University Catering provides full catering services for campus and other contracted events. A sample of the 2000 events worked per year include: VIP meals, buffets, served meals, coffee breaks, drop-offs, and sack lunches. The number of catered events can be upwards of 15-35 daily.
Reporting to the Assistant General Manager and collaborating with the catering sales and back of house teams, the Catering Sales Manager:
Acts as the primary point of contact for clientele
Sells, plans, organizes, schedules staff, and executes a wide range of events of all sizes from 2 to 1500+ people (banquets, receptions, luncheons, coffee breaks, parties, private dinners, etc )
Works in Caterease to create menu proposals, cost estimates, customer confirmations and event bookings. May create invoices.
Designs, researches, and actively sets decorations for events.
Assists clients with facility set-up and coordinates with other campus entities as needed.
Assists with supervising, training, scheduling, and evaluating student and temporary employees as needed.
Works at events as needed (plating, serving, cleaning, etc).
Participates with the catering team during menu and recipe development.
Researches and suggests new menu items and serving styles to stay on trend with the industry.
Actively works to controls food and labor costs.
Monitors inventory of catering supplies and orders as needed.
Performs other administrative duties as needed to support department.
And actively participates as a member of the team while performing other duties in support of the department’s mission.
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