Event Sales Manager – Kosher Weddings & Events-Grand Hyatt Baha Mar (Remote)

Organization- Oklahoma City Sales Office

Summary

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar is seeking exceptional talent for a world class experience.

If you’ve seen our Dream Team series, you know that Baha Mar is committed to finding exceptional, world-class talent.

We remain uncompromising in our search for great people with great attitudes and amazing work ethics.

Grand Hyatt Baha Mar’s Weddings & Events Sales Manger- Kosher Weddings will work together with the Director of Events and is responsible for providing catering sales management in all aspects of the Weddings & Event planning to maximize events sales. **

The Baha Mar culture begins with PASSION.**

We have a passion for “BETTER THAN BEST” that leaves a lasting impression on our guests, and creates a timeless resort experience that is glamorous, fun and sexy. Here is how you can “own the wow!”

• Care deeply
• Have a generous spirit
• Thrive as part of a team
• Pay exacting attention to details
• Create emotional connections with our guests
• Be strongly committed to Baha Mar’s success
• Responsible for short and long-term planning and the management of Kosher Weddings and Milestone events.
• Maintains or exceeds budgeted sales and profits in all Wedding Services areas.
• Achieve yearly targeted revenue goals as outlined annually.
• Actively seek out partnerships with Wedding Planners, Event Companies handlingWedding -arrangements and Wedding Industry specialists to generate leads
• Work with the Director of Events to develop and implement effective marketing plans for generating wedding revenues and room nights, with a focus on Kosher Market.
• Solicit, negotiate and book new and repeat catering business.
• Maintain strong customer relationships.
• Adopt strategies to positively impact need periods.
• Forecast to maximize the resorts public meeting space.
• Communicate effectively with ALL departments to ensure successful execution of events
• Conduct competitor analysis of the destination wedding market hotel venues, prices, packages and rates.
• Development Grand Hyatt Baha Mar weddings offerings wiht an emphasis on Kosher Weddings.
• Develop Wedding proposals and contract templates, to be used for each individual customer.
• Conduct weekly sales calls to develop key partnerships with wedding planners and attend in-market events with the purpose to promote weddings .
• Work closely with Chef and Pastry Chef on menus and customizable requests as needed for Kosher and other speciality markets.
• Develop and implement Wedding service standards, including but not limited to sales, planning, marketing and administrative procedures.
• Develop cross promotion opportunities with sister hotels.
• Conduct property wide site tours for both prospective clients and existing customers.

**Requirements

**_All duties and requirements are essential job functions.

_ _This statement of personal responsibility in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed in this position.You will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by the management team.

_ _Hyatt is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status or any other group protected by law.

_ Qualifications

College Degree in Business, Hospitality/Tourism or related discipline

• 3 years+ of management experience in Wedding Catering and/or Event Sales
• Strong knowledge of Jewish culture, traditions and Kosher laws and regulations (Preferred)
• Must have hospitality catering sales experience
• Proficient in general computer knowledge
• Refined verbal and written communication skills
• Walking and standing are required. This includes walking to and from meetings, site inspections etc... Length of time for these tasks may vary from day to day and task to task.