Catering Manager jobs in Portland, OR

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• Full Time employees have access to Medical and Dental insurance to fit your needs
• Benchmark University (You can grow both personally and professionally through on-line webinars and self-study courses)
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• Companywide Hotel Room Discounts (Who doesn’t love to get away)
• Paid Time Off
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Qualifications:

• Solicit new and existing accounts from assigned market segments (wedding, holiday parties, etc) to meet budgeted revenue and individual production goals.
• Responds requests for proposals in a detailed, timely and professional manner.
• Preparation and execution of detailed catering sales agreements (contracts)Conducts business development through the facilitation of site visits, outside sales calls, attending trade shows, email, and telephone prospecting, etc
• Completes follow up correspondence to clients and vendors as needed.Maintains existing relationships with hotel’s preferred vendors.
• Maintains detailed record of communication with customers through hotel’s CMS system.
• Facilitates the pre-scheduling of advanced deposits listed in the sales agreement.Interface with other departments positively assisting as required
• Attending Daily Business Review meeting as well as other departmental meetings as requested.
• Performs other reasonable tasks as assigned by immediate supervisor, Director, or other members of the hotel’s Senior Leadership team.

• This position requires a minimum formal education of a high school diploma or equivalent.

• A minimum of three years job-related experience
• Complete working knowledge of MS office
• Familiarity with Delphi preferred.
• Interpersonal skills to work with a wide variety of people each day, build relationships and network.
• Confidence and strong self-assuredness to succeed in directing customers.
• Prioritizing, time management and organizational skills
• Openness to feedback
• Requires knowledge of hotel operations.
• Requires knowledge of wedding standards, trends and traditions.
• Requires basic food knowledge and a desire to grow that knowledge.
• Requires knowledge of specialized or technical field or a thorough knowledge of the practices and techniques of a professional field.
• May require knowledge of policies and procedures, and the ability to determine a course of action based on these guidelines.

Compensation Range: The compensation for this position is $26.44/Hr. - $28.84/Hr. based on qualifications and experience.