CATERING SALES MANAGER

Watch our team grow as we are hiring an experienced CATERING SALES MANAGER who shares our values and passion at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. The ideal candidate will manage the catering sales effort, and skillfully negotiate the multi-faceted process of staging catered events.

In 2023, the Museum reopened following a four-year renovation that expanded the building and grounds. Designed by the renowned architecture firm Studio Gang, the facility includes landscaped grounds by the firm SCAPE and secures AMFA’s position as one of the top cultural institutions in the region. The building includes state-of-the-art galleries, an art school, restaurant, store, theater, lecture hall, and other programming and event spaces. AMFA is an active partner in the educational, economic, and cultural life of a diverse community, inviting discovery, creativity and learning through engagement with the visual and performing arts.

CULINAIRE is a national food service company and is seeking a self-motivated and service-oriented catering professional with a creative flair and enjoys an entrepreneurial work environment with opportunities for career growth and advancement. CULINAIRE offers a competitive base salary and commission on actualized revenue. Our benefits include company sponsored medical, dental, disability, legal, life, pet, theft, and vision, as well as a 401K with company with a lucrative match and paid time off.

CULINAIRE provides upscale food and beverage management services to a very diverse collection of national accounts to include museums, performing arts centers, cultural landmarks, hotels, restaurants, and special event venues. 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 our top priority, as well as to provide sophisticated, delicious food and warm service to our guests.

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

What we're looking for:

· Aggressive salesmanship

· An astute ability to work around obstacles

· Three (3) years prior experience with a proven record of accomplishment in a similar facility

· Willing to work flexible hours (i.e. holidays, weekends, evenings)

· Great organizational skills

· Excellent supervisory skills

Essential Job Functions:

· Accurate and thoroughness of all written communication to include but are not limited to: Menus, Event Proposals, Contracts, Event Orders and Daily/Weekly Sales Reports

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

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Morning shift

Work Location: In person