Newly opened Doubletree by Hilton Monroe Cranbury is seeking an experienced Director of Catering for our 14,000 Square Feet of brand new catering-event space.

Our goals are wedding, association and social events for our two ballrooms. Our five meeting rooms are perfect for business meetings and association break-outs.

• Solicit banquet and catering sales business, and receive and answer all inquiries relating to the catering department.
• Direct the activities of the banquet-catering department in an effort to obtain maximum profit from available business booked.
• Negotiate event contracts, including menu suggestions, bar set up, room arrangements, and share negotiated details with other departments within the hotel. Direct the Banquet Manager to ensure proper set-ups and staffing per event. Review BEO process and details with all departments as assigned to the Sales Coordinator.
• Advanced knowledge of sales skills, revenue management, training, and motivation of peers. Strong leadership skills to ensure proper function of all team members.
• Diverse knowledge of hotel operations.
• Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines.
• Extensive communication skills to communicate with a diverse clientele group.
• Prepare and maintain reports of sales recaps, organization contacts, catering function book and catering file system.
• Maintain budgeted sales quotas, and create new ideas to increase catering revenue where required. Develop overall sales action plan for the catering/sales effort for all existing markets and prospect potential markets. Monitor specific action plans for each segment and ensure achieved booking goals each month.
• Act in concert with the Director of Sales,hotel management team and property General Manager.

Requirements:

• Prior experience in Catering Sales role, 3 years min, demonstrating success and ability to sell and service Catering events. Hotel catering sales experience required. Hilton experience a plus.
• Strong business communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• High work ethic and self-initiative
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Suite, Delphi.fdc, Salesforce and other Sales systems i.e. Hilton Meeting Broker required or must complete on the job training in these required systems
• May be required to work during a nights event, weekend event, and special holiday event based on business requirements
• Someone who enjoys working as and being part of a team that provides great experiences for our Guests!

Outstanding benefits and bonus plan offered!

Salary starting at $70,000 plus bonus pay-outs.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $70,000.00 per year

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 3 years

Shift:

• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Weekly day range:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Township of Monroe, NJ 08831: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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