catering sales manager job.

Market

Corporate, Government, Association, Local Social Catering, Class/Family Reunions and Weddings

Duties & Responsibilities

Qualify needs of client/business, conduct site inspections, generate proposals, prepare contracts, work as customer liaison between client and hotel, create banquet event orders, collect payment, on-site for execution of events, post con follow up and re-solicit as necessary.

Skills

Demonstrates strong verbal and written communication skills

Teamwork Oriented

Maintains a Good Energy Level

Thorough and Organized

Professional

Punctual

Responsible for the safeguarding of hotel property, assets, guests, visitors and employees.

Escorts arriving and departing guests by assisting with their luggage utilizing a friendly, courteous manner. Transports guests as necessary utilizing the property vehicles.  Provides information about hotel facilities and accommodations.

To clean and stock guest rooms to ensure the company’s high standards of cleanliness.

Service of food and/or beverages to include the order-taking and delivery of any food and/or beverage items.  This task is to be handled in a friendly, courteous, helpful, timely and professional manner resulting in a very high level of guest satisfaction.

To prepare and serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Acts as a cashier for the bar area.

Greets and registers guests, provides prompt and courteous service, provides information regarding hotel facilities and guest accommodations, audits hotel revenue on a daily basis, verifies the correctness of guest accounts by balancing each departments income and allowances, verifies room rates and close out guest accounts upon completion of stay.