Events Manager

  • Full-time
  • Job-Category: Sales & Marketing
  • Job Type: Permanent
  • Job Schedule: Full-Time

Company Description

Combining Swiss hospitality with tropical charm, the resort boasts 420 rooms with breathtaking ocean views. Guests can enjoy Port 19 live cooking, Yokatta Izakaya & Bar, Klon - Tong Deli's pastries, and Chocolate Hour.

Beyond dining, guests can unwind in a lagoon-style pools or explore the Recreation Village, home to fitness centre and studio. Golf enthusiasts can also indulge in the resort's access to two world-class golf courses designed by Jack Nicklaus and Ian Baker-Finch.

For Meeting & Events, we offer Bintan's largest conference space of 2,000 sqm, with a 900 sqm pillarless Grand Ballroom, 11 versatile venues, and outdoor areas for team-building, all supported by our professional team to deliver customized programs.

Job Description

Events Management

  • Manage all incoming leads for the booking of guest rooms and/or meeting/catering functions
  • Develop lead sources through prospecting, referrals, trace files, and cold calls
  • Exceed personal sales goals, monthly, quarterly, annually, through account development and maintenance
  • Conduct site inspections with prospective and existing clients
  • Develop and implement new sales strategies, tactics and action plans for account base
  • Quote and negotiate prices within established parameters with potential and existing clients. Prepare contracts for clients
  • Manage events from the beginning to the end, process all the information pertaining to bookings (to include but not limited to):
  • Electrical, internet, telecom, audio-visual and exhibit requirements
  • Obtain guarantees of food and beverage events from Banquets and kitchen
  • Prepare creative menu proposals with the Chef while keeping in mind food cost, labor cost and kitchen facilities
  • Maintain and update current account information records
  • Ensure rooming list is received 30 days prior to arrival with updated billing instructions
  • Ensure that deposits/cancellation fees where applicable are forwarded to the Accounting department 
  • Disseminate event information to the appropriate departments via memos, emails, banquet event orders, directives and rooming lists in a professional and timely manner
  • Conduct daily meeting to review event contracts to ensure last minute changes are communicated accordingly
  • Conduct pre-conference meetings to ensure that key departments are fully aware of relevant details
  • Maintain visibility throughout events and be the on-site client liaison
  • Follow up post-event to address any issues whilst soliciting return business
  • Establish good business and social relationships within the industry and participate in PR activities to increase sales leads for the Hotel
  • Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports as required.

Team Management

  • Interview, select and recruit direct reports
  • Identify and develop team members with potential
  • Conduct performance review with the team
  • Constantly monitor team members’ appearance, attitude and degree of professionalism
  • Develop, conduct maintain all staff training programs for team members, focusing on their development needs, providing them with new skills to meet the changing needs of the business

Other Responsibilities

 

  • Be fully conversant with hotel fire & life safety/emergency procedures

 

  • Attend all briefings, meetings and trainings as assigned by management

 

  • Maintain a high standard of personal appearance and hygiene at all times

 

  • Be aware of the hotel fire & life safety/emergency procedures

 

  • Perform other reasonable duties assigned by the assigned by the Management

 

Qualifications

Knowledge and Experience

  • Diploma in Tourism / Hospitality Management / Events Management
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in group, catering and conference sales or 1 year of experience in a similar capacity with proven track record
  • Excellent reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
  • Proficient in MS Excel, Word, & PowerPoint

Competencies

  • Strong leadership, interpersonal and training skills
  • Good communication and customer contact skills
  • Service oriented with an eye for details
  • Ability to work well in stressful & high-pressure situations
  • A team player & builder
  • A motivator & self-starter
  • Well-presented and professionally groomed at all times

 

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