Meetings & Events Coordinator

Montage International•USA - UT - Montage Deer Valley, UT

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Meetings & Catering Coordinator will provide support to the Catering Department by giving strategic administrative support to the Director of Meetings & Events and Meetings & Events Sales Managers. This role will contribute to the organization as an active business partner that is responsible for supporting the company's goals, objectives, vision, mission, and values.

Requirements

High school or equivalent education required
Minimum of 1 year of Banquet service experience, Events service experience or Sales administrative experience
Minimum 2 -3 years of customer service experience in a hotel, events or restaurant environment
Working knowledge of Spirits, Wine, and Dining
Possess basic math skills and have the ability to accurately handle billing
Ability to communicate clearly and speak, read, write and understand English eloquently
Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.
Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near vision and depth perception.
Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.
Must have finger dexterity to be able to operate office equipment such as computers, printers, multi-line touch tone phone, filing cabinets, FAX machines, photocopiers, dolly and other office equipment as needed.

Nice To Haves

Luxury hotel experience strongly preferred
Bachelor’s Degree
Delphi experience
Advanced skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; daily use of nearly all programs will occur

Responsibilities

Create a welcoming environment for guests and associates.
Receive initial inquiries, provide preliminary catering information, forward qualified leads to catering manager for appointments or follow-up.
Answer questions and concerns; follow through either to resolution or refer to the appropriate manager.
For all events 10 guests and under the catering coordinator will take full responsibility for arranging these events. They will create contracts and deposit schedules, organize BEOS, as well as oversee the execution of the event. They will be the main contact for the host of the event to refer to with any question pertaining to the planning of their event.
Assist managers in scheduling appointments, meetings and coordinating rentals and specialty items for events as required.
Conducts client site inspections, tastings and potential client entertainment.
Create and assist with all Internal booking reports.
Produce & distribute as directed contracts, BEO, resumes & related Catering paperwork, menus and correspondence.