Description

Catering Manager

Job Type

Columbine Valley, CO • Hospitality Food and Beverage

Job Location: Columbine Country Club - Columbine Valley, CO

Position Type: Full Time 

Salary Range: $60,000-$70,000 Annual 100% Paid Health Insurance (employee only coverage).

Job Categories: Hospitality-Country Club-Restaurant-Hotels and Resorts

About Columbine Country Club:

Columbine Country Club offers a welcoming, family-friendly community to enhance the lives of Members, Guests, and Staff. Members and Staff partner to provide extraordinary golf, dining, recreation, and other social activities in a casually elegant environment.

Columbine Country Club is a premier private club, located in Columbine Valley, just minutes away from downtown Denver. The club sits between an open view of the Rocky Mountains and the beautifully winding Platte River, all of which reflects a feeling of quiet spaciousness. 

Requirements

Position Summary: 

The Catering Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing a variety of Club and private events held at the Club. This position is responsible for successfully planning and executing each facet of every event from initial contact to follow up evaluation.

The Catering Manager works closely with other departments, especially Food & Beverage, to ensure each event exceeds Member expectations.

As with all positions, the position will continually exemplify and promote the core values, mission and culture of the Columbine Country Club team.

This position reports to the Director of Food and Beverage.

About You:

You are an outgoing and personable professional who is both adept and enthusiastic about effectively communicating with all types of people. You are organized, capable, and highly proactive. You understand that service is at the heart of your job.

You understand and live by the concept of being a "team player," making sure that collaboration is essential to your success, as well as the success of those you with whom you work.

You can easily manage multiple projects and events and have an extreme attention to detail.

Most importantly, your values align with the values and culture of our members and our Club. Those values are on display every day, and displayed with every decision you make.

Qualifications:

Requirements

Customer Service: 

• Manage event planning and execution process all private banquets and club events
• Meet with members regarding party/event planning needs, including menu creation, décor and pricing
• Work closely with the Food & Beverage and Culinary Team to create a culinary experience that complements the overall event
• Create detailed Banquet Event Orders (BEOs) and floorplans; update both throughout the entire event planning process
• Provide outside vendor lists to client for elevated event experience
• Create and work within budgets; tracking expenditures and creating a post event P&L
• Work with communications team to create marketing for all Club and Member Events
• Propose new events and programming for the membership
• Attend events as necessary including events at night, during weekends, and/or holidays
• Utilize Club Essential-RESERVECLOUD and POS system for billing
• Alignment of your core values with the mission, vision and values of Columbine Country Club

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other Characteristics

• Minimum of 1-3 years restaurant or hospitality management experience and a basic knowledge of customer service principles, food service, and event operations is encouraged
• Excellent customer service skills, friendly, outgoing, and positive attitude
• Ability to build positive relationship with the membership, team members and guests of the Club
• Ability to resolve conflicts in a professional, tactful manner
• Ability to learn quickly 
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent time management and organizational skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to lift 30lbs and to be on your feet for long periods of time

Columbine offers the following benefits to selected individuals and/or positions: health, dental, vision, life/ADD, 401k, complementary employee meals, golf privileges, vacation, sick and holiday pay.