Catering Sales Manager

Summary: Evans Hotels is a family-owned business committed to enhancing employee well-being and community service. The Catering Sales Manager is responsible for managing sales and coordinating arrangements for catered events at The Lodge at Torrey Pines, ensuring high professional standards and a sales-focused culture. Responsibilities: - Aggressively solicits prospective customers according to property marketing plan and encourages them to book private-party functions at our property - Meets with clients and proactively helps them to choose specific banquet space and food and beverage for the function - Accurately prepares catering contracts with program arrangements - Organizes account files and keeps a good track of tentative and definite bookings - Courteously welcomes and greets clients at the beginning of each function, and oversees the function to ensure it is being run in a smooth and timely fashion - Runs weekly and monthly pace reports - Maintains an enthusiastic and helpful attitude whenever dealing with a guest - Reports any safety hazards or injuries and makes recommendations to eliminate future liabilities - Obtains permits from fire and health departments to erect displays and exhibits and serve food in rooms other than dining rooms - Directs workers in preparing banquet and convention rooms and erecting displays and exhibits - Inspects rooms and displays for conformance to the needs and desires of the group - Performs additional duties and responsibilities as directed by the leadership team Required Qualifications: - Two-year associates degree, trade school degree, professional certification or any equivalent - At least 1-2 years of relevant experience and/or training - A combination of experience, education, and/or training may be substituted for either requirement - Experience in dealing with the public is preferred, such as retail cashier, food industry service, guest service with public contacts, etc - Availability to work on weekends and holidays is required - Ability to maintain a friendly, team-oriented, positive attitude and a professional appearance at all times - Ability to stand, kneel, squat for prolonged periods of time, up to and including, the entire shift and lift up to 25 lbs Preferred Qualifications: - Experience in dealing with the public is preferred, such as retail cashier, food industry service, guest service with public contacts, etc Required Skills: Catering sales, Banquet event coordination, Contract preparation, Customer service, Permit acquisition, Event space management, Pace reporting, Friendly attitude, Professional appearance, Team-oriented attitude Benefits: Earn $1000 for Culinary, Engineering, Housekeeping, and $350 for all other roles. for each hired referral at any Evans Hotels property., Discounted Hotel Rooms for you, family and friends, Free Employee Parking and/or discounted MTS Pronto card, Free Meals & Refreshments during working shifts, Career advancement opportunities!, Health (including SIMSA), Dental, Vision, 401k with match, life insurance, sick and vacation time., Discounts on cell phone bills, shoes, gym memberships, and more!