Director of Event & Catering Planning

 

Position Title: Director of Event & Catering Planning 

Salary:  100,000-135,000

 

 

Our Passion is Food!

At Bon Appetit Management Company we are committed to two things, great food and outstanding service! At Bon Appetit you won't find our managers referring to a corporate recipe book or our chefs microwaving the lunch special. We do not have standardized recipes or central commissaries, instead, our chefs and managers are expected to stay abreast of current culinary trends and bring cutting edge food into their cafes. We are a restaurant company that operates in contract food service. That means you will have the freedom to be creative, take risks, and truly shine. We are committed to our staff growing, trying new things, and learning all that they can. Our rapid growth and breadth of accounts translates into exciting opportunities for our people!

 

Job Summary

We are seeking a passionate, polished, dynamic, and experienced Director of Event & Catering Planning to lead a team of event planners to produce successful events and execute unparalleled levels of hospitality on-site at our technology partner’s campus. In this role you will lead event planning, creative development, catering, and execution of all on-site events. Our client is a well-known technology company based in Silicon Valley. Overseeing a portfolio of on campus events at our client’s flagship offices, in this role you will develop and implement KPIs and benchmarks to measure response times, client engagement, and create ownership of the processes. You will hone, and improve engagement, team cohesion, elevating the program’s overall success. This position leads a dynamic team in event sales, developing detailed departmental communication streams, partnering with leadership to develop reports, all to level up the client experience. The Director of Event & Catering Planning is a visionary leader who is proactive, a charismatic communicator and adept at winning through influencing others. This tenacious person has demonstrated that they are an industry leader who is most comfortable when given the freedom and independence to develop their journey to success. The ability to enthusiastically oversee all aspects of complex event management is required. Reporting to the Resident District Manager and working in partnership with the Director of Event & Catering Operations, your primary role will be to guide, mentor and teach event planners, focusing on development and growth for your team, continuously building a succession plan. You over see a planning team of 10, guiding your Sr. Managers to effectively manage hourly teammate’s scheduling, training, and more. Leading by example, the Director of Event Planning role coaches the event planning process from ideation to implementation, while holding the highest levels of customer service, and hospitality in all engagements.

 

WHO YOU ARE

 

You are a meeting and event planner with a wide range of experience supporting a variety of clients and event types. You are a skilled technical event planner with an overt organization strategy, and an almost obsessive attention to detail. You engage with everyone with the same knowledgeable, kind, and consultative style whether they be an Executive Assistant, C-Level Executive, or team manager. You thrive in an environment where you oversee many initiatives at one time, easily able to switch from the building and designing of a specific event experience to ideating and strategizing how to best leverage your department. You are a natural teacher, coaching teammates 1-on-1, engaging teams for larger trainings, and developing and refining standard operating procedures as the business demands. You thrive in an environment of change, taking each pivot and hurdle and an opportunity to flex your creative problem-solving muscles, driving excitement within your team to level up the customer experience even when embarking on your 3rd, 4th, or 5th iteration of an experience, cultivating resilience and creativity. You self-propel to the max, creating pathways to deliver on leadership request, designing presentations, and building collateral. You analyze and interpret data to emphasize your point. All you need to know is the objective, and you can build the mechanism to get there.

Qualifications

• A minimum of eight years of event sales, planning/logistics and event management. Experience as with a third-party planner, destination management company or agency a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience preferred.
• In-depth, hands-on experience in “end to end” event planning and management.
• Event marketing and social media marketing experience
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Superior organizational skills required.
• Self-motivated and work with a sense of urgency, whilst demonstrating excellen