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About the Role
The Cambria Hotel Lake Placid is seeking a motivated, service-driven Catering Sales & Event Manager to contract and execute events, focusing on growing market share for weddings and social events. This role also coordinates event service, banquet, and technology operations, and is responsible for detailing and planning social, group, and corporate events, with sales administration support. Strong written, verbal, and negotiation skills, along with persuasive and entrepreneurial strengths, are required.
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains long-term relationships with venues, wedding planners, and potential social event clients through excellent customer service and networking.
- Responds to RFPs and in-bound wedding and social inquiries according to corporate guidelines.
- Quotes pricing and meets with clients and hotel department managers to plan function details, space requirements, food service, and decor.
- Prepares contracts and other procedural commitments following set guidelines.
- Complies with corporate guidelines, sales standards, and procedures for sales activities.
- Maintains detailed sales activity information in the property's CRM system.
- Responds to guest inquiries and coordinates special arrangements and requests.
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of direct hospitality or hotel sales and catering experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work as a team player with excellent guest relations skills.
- Maintains professional working relationships and promotes open communication with managers, team members, and other departments.
- Energetic, persuasive, and well-organized.
- Ability to negotiate, prioritize, and multi-task.
- Self-motivated and goal-oriented.
Skills
- Negotiation skills
- Sales administration
- Customer service
- Networking
- Event planning
- Communication skills
- Guest relations
- Prioritization
- Multi-tasking
Location
- Lake Placid
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelors degree or equivalent
About the Company
- Cambria Hotel Lake Placid - Lakeside Resort
Equal Opportunity
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.