Catering Sales

Located in the heart of Canada’s capital next door to the Parliament Buildings, the landmark Fairmont Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa is looking to fill a role of Catering Sales & Event Manager .

What is in it for you:

• Wonderful company culture – our colleagues are at the heart of all that we do
• Food & Beverage discount of 50% in our restaurants
• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide for you and your family
• Learning programs through our Academies designed to sharpen your skills
• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21
• Comprehensive extended health benefits package
• Pay: $65,000-$68,000

Reporting to the Director of Catering and Assistant Director of Catering,  responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service;
• Actively engage in sales of meeting space and book various types of events, including but not limited to:  Meetings, Dinners, Receptions, Weddings, Social and Protocol events, etc;
• Achieve monthly – yearly goals as set out by the Director of Catering;
• Conduct site inspections, achieve entertainment goals, activity goals and revenue goals;
• Confirm all event related information with clients during finalizations;
• Establish and maintain excellent rapport with clients, prior to, during and post event, encouraging repeat business (relationship building);
• Book and organize all bookings from date of booking to departure, including meeting requirements, guest room requirements, guest room pickup, food & beverage and audio visual;
• Finalize events which are assigned to you as needed by the Director of Catering
• Handle all deposits and prepayments for events and ensure they are fully prepaid
• Create floor plans for each event to ensure banquets and clients are in agreement prior to set up;
• Initiate billing procedures, ensuring any deposits and/or credit applications are received with adequate information and within an acceptable time frame and following full hotel credit procedures;
• Ensure all BEO’s are signed by the authorized representative and placed in files
• Conduct pre-conference meetings with clients and pertinent departments to confirm all relevant details are communicated when required and create event resumes when required;
• Attend daily BEO meeting to review event contracts and ensure last minute changes are communicated with appropriate departments;
• Follow departmental policies and procedures;
• Follow all safety  policies;
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, prioritizing and being able to assess when additional hours are required;
• Other duties as assigned;
• https://careers.accor.com/global/en/job/catering-sales-and-event-manager-full-time-12-month-contract-in-fairmont-chateau-laurier-ottawa-canada-jid-79963