Major Food Group (the powerhouse restaurant group behind Carbone, THE GRILL, Sadelle’s and more) is looking to continue building on their multi-dimensional, immersive concepts that transports their guests to new memorable experiences. We want to “disrupt” traditional hospitality models by taking care of our employees, guests, and our community.
Job Summary: The Events Department at Major Food Group is seeking a passionate and motivated Event Sales Manager to join our team.
Job Duties:
- Generate large business leads through proactive outreach to new clients and respond to all incoming inquiries for large format dinners and events at the properties
- Responsible for maintenance and development of the social events market and large scale events
- Liaise with clients throughout the booking and planning process by negotiating pricing and estimates, generating contracts, securing payment details, etc
- Follow department and company procedures to ensure confirmed events are communicated to appropriate internal
- Work with clients for confirmed events on their customized menu options, beverage details, floor plans, room setup notes, run of show and all specifics pertaining to their
- Maintain and constantly update event information in our catering software program to generate BEO's
- Participate in weekly meetings with chefs and managers to communicate all catering details for events
- Help manage the team to problem solve, lend support and drive sales goals together
- Communicate in an organized and timely manner all of the logistics and specifics of the party to on-site management and provide on-site support for events where necessary to ensure proper execution of all event details
- Provide assistance with special projects as assigned adhering to
- Act as an ambassador to Major Food Group
Qualifications:
- Must have a strong desire to “Be The Best”
- Must have a successful sales track record in direct sales and an ability to develop targeted prospect
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 4-6 years of event sales, event coordination, department administrative assistance, client services or Background in the hospitality sector is preferred
- Strong work ethic, enthusiastic, team oriented, positive attitude are essential
- Must have strong written and oral communication skills and be able to interact with high profile and high net worth clients
- Needs to be able to multitask, work well under pressure and succeed in a face paced environment
- Proficient in Excel, Indesign, Illustrator and Tripleseat is preferred but not required