Job Description

Culinaire, a Compass Group USA company, is hiring an experienced and seasoned Director of Catering who shares our values and passion for excellence at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. We strive to be competitive with salary and commission for a potential total compensation package between $95,000 - $110,000.

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center is a large entertainment venue that operates in downtown Newark. It features multiple spaces available to Culinaire for catering.

We offer our associates an entrepreneurial atmosphere with opportunities for growth and promotions. There are competitive benefits to include AD&D, dental, disability, identity theft, legal, life, company-sponsored medical, pet care, and vision, along with a lucrative matching 401k and paid time off from work.

A few important responsibilities will include:

• Exceeding monthly booking goals.
• Maintaining positive working relationships with our client and building staff.
• Producing a monthly forecast of revenue.
• Submitting monthly Pace and Gap Reports.
• Understanding how to help the museum’s special events department grow business volumes and close sales.
• Ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Qualification and Skill Set:

• ·Aggressive salesmanship
• Multi-tasked oriented with exceptional organization skills
• Experience with Caterese a plus
• Astute ability to work around obstacles
• Five years prior experience with a proven record of accomplishment in a similar facility
• Works flexible hours (i.e. weekends, evenings)

Essential Job Functions:

• Supervision and overall responsibility for the Catering department, including monitoring the accuracy and thoroughness of all written communication from the Catering Sales Manager. These documents include but are not limited to: Menus, Event Proposals, Contracts, Event Orders and Daily/Weekly Sales Reports.
• Train, mentor, and conduct performance evaluations for the Catering Sales Manager. Recommends hiring, discipline, and termination, of any Catering associate.
• Actively prospect and solicit, develop, and maintain local corporate catering accounts through telephone, personal sales calls, trade shows, and on-site entertainment.
• Finalize the requirements of personally booked catering events while maximizing revenue through upselling.
• Ensure accuracy of banquet checks and provide bill review prior to completion of every event.
• Maintain knowledge of facilities, capacities, and dimensions of meeting space in the competitive set.
• Act as the liaison for all vendor/supplier-related client’s needs, (i.e. Audio Visual, Florists, Entertainment, Transportation, etc.)

Culinaire, in partnership with Compass, provides upscale food and beverage management services to a very diverse collection of national accounts including art museums, performing art centers, cultural landmarks, hotels, restaurants, special event venues, and conference centers. While our portfolio is diverse, the one constant in every operation that we manage is our total commitment to our associates to put their career path, safety, and success as a top priority, and to our client to provide top-quality food products and services to our customers and guests.

Culinaire is a drug-free environment, EOE, and E-Verify Employer.

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