Catering Sales Manager - Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key

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We are looking for a Catering Sales Manager to join our team! The Catering Sales Manager is a leader who is knowledgeable and passionate about the event and wedding industry and self-driven to perform in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Our Catering Sales Manager solicits, captures, plans and coordinates meetings, social and catering only functions, while maximizing the banquet space to meet and exceed catering revenue goals; while primarily focusing on weddings and social events. We are looking for someone who is proactive, highly ambitious and detail-oriented, and of course, has a natural knack for building solid relationships and delivering excellent communication.

Qualifications:

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Strong focus on social and wedding market
• Excellent relationship-building and negotiating skills, exceptional follow-through, strong organizational and time-management skills are required
• Solicit, negotiate, and book new and repeat local and social catering sales business through proactive sales efforts such as prospecting, outside sales calls, networking, etc. while maximizing banquet space to meet/exceed catering revenue goals
• Keep up with market conditions (i.e. competitor's strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand) and how to sell against them
• Works closely with property operations and food and beverage teams to better meet the needs of our clients throughout the sales and event planning process
• Assists client in the selection of food and beverage menu and audio-visual needs using upselling techniques to maximize revenue
• Create event floor plans with Social Tables platform to ensure banquet and client agree prior to set-up
• Serves as host to group upon arrival (flexible schedule including nights and weekends is required) and is available to assist with any client needs that may arise during their stay
• Inspects meeting and event room set-up to ensure compliance with client specifications
• Utilize Marriott’s CI/TY system to build opportunities and quotes for pricing, set activity traces for follow-up, generate contracts and proposals, create banquet event orders BEOs, group resumes, and event forecasts
• Participate in daily business review, weekly sales meeting, weekly BEO and resume meeting, training and other sales related meetings
• Exhibit a positive and involved team attitude towards all hotel departments and maintain open communication with co-workers for the best overall performance of the hotel
• Adheres to all work rules, SOP’s, and policies established by the company, including but not limited to those contained in the Employee handbook
• Must have own reliable transportation and possess a valid state driver's license to make sales calls when necessary
• This role is located on-property at Clearwater Beach Marriott Suites on Sand Key
• Sales office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am-5:30pm and the Catering Sales Manager schedule varies and is often Tuesday-Saturday
• Flexibility required for site visits outside of regular business hours, pre/post-con meetings, weddings, Chamber or other related events that may take place during nights/weekends

Marriott CI/TY experience highly desired with a minimum of two years in the event sales industry. Hotel sales experience preferred. Wedding or event coordination experience is required.