Wedding & Social Sales Manager

Rough Creek Lodge

Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Wedding & Social Sales Manager

DEPARTMENT: Food and Beverage 

FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

Rough Creek Lodge (RCL) and Resort is 90 miles from Downtown Dallas and 70 miles from Downtown Fort Worth. RCL is a five-star Hotel and Restaurant (see www.roughcreek.com).

GENERAL JOB EXPLANATION:

Position manages all assigned duties related to luxury wedding and high end social events. This includes all details regarding the sales, booking, and execution of all functions. Understands the demands and sense of urgency of being in the hospitality industry and able to provide guest with 5 star service. Must be able to stay organized, multi-task, communicate well, and be able to meet all deadlines. 

 GENERAL JOB EXPLANATION:

• Proactively solicit wedding leads via approved sales activities.
• Respond to all incoming wedding lead calls or emails with a sense of urgency.
• Respond, plan and execute all wedding room reservations for all upcoming weddings on property. 
• Send quotes and information to all incoming wedding leads in a timely manner. 
• Negotiate all wedding event contracts including collecting the deposits for the event. 
• Detail all wedding events with the booking party by providing a timeline for the event, a projected cost as well as coordinate any vendors for the event. Supply each department on property with detailed information for each event at weekly managers meeting. Input and distribute all banquet event orders to food and beverage department in a timely manner. 
• On site for all wedding & social events to insure the event is run properly and available to handle any questions, challenges or situations that might arise. 
• Review all wedding event invoices and collect remaining balances in a timely manner for accounting and the client. 
• Send weekly wedding sales call reports and department projected revenue reports to the executive committee. 
• Attend weekly managers meetings to review all upcoming events and VIP stays that will be arriving for the next 14 days as well as banquet event meetings with the Restaurant Manager and the Executive Chef. 
• Handles all check requests for upcoming social events and weddings and provides a copy to accounting and another copy for our records. 
• Organize and file all wedding and social event files upon completion of each event.
• Contact all vendors for wedding and social events to send timelines for the event, find out their load in and strike times, provide directions and answer any questions they might have about the event. 
• Handle all site visits and planning meetings for upcoming social events and assist with all wedding tastings, planning meetings and site visits as needed. 
• Revise and update all wedding and social event print material to increase our departments revenue. 
• This position will have an assistant

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum age requirement: 21 years of age
• Minimum of 2-3 years experience

 Benefits:

• We offer a 5-day work week, 2 weeks’ vacation after one year, personal days
• Health insurance
• Matching 401(k)
• On-Site Housing is available for the right candidate 

Compensation commentates with experience. For your reference the previous Wedding & Social Sales manager compensation for the last three calendar years (Base Salary Compensation)

2022 $76K

2023 $85K

2024 $86K

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.