What are the responsibilities and job description for the Catering Sales Manager | Hilton Garden Inn Merced | Merced, CA position at PM Hotel Group?
Job Summary
To assist the Director of Sales and other sales managers with clients and hotel personnel in the handling of catering accounts. To process letters, proposals and contracts accurately and in a timely manner. To answer telephones in accordance with PMHS standards. To maintain filing, trace and office services in accordance with normal operating procedures.
Summary Of Essential Job Functions
Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers. Basic knowledge of mathematics and calculator skills to perform mathematical calculations without error. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to interact with vendors, clients and department heads
Customer Satisfaction:
Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with PMHS staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every PMHS associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.
Work Habits:
In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job, and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.
Safety & Security:
The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to PMHS. Every PMHS associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.
NOTE:
You must have at least a bachelor’s degree in sales, marketing, or a related field. A minimum of 2 years in hotel sales or comparable experience. You are someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills and can work well under pressure. Most importantly you are a people person! You must work professionally and positively with guests and clients at all times.
When You’re Here:
Be prepared to accommodate varying schedules including nights, weekends and holidays. But wait, there’s a great upside: in exchange for your flexibility, we offer excellent pay, hotel discounts, F&B discounts and the opportunity to be part of an anything-but-standard growing hotel company.
To assist the Director of Sales and other sales managers with clients and hotel personnel in the handling of catering accounts. To process letters, proposals and contracts accurately and in a timely manner. To answer telephones in accordance with PMHS standards. To maintain filing, trace and office services in accordance with normal operating procedures.
Summary Of Essential Job Functions
- Travel to meet with or call individual corporate clients by telephone to solicit annual, weekday and weekend business.
- Meet and greet clients, conduct property tours, and promote facilities and services. Answers customer inquiries.
- Develop and conduct persuasive verbal sales presentations for prospective clients.
- Develop client menus, write contracts and letters, as well as organize all other arrangements as they relate to social and corporate events.
- Supervise and attend the overall set-up and implementation of events and meetings. Communicate with relevant departments to ensure proper servicing of accounts.
- Prepare and present weekly and monthly catering/sales reports.
- Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to staff
- Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
- Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.
Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers. Basic knowledge of mathematics and calculator skills to perform mathematical calculations without error. Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to interact with vendors, clients and department heads
Customer Satisfaction:
Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with PMHS staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every PMHS associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.
Work Habits:
In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job, and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.
Safety & Security:
The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to PMHS. Every PMHS associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.
NOTE:
- This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate’s supervisor. Furthermore, this description is subject to change, at the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an “at will” associate.
You must have at least a bachelor’s degree in sales, marketing, or a related field. A minimum of 2 years in hotel sales or comparable experience. You are someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills and can work well under pressure. Most importantly you are a people person! You must work professionally and positively with guests and clients at all times.
When You’re Here:
Be prepared to accommodate varying schedules including nights, weekends and holidays. But wait, there’s a great upside: in exchange for your flexibility, we offer excellent pay, hotel discounts, F&B discounts and the opportunity to be part of an anything-but-standard growing hotel company.