Events Manager
Through your passion and motivation, you sell memorable experience to guests who stay in your property. You are professional and knowledgeable about your property, and you build strong relationships and create bond with your guests.

What’s in it for you:

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
• Learning programs through our Academies
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21

What you will be doing:

•  Confirm event related information with the client. Organize/disseminate information to all departments through emails, memos, event orders, directives, resumes, and rooming lists in a professional and timely manner
• Build creative menus, mindful of food costs, labor costs, and kitchen capabilities. Obtain approval from the Director Catering when any special menus are sold
• Confirm electrical, internet, telecommunications, audio-visual and exhibit requirements based on discussions with the client
• Create floor plans for best use of space for each event and to ensure banquet and client are in agreement prior to set-up
• Obtain guarantees of food and beverage events for banquets and kitchen.
• Responsible for sufficiently “washing” room block and food and beverage covers in order to ensure a more accurate forecast
• Confirm billing procedures, ensuring client credibility and those deposits are/or credit applications are received with adequate information and within an acceptable time frame
• Yield bedroom and meeting space daily to ensure optimum potential through the use of Opera Sales and Catering and PMS systems
• Conduct pre-conference meetings to ensure key departments are fully aware of relevant details pertaining to group upon their near arrival
• Attend daily meeting to review event contracts to ensure last minute changes are communicated with banquets, kitchen, and stewarding
• Fully knowledgeable of (and in adherence to) liquor and fire safety laws and regulations
• Attend weekly/monthly departmental communication meetings, also sales and operations meetings as required
• Attend the post conference follow up, conducted by the Sales Manager, to address strengths and weakness of an event while soliciting return business
• Responsible for following the guidelines/deadlines as detailed in the Conference Services and Catering checklist

Your experience and skills include:

• Hospitality Management degree or equivalent
• Experience in the hospitality  industry is an asset
• Good understanding of the luxury hotel market
• Prefer CMP designation within three years of hire/taking position
• Excellent customer skills, superior interpersonal skills, results-oriented and highly motivated
• Proven ability to plan and execute events effectively with a strong attention to detail
• Working knowledge of Opera, word, excel, and Social Tables diagramming programs
• Understanding of hotel departments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage others
• Computer/Office skills required
• Ability to sit/stand for periods of time
• Ability to work weekends/holidays/evenings
• Ability to work outdoors
• Requires advanced knowledge of catering and events services
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Needs to distinguish the various priorities as they relate to both guests and employees.
• Must have ability to work with others to create attention to detail, speed, accuracy, follow-through, courtesy, and cooperativeness.
• Must have ability to secure minimum levels of skills and abilities that would allow for a proficient job orientation based on specific tasks and methods.  This is to provide a safe working environment according to OSHA regulations that would protect both the employee and coworkers