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Job Description
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