Job Description

Assistant Sales & Events Manager
We are seeking a highly motivated and dynamic individual to join our team as an Assistant Sales Manager. The Assistant Sales Manager will play a crucial role in supporting the sales team and ensuring the smooth operation of our sales department. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with a passion for sales and a desire to grow their career in a fast-paced and exciting industry.

Position Overview:

The Assistant Sales & Events Manager is responsible for helping the Sales & Events Manger with marketing, selling, and servicing events. Primary sales efforts are in private events, beverage, and off-site food truck events and include menu coordination, agenda setting and meeting services. Duties also include contract review and facilitating communication before, during and post event with pertinent leadership and Restaurant staff to ensure the highest level of service.

The Assistant Sales & Events Manager also hosts Restaurant tours, maintains strong customer relationships, participates in, and may lead event meetings and other staff meetings, and works as a team member with the Restaurant staff. The Manager also works closely with an assigned Manager and other support staff.

This position is responsible for providing support to the Sales and Events Manager while maintaining confidentiality and discretion in all matters relating to the Company, its leadership team, clients, vendors/suppliers/purveyors, and community contacts. This position will report directly to the Sales & Events Manager

Essential Functions:

· Visit and court potential clients as directed to increase awareness and exposure for the Company.

· Assist with targeting convention and hotel conferences, capitalizing on ways to attract and sell to each.

· Assist with targeting companies that use Destination Management Companies and independent planners, and those that employee in-house event planners to find event venues.

· Attend networking events in a sales capacity.

· Maintain and grow Company-owned and confidential existing client list.

· Help coordinate production and distribution of marketing materials that positively position the Company, build brand recognition, and drive sales.

· Assist in the development and implementation of marketing plans as needed.

· Ensure event contracts are fully executed and all payments are received.

· Ensure compliance with insurance, legal, health and safety obligations.

· Coordinate event details with clients once contracts are signed.

· Work with all event vendors, including florist, A/V, rental company, security, parking, etc.

· Work with Restaurant operations team on all event preparation.

· Meet with clients for additional walk-throughs to finalize event details.

· Assist with continual up-selling of client and event throughout the working relationship.

· On-site day of event coordinating to ensure execution is on schedule, maintaining contact with the client throughout and coordinating vendors.

· Proactively handle any arising issues and troubleshoot any emerging problems on the event day.

· Provide event recaps and operation, sales and production suggestion to Sales & Event Manager and store operations team

· Maintain fiscal responsibility in terms of rentals, supplies, and labor.

· Assist in overseeing day-to-day operations.

· Performs duties to maintain budgets and optimize expenses.

· Maintain Company policies and procedures.

· Ensure employees work productively and develop professionally.

· Assist in recruitment and training of new employees.

· Evaluate and improve operations and financial performance.

· Assist in the employee assessment and performance review process.

· Ensure staff follows health and safety regulations. Maintain and enforce new COVID-19 playbook.

· Offer solutions to issues (e.g., profit decline, employee conflicts, loss of business to competitors, etc.)

· Floor presence during shift, greeting and interacting with guests while overseeing quality standards of food and beverage with guest satisfaction in mind.

· Perform daily inspection of Restaurant for readiness according to standards.

· Responsible for opening/closing procedures of shift, including Logbook, pre-meal shift, guest comment card process, in-house accounting procedures, and cash handling during shift (two closing shifts per work week).

Salary: $45,000

Commission: 2%

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $45,000.00 per year

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