Event experience manager (corp/association market) - united states, west palm beach
are you passionate about hospitality, the guest experience, and the catering and events environment in a hotel? do you enjoy coming to work in a fun, engaging and goal focused team environment? if you answered "yes"to all of the above, we are on the hunt for a #rockstar with talent like yours!
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the ideal candidate …is someone who has several years experience with corporate and association group events. your experience has evolved around group meetings or conferences, board of directors or training classes. you understand the needs of a seasoned corporate meeting planner and know how to sell value over price. the ideal candidate is efficient in various office programing tools such as excel, word, publisher, adobe and outlook. and your passion is seeing an event through execution with pride of accomplishment. as our corporate sales manager or corporate catering manager closes on a contract, you are ready to take ownership and put your stamp on the event’s success!
the ideal candidate is someone that already has knowledge of the various components of events from planning to execution and has experience using a sales system such as ci/ty, delphi or sales pro. the ben utilizes ci/ty. familiarity with marriott sales is also helpful. the ben, with its uniquely designed event spaces, offers clients everything from a traditional boardroom, to 1800 square foot of flex-space up to our 3800 square foot elegant rooftop ballroom. the ideal candidate comes with a level of service that is 5 star and holds themselves accountable for nothing but superior service and accountability in their day to day work responsibilities.
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total team player with high energy, goal driven and willingness to celebrate and have funhigh attention to detail, timeliness on voicemail and emails, and professional conduct as a manager within the hotel at all times.able to take direction from corporate sales or catering sales manager for event successprofessional and courtesy phone presence with full understanding of hotel and the “ben story” and uniqueness of the autograph brandproficiency in excel and word required – adobe helpfultechnical savvy in computer systems to learn diagram tools such as social tables and eproposal and emenu tools through cendyn as well as various marriott resourcesunderstanding of seasonality, event pricing, event flow and day of executioninterest in career growth in sales to catering sales or room sales managergreat skill in prioritizing day with sense of urgency to those items on strict timelines or resulting in quick turnaround.can coordinate several contracts simultaneously without stress or erroracts with high degree of responsibility, initiative and professionalism.
oh? and the #perks! overall, [link available when viewing the job] supports our key cornerstone of quality, integrity, community, profitability and #fun. the associates of concord believe in a strong culture with focus on health and wellness, sustainability, and work/life balance:
our benefits (applies to full-time associates only)
competitive pay;great benefits including various levels of medical plans, prescription discounts plus vision/dental;401k retirement program with company contribution – free money!complimentary hotel room night program – (within concord hospitality portfolio)group life insurance equal to your annual salary;voluntary short- and long-term disability programs;verizon wireless discount – save up to 18% off your billing a month with our partnership with verizon.concord hospitality earned the recognition of great place to work® as well as our recent acknowledgement of great places to work for millennials, and for women!
we are, all, proud to be an eeo employer m/f/d/v and maintain a drug-free work environment.
*management reserves the right to change, modify, and/or alter any of the duties listed above to meet business demands.
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