Director of Catering & Event Services at Makeready LLC

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

24 May, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

23 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Sales Lead Generation, Customer Relationship Management, Menu Creation, Event Execution Oversight, Budget Management, Sales Forecasting, Marketing, Detail Orientation, Organization, Relationship Building

Industry

Hospitality

Description

The Merchsant is a transformational project that rises 32 stories into the Downtown skyline. This vertical neighborhood of nearly 700,000 Sqft. will be unlike anything else in the city, bringing the best of the development teams' deep national experience home to Columbus, Ohio. The Hotel is a 206-room, luxury hotel offering an approachable luxury experience amidst a storied and layered design. The space will provide rejuvenation within the vertical neighborhood of The Merchant Building, offering premium services, immediate connection to community interests, and a plethora of thoughtfully curated experiences. This business professional is all about developing relationships. A successful Director of Catering finds conventional and creative ways of marketing to drive business and develop positive relationships that keep clients coming back. Organized and detail-oriented, this individual knows that the smallest touches often make the biggest impact. Requested Tasks * Generate sales leads by actively pursuing new business opportunities to meet revenue goals * Build and maintain strong customer relationships to drive repeat and referral business * Work closely with clients to create tailored menus that are profitable for the hotel * Oversee the successful execution of catering events * Manage and forecast catering sales budgets and forecasts Requested Capabilities * Prior experience required * Guest-first mentality; thoughtful and approachable * Thorough understanding of the property's culinary and beverage options * Highly organized with a laser focus on detail Makeready LLC and its affiliated entities are proud to encourage and support an environment where everyone can be a successful team member as their true independent self. We are an equal opportunity workplace and employer that does not discriminate based on race, color, disability, gender/sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. We are committed to building a team and a workplace where we are all able to be successful based solely on our individual qualifications, experience, abilities, and job performance. As part of the Makeready collection, we proudly offer a variety of thoughtful benefits and perks for eligible team members, including accommodating PTO/PTO exchange, medical/dental/vision benefits, maternity/paternity leave, pet insurance, company-matched dependent care & 401k, student loan repayment program, and a wide range of additional ancillary benefits. The health, happiness, and well-being of our team are our top priority. We take pride in our Guiding Principles to help define how we successfully work together. We follow them not out of duty but live by them instinctively

Responsibilities

This professional is responsible for developing relationships and finding creative ways to market services to drive business and secure repeat clients. Key tasks include generating sales leads to meet revenue goals, building strong customer relationships, creating tailored menus, overseeing event execution, and managing catering sales budgets and forecasts.