Responsibilities
- Identify and pursue new business prospects and opportunities through direct outreach and cold calling.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key contacts at partner venues.
- Expand the list of venues offering catering services.
- Handle inquiries by scheduling discovery calls and preparing tailored proposals to secure event leads.
- Develop creative, themed, and budget-friendly proposals that meet client needs and deadlines.
- Travel to various locations for property inspections and client consultations as needed.
- Coordinate with vendors to arrange event details, including rentals, floral arrangements, DJ services, and decorations.
- Communicate event specifics and client requirements to the culinary and operations team.
- Ensure all event-related expenses are reconciled and submit accurate fee reports.
- Follow up with clients post-event to gather feedback and identify opportunities for future bookings.
- Participate in bi-weekly sales forecasting and work towards achieving annual sales targets.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as invoicing, accounting, printing, report generation, email and voicemail management, and client database maintenance.
Compensation
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Work Arrangement
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Team
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Responsibilities
- Seek new business opportunities for the unit & department focusing on prospects & cold calling
- Support the relationship development of our key contacts at catering partner venues.
- Actively seek new venue catering lists for O&B to join
- Respond to inquiries by setting up discovery calls to prepare impactful proposals that will help secure event leads.
- Provide creative proposals that are on theme, on budget and on time.
- Travel to destinations for property walkthroughs and client meetings as required.
- Liaise with all vendors to create an event, which may include: event rentals, florals, DJ services & décor.
- Communicate event details and client needs with O&B culinary & operations team
- Ensure all receipts are reconciled post event and landmark fee reports are submitted
- Follow up with clients using information from post events creating opportunity for new bookings and Moment of Truth
- Contribute to bi-weekly sales forecasting and working to reach annual sales goals.
- General administrative tasks may include but are not limited to: invoicing, general accounting, printing, sending reports, maintaining emails & voicemails, filing and upkeep of client database
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