Director of Event Sales
- Full-time
Company Description
Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize your superior sales and leadership skills to grow the business of a leader in the events industry while coaching a team of sales professionals? Oliver & Bonacini Events is looking for an experienced and proven sales professional to join our growing team!
The Director, Event Sales at O&B is a unique combination of sales and people management. The Director, Event Sales is responsible for managing the health of their assigned business units. From a financial side, this means constantly looking forward and planning to ensure each year supersedes the last. From a people side, ensuring that individuals are trained, performing well, happy in their role and developing their skills. The event sales manager is part of the department leadership team and plays a vital role in establishing the direction of the business and being a positive force in moving our initiatives forward through all members of the team.
Job Description
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
· Support, coach, and lead a team of Event Specialists to ensure individual and team goals are met
· Execute an aggressive sales strategy for existing clients and annual sales goals through strategic planning
· Manage large client accounts to grow their business & ensure repeat sales
· Act as a liaison between event specialists and operating departments
· Execute forecasting and planning using the company’s tools and methodologies
· Monitor guest reactions while in house to find opportunities to exceed expectations and handle any guest complaints ensuring 100% guest satisfaction
· Seek new business opportunities for the unit & department focusing on prospects & cold calling
· Actively spends time connecting with a wide network of clients , and uses this network to expand the business across O&B nationally
· Can effectively communicate the vision of the business unit to the team, rallying efforts of all members and achieving results
· Is fanatical about continuous improvement and is creative and proactive in overcoming the challenges within their units
· Can put together all facets of our business from the ground up, including all marketing, systems, hiring & training and business development
Qualifications
The ideal candidate for this position brings three to five years of event sales experience along with a proven ability to grown sales and lead a team of event planning professionals.
· Ability to lead and motivate a team while continually exceed sales goals
· Ability to coach on selling to maximize revenue
· Ability to work without direct supervision
· Exhibits sound financial acumen
· College or University graduate preferably in a hospitality related program
· Knowledge of menu development, menu/event planning
· Able to effectively and efficiently meet deadlines
· Has a large client database and can utilize relationships to expand the O&B business
· Ability to think creatively & critically in making daily business decisions
Additional Information
** We thank all applicants for their interest in Oliver & Bonacini Restaurants; however, only suitable candidates will be contacted to continue the application process. **