Catering Sales/Event Planner (Glen Cove)

Feb. 21, 2012

New York, NY

Confidential

Long Island's top off-premise catering & event planning company is looking to add to our team. We are looking for someone that specializes in selling and managing social and corporate parties. Service lines consist of event design, menu planning, coordinating and overall event management. Must be creative, passionate, dedicated, hard working and able to follow through from conception to completion.

Responsibilities Include:

Sell social and corporate events

Direct, supervise and coordinate production of events

Coordinate, source and secure, contract and manage all aspects of event production leading up to the event and event load-in/load-out

Oversee multiple parties simultaneously

Create and lead marketing and promotional ideas to generate additional client leads and sales

Negotiate with vendors for necessary event related details and costs

Develop new campaigns to generate sales and leads for new events

Come up with a strategic plan to market to corporate companies

Continue to foster relationship with existing vendors and establish new ones for cross referrals and promotions

Plan and coordinate events

Desired Skills & Experience

Atleast 4 years of PROFESSIONAL experience in catering and event planning and working drectly with clients on events, private parties and corporate events.

Working knowledge of event design and event planning concepts.

Budgeting and negotiating skills.

Dead-line oriented and problem solver.

Effective communicator and presenter.

Outstanding organization and project management skills.

Ability to multi-task and juggle multiple projects.

Ability to maintain professional standards of excellence with each event produce.

Detail oriented and strong people skills.

Flexibility with hours (weekends, evenings, some holidays)

A true team player

Commitment to delivering the highest client service standards

Knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc)