Location
Creve Coeur, MO | United States
Job description
Overview:
Benefits:
- Extensive and well-rounded training program
- Continued career development and growth opportunities
- Generous employee discounts on dining, retail, amusements, and hotels
- Multiple health benefit plans to suit your needs
- Dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability, flexible spending accounts and 401 (k)
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation
- Monthly commissions potential
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all private events from prospecting to organization to finalizing the details
- Generate new business and maintain contact with present accounts
- Ensures excellence in guest satisfaction through effective training of staff, commitment to a “Do Whatever It Takes” attitude” and a hands-on, lead by example management style.
- Identify qualifying business potential, closing business, overcoming objections, negotiating, upselling and understanding the client’s needs through Features-Adjectives-Benefits selling
- Manage business on the books successfully and work pipeline of Inquiries, Prospects, Tentative and Definite bookings
- Work local Key Influencers including Hotels, Convention & Visitor Bureaus, Chambers, Retail Outlets, Office Buildings and Condo/Apartment buildings
- Conduct client visits that are targeted and meaningful to build private dining and catering sales
Qualifications:
- At least 3 years previous sales experience in external sales; experience in upscale /fine dining restaurants or hotel operations is preferred
- Ability to effectively write business correspondences and set up contracts and function sheets
- Ability to professionally present promotional materials to prospective customers, and to effectively communicate and coordinate with operations and outside vendors
- Ability to forecast estimated revenue for private dining and catering contracts
- Ability to communicate with guests and employees using a positive and clear speaking voice, listen to and understand request, respond with appropriate actions and provide accurate information
- Stable and progressive work history; Strong work ethic
EOE
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Pay Range:
USD $50,000.00 - USD $60,000.00 /Yr.
Job tags
Salary
$50k - $60k
