Located in prestigious Rittenhouse Square, the AAA rated 4-diamond Sofitel – Philadelphia, boasts 306 beautifully appointed guestrooms, featuring Lanvin amenities, dream bedding and a luxurious atmosphere.  We will be your personal culinary connoisseurs, offering our classic, French inspired menu, made from the freshest ingredients harvested directly from our rooftop garden.  Enjoy our signature hand-crafted cocktails in Liberté Lounge, the “in-place” to gather and mingle for Philly’s finest clientele. 

Our team of highly trained Ambassadors are at your service, ready to provide a magnifique and memorable experience.  Joie de Vivre is in our DNA, and we are seeking like-minded individuals to join our team! 

 

What’s in it for you:

• Unlimited career development opportunities, both nationally and internationally.   The sky is your limit!
• Make your mark, by being part of a high performing team which supports and inspires you to reach your highest potential
• Give back through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities and local community based philanthropy.

What you will be doing:

• As the Event Sales Manager, you will be the point contact for your clientele in the Catering sales department maintaining all efforts in targeting and coordinating luxurious events in the Catering department.
• Your natural talent for selling will aid you in booking meetings, selling, planning and coordinating all special social events while ensuring the highest level of guest satisfaction. Generating revenue, establishing new accounts, monitoring booking space, booking repeat business while ensuring quality and consistency, conducting catering sales presentations and attending catering sales calls.
• Your love for networking will aid in seamlessly initiating, developing and maintaining quality leads to ensure growth of event sales. The primary function of this role is to develop existing business and solicit new business through catering lead generation and catering sales marketing. Creatively soliciting new catering customers through traditional and non-traditional sales techniques.
• Your knack for attention to detail will come in handy in creating incredible and memorable experiences for our clientele in the Catering meeting spaces.

 

      Your experience and skills include:

Excellent communication,  organizational and problem solving skills that enable you to work autonomously and effectively An ability to work under pressure while maintaining a sense of poise and professionalism. This is a crucial and very necessary skill in this role as an Event Sales Manager.   A can-do, positive attitude that enables, empowers and inspires others An ability to naturally engage with guests and clientele; have genuine care and concern for both the well-being of our guests  A desire to learn and grow and a fast paced, challenging, exciting environment