About this role
Promote, organize and carry out events for corporate and social clients. Execute sales strategies/programs primarily designed to increase catering events, maximize revenues and promote a positive image of Chef’s Choice Catering. Provide menu planning, rental details and address budgetary concerns for clients. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.
• Solicit new catering accounts and actively sell catering services to current clients in order to accomplish aggressive sales goals. • Develop and maintain strategic relationships with new and existing clients and venues. • Meet with clients, venues and vendors to orchestrate menus and rental agreements and determine event requirements. • Manage off-premises events to ensure customer satisfaction. • Maintain a high level of knowledge of market trends, customer needs and competitive activity within the events and catering industries. • Manage Chef’s Choice Catering’s presence on social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, etc.). • Attend local area wedding expos and community marketing/networking events. • Manage relationships with several area venues to ensure all client and company needs are addressed. • Maintain flexibility to work any shift. • Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
Minimum
• Excellent customer service skills • 2 years of event planning and/or catering sales experience • Proficient Microsoft Office skills • Strong oral/written communication and organizational skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Strong attention to detail Desired
• Bachelor’s degree • Community catering and event sales experience • Strong culinary knowledge • Experience working with Caterease catering software