Director, Sales and Catering

Great Wolf Lodge•Garden Grove, CA

3d•$125,000 - $135,000

About The Position

As the Great Wolf Director of Sales and Catering, your focus is to manage and grow relationships in order to exceed guest satisfaction along with meeting revenue goals. Responsible for setting the revenue generating strategies for soliciting, booking, managing, and overseeing sales and conference service teams.

Requirements

Associate degree in Sales, Communications, Marketing, Business or Hotel Management
Minimum 5 years experience in sales, event planning, and/or catering
Minimum 3 year supervisory/leadership experience in hospitality field
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
Successful completion of criminal background check and drug screen
Successful completion of Department of Motor Vehicle check
Professional communication skills both verbal and written

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Sales, Communications, Marketing, Business or Hotel Management
Significant customer service experience
Strong problem solving and organizational skills
Attention to detail and ability to exceed quality standards
Enthusiastic and positive energy
Multi-tasking ability

Responsibilities

Accomplishes sales objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining pack members; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures
Overall responsibility for total group revenue strategies, implementation and results; including group rooms, group food and beverage, meeting room rental, and other group revenues as assigned by the corporate director of sales
Leverage Sales Team to execute on sales strategies to meet financial targets
Meets financial objectives maximizing profitability for the lodge by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual performance budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances
Determines annual and gross-profit plans by forecasting and developing annual sales quotas for various market segments; projecting expected sales volume and revenue; analyzing trends and results; establishing pricing strategies; recommends rate strategies; monitoring costs, competition, and product demand
Accomplishes sales objectives by planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating field sales action plans
Sustains rapport with key accounts by making periodic visits; exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities
Represent the lodge in resolving complaints from groups and group attendees, including but not limited to billing and reservations