Position summary statement:

Reporting to the Director of Catering Sales, the Catering Sales Manager will be responsible for proactive sales and client servicing, high motivated and aggressive in event acquisition and management focused on achieving strategies objective, goals, revenue generation in the discipline of corporate, social catering and weddings

Primary Responsibilities:

• Responsible to secure new business and maintain repeat customers, potential customers to sell all banquet facilities and services for corporate, social catering and weddings

• Proactively & aggressively source leads to achieve & exceed Individual & Department Sales targets

• Prepares proposals for venue rental, meeting and event packages including menu and send out within the set time frame.

• Attend to walk-in guests, telephone enquiries, sales calls and event needs and site viewing for potential customers.

• He/she is to be engaged in event execution, ensure a unique, innovative and personalized guest experience.

• Engaged in sales activities, manage accounts, update booking status and implement plans to maximise business opportunities.

• To follow-up on all bookings, tentative or confirmed on timely basis accordingly for bookings being held.

• To ensure event documents are circulated within the set time frame to relevant departments

• To comply with banquet operation procedures pertaining to issuing of event orders and follow up on the orders.

• To meet and greet customers before start of event and introduce Banquet in charge and AV technician to organiser to ensure proper hand over and to ensure event information are properly communicated

• To conduct post-event, follow up with clients

• To prepare 2-weekly banquet function forecasts and update confirmed sales-to-date for subsequent 3 months during Banquet and Food & Beverage meetings.

• Establish a good working relationship with the Banquet Operations, Room Sales as well as the other related Departments.

• To participate in market survey on competitors.

• Maintains contacts with suppliers and other establishments providing services linked to catering activities.

• Covers Sales Executive & Assistant Catering Sales Manager’s role in their absence

• Other ad hoc duties

• Minimum 2 years of catering sales experience within a multinational organisation with proven sales track record
• Minimum Diploma in any discipline
• Driven, self-motivated individual with excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills)
• Good influencing skills and the ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers, some of which will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy
• An excellent team player who is able to work under pressure and meeting tight deadlines.
• Possess high level of integrity and respect for others
• Sound MS office skills
• Take responsibilities, engaged and owns challenges
• Highly disciplined
• Candidate must possess a positive, professional image; contributes an energetic and positive attitude to the hotel atmosphere
• Candidate has the flexibility to incorporate travel, evening and weekend work into their lifestyle

PARKROYAL on Beach Road is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities, including individuals with disabilities.

Please click on the "APPLY NOW" button below to apply or email your resume to careers.prsin@parkroyalhotels.com. 

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