Catering Manager|Full-Time|France-Merrick Performing Arts Center
Oak View GroupAbout the role
Oak View Group
Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.
Overview
Spectrum Catering, Concessions & Events
Our Mission is to exceed the client’s expectations by providing the highest quality, value-based hospitality, delivered on time in an interesting presentation by friendly, knowledgeable hospitality professionals, with pampered customer care as their primary focus. We are passionate about our work, loyal to our co-workers, and dedicated to you. Spectrum’s stated
purpose of business is to change people’s lives, that of its clients by providing a worry-free, valued experience and that of its associates by positively affecting their quality of life.
We celebrate and support a strong, transparent, authentic, and inclusive culture focused around four core values:
- We treat each other fairly and with
- We act with
- We have an entrepreneurial
- We give back to our global
Overview
The Catering Manager will manage and oversee all aspects of events in the FMPAC from initial introductions, on-site walk-throughs, proposal creation and negotiation, final invoice management and collection of payment for receptions and event catering. This position will also handle sales and customer service issues including providing outstanding customer service; researching, resolving, and clarifying invoice and proposal questions; and providing knowledgeable and appropriate suggestions regarding catering and bar selections. The Catering Manager maintains a consistently positive and professional relationship with internal and external clients. The Manager will facilitate the flow of information internally, as well as communicate with all guests and vendors. Must be available to execute the event from set-up, food and beverage presentation, serving, and cleanup while focusing on detail, quality presentation and staff management.
The Catering Manager will also be responsible, as needed, for concessions management and the Hippodrome Theatre and the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
This role will pay a salary range of $55,000 to $61,500
For FT roles: Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).
This position will remain open until May 30, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for negotiating, authorizing, and submitting finalized contracts and BEOs to Client and Internal
- Address or coordinate all Catering requirements and requests in a timely and helpful
- Maintain accurate records for all event
- Communicate daily with Venue Director of Events, outside culinary and catering staff, and venue operations staff about the needs of our guests and their
- Follow-up of guests’ experience at the venue, ensuring that all issues have been
- Manager the planning and coordination of all events as
- Assists with oversight of accounts receivable in conjunction with assigned
- Approaches all encounters with guests and colleagues in a friendly, service-oriented
- Maintains constant communication with guests and on-site vendor contacts to ensure all expectations are met or exceeded.
- Remains alert of complaints and or/unsatisfied guests and responds appropriately to ensure guest
- Coordinates with other departments to arrange for the delivery of requested
- Ensures all functions are set and staff is prepared and organized before required time on
- Inspects bars and bar backs, including table linen or spandex, china, glass, silverware and condiments for correct placement and ensures that each element is clean, undamaged and
- Ensures proper setting of bars, concessions, and other food service tables as requested by the
- Arranges for and ensures proper sequence of service for each
- Supervises clearing and post function cleanup and garbage
- Maintains clean and orderly back areas, pre-function areas and storage
- Assures that all china, glassware, silverware, linen, bar equipment and utensils, etc are returned to their proper location after each event.
- Assists with staff training
- Clearly projects the visions of the department and measures
- Attends weekly events meeting to continuously evaluate strategies and ideas for enhancement to benefit the guest experience.
- Reviews scheduling and labo
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