Banquet Supervisor

Location

 

The 1,054-room Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is the newest luxury hotel in the City of Boston, and the most significant hotel project in the city for the last forty years. The property features seven outlets for drinking and dining, a signature spa, fitness center, and rooftop pool. It boasts more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and caters to the most discerning clientele.

Job Description

The Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is located in the center of the bustling Seaport District. The AAA Four Diamond rated hotel boasts 1,054 finely appointed guestrooms with 52 suites, seven delectable dining experiences, a scenic rooftop pool, a luxury Breve Spa,  and more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space allowing to provide each guest a unique and memorable experience. Come join the team that was voted “2023 Best Places to Work” by the Boston Business Journal!

 

Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity. We believe there is always a way to make it work. If we don't have the solution, we dig deeper creatively to find one.

 

Grab the reigns and help shape the future of the Seaport’s best kept secret! Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the Hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity.

 

The Banquet Supervisor is responsible for delivering excellence in guest service by developing relationships with guests, providing personalized service, anticipating and delivering guests’ needs. Will direct, implement, and maintain a service and management philosophy which serves as a guide to respective staff.

Responsibilities

• Consistent maintenance and refinement of service standards. Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Understands associates positions well enough to perform duties in associate’s absence. Understand local contract and adhere to it.
• Responsible for the day to day operation for all banquet functions, to include efficient and effective running of all event.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and sanitation awareness standards. Prepare daily for health department and Ecosure inspections.
• Responsible for the supervision, upkeep, safety and cleanliness in food preparation areas, refrigeration, storage areas, hallways, corridors and storerooms.
• Manage day to day operation to consistently inspect all events to ensure that the correct standards are being maintained. Responsible for ensuring high-quality meeting room sets, service, food quality and presentation.
• Ensure positive guest service and respond to complaints, taking all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests.
• Supervise the banquet sanitation operation and timing of service out of the kitchen and into all banquet areas. Ensures prompt delivery and quality control from point of departure to arrival.
• Responsible for ensuring that all financial and personnel related administrative duties are completed accurately and on time in accordance with company policies and procedures. i.e.) invoices, payroll, event recaps, banquet checks, requisitions
• Responsible for cleanliness and organization of all banquet space, FOH & BOH. Ensure all rooms are clean and public space is configured to blueprint layout when not in use.
• Executes all necessary instructions on Banquet Event Orders and inspects all function rooms prior to event start. Handles all special requests and pop ups as needed.
• Monitor and develop team members by training, supervising, follow up and hands on management. Hold associates accountable when not meeting job performance.
• Assist in developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize and accomplish set goals.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence and encourage others; advocates sound financial and business decision making.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among associates. Ensures associates are treated fairly and equitably. Strives to improve associate engagement and retention.
• Solicits associate feedback, reviews associate satisfaction results and follows up on associate problems and concerns. Ensure recognition is taking place throughout departments.
• Conduct/attend all required department trainings and meetings.
• Perform any other duties required by senior management.

Qualifications

• Candidate must have hands-on food and beverage knowledge and a comprehensive, working knowledge of the hospitality business
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