Catering Sales Manager - The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort
The Westin Jekyll Island · Jekyll Island, GA · 1 mo ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only where content exists. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort ..."? Actually that is part of description; we can include as prose under About the role maybe. Need to preserve all substantive information. Let's parse content.
Original text:
"Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for an exciting opportunity to create unforgettable events at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort? As our Catering Sales Manager, you'll have the opportunity to connect with clients, bring their visions to life, and create exceptional experiences that leave lasting memories. In this role, you'll build strong relationships, develop creative catering solutions, and help grow our business while delivering outstanding customer service in a beautiful seaside setting. Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort filled with classic Southern charm and located on beautiful Jekyll Island. The views are incredible - and so are the people who work here. We know our team members are the heart of our success, so we offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life. Day to Day as a Catering Sales Manager As the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, get ready for an exciting and rewarding journey! Your days will be filled with building successful relationships with corporate, social, and wedding clients, understanding their needs, and creating personalized proposals, menus, and event plans. You'll work closely with our culinary and operations teams to ensure every event is executed flawlessly while delivering exceptional customer service from the first conversation through the final guest experience. You'll also identify new business opportunities through networking, referrals, and community engagement, manage the sales pipeline, conduct site visits and tastings, and work toward monthly and quarterly revenue goals. Be prepared to work in a fast-paced environment where organization, creativity, and attention to detail are key. Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs. What You Need To Be Successful To thrive as the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, you'll need strong relationship-building and sales skills, along with a genuine passion for hospitality. A proven track record in catering sales, hospitality, or event planning is essential, with the ability to meet or exceed sales goals. Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and organizational skills will help you build client confidence and successfully bring their vision to life. A collaborative spirit and the ability to work seamlessly with culinary and operations teams are essential. Experience with CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and event management software is a plus. A creative mindset, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering exceptional customer service will set you up for success in this role. Bring your passion for hospitality, sales, and creating memorable experiences to the table, and watch your career soar with us! Are you ready for an exciting opportunity? If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, we'd love to meet you! Don't miss this opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the exciting world of hospitality and events. Job Posted by ApplicantPro"
We need to remove boilerplate: "Job Posted by ApplicantPro". Also maybe "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort..." is substantive (description of resort). Keep.
We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (day-to-day), Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (maybe combine). Benefits: they mention "competitive pay" but not specifics; they say "We offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life." That's a benefit statement. Should we create Benefits section? The rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. They mention competitive pay (specific? It's vague but it's a statement). They also mention culture that encourages fulfillment. That's a benefit. So we can include Benefits section with that sentence. Pay section: they mention competitive pay but not actual numbers; is that enough? The rule says never create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It does state "competitive pay". That's a statement about pay, albeit not specific. Might be considered stating pay. I'd include Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: they mention "Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract content.
About the role: first paragraph(s) up to maybe before "Hello, We're...". Actually the intro includes: "Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for an exciting opportunity to create unforgettable events at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort? As our Catering Sales Manager, you'll have the opportunity to connect with clients, bring their visions to life, and create exceptional experiences that leave lasting memories. In this role, you'll build strong relationships, develop creative catering solutions, and help grow our business while delivering outstanding customer service in a beautiful seaside setting."
Then "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort filled with classic Southern charm and located on beautiful Jekyll Island. The views are incredible - and so are the people who work here. We know our team members are the heart of our success, so we offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life."
That could be part of About the role or maybe a separate "About the company". But we only have headings list; we could put that under About the role as well.
Responsibilities: "Day to Day as a Catering Sales Manager As the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, get ready for an exciting and rewarding journey! Your days will be filled with building successful relationships with corporate, social, and wedding clients, understanding their needs, and creating personalized proposals, menus, and event plans. You'll work closely with our culinary and operations teams to ensure every event is executed flawlessly while delivering exceptional customer service from the first conversation through the final guest experience. You'll also identify new business opportunities through networking, referrals, and community engagement, manage the sales pipeline, conduct site visits and tastings, and work toward monthly and quarterly revenue goals. Be prepared to work in a fast-paced environment where organization, creativity, and attention to detail are key. Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs."
But note the last sentence about nights/weekends could go to Schedule; but we can keep in Responsibilities and also have Schedule section maybe duplicate? Better to separate: Responsibilities excludes schedule specifics; Schedule section includes nights/weekends.
Thus Responsibilities: everything except the schedule sentence.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The "What You Need To Be Successful" section includes relationship-building, sales skills, passion, proven track record, communication, negotiation, presentation, organizational skills, collaborative spirit, ability to work with teams, experience with CRM, MS Office, event management software (plus), creative mindset, attention to detail, commitment to exceptional customer service.
We could split into Requirements (experience, track record) and Skills (specific abilities). But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can decide to combine into Requirements and Skills maybe. But we should not create thin sections. Let's make one section "Requirements" containing the bullet list of needed qualifications and skills. Or we could have "Requirements" for experience/track record and "Skills" for abilities. However we have limited content; maybe better to have "Requirements" and "Skills". But we need to avoid filler. Let's see if we can split meaningfully.
Requirements: "A proven track record in catering sales, hospitality, or event planning is essential, with the ability to meet or exceed sales goals." Also maybe "strong relationship-building and sales skills, along with a genuine passion for hospitality." That's more skill.
Skills: list of communication, negotiation, presentation, organizational skills, collaborative spirit, ability to work with teams, experience with CRM, MS Office, event management software (plus), creative mindset, attention to detail, commitment to delivering exceptional customer service.
We could also include "strong relationship-building and sales skills" under Skills.
Thus we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Check each for substantive content.
About the role: we have intro + resort description. Good.
Responsibilities: list of duties (excluding schedule). Good.
Requirements: proven track record etc. Good.
Skills: list of abilities. Good.
Benefits: "We offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life." Actually competitive pay also goes to Pay; but we can put culture part in Benefits. However the sentence includes both pay and culture. We could split: Benefits: culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life. Pay: competitive pay. That seems okay.
Schedule: "Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs."
Now ensure we don't repeat content. We'll need to remove duplicate sentences.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll use
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort ..."? Actually that is part of description; we can include as prose under About the role maybe. Need to preserve all substantive information. Let's parse content.
Original text:
"Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for an exciting opportunity to create unforgettable events at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort? As our Catering Sales Manager, you'll have the opportunity to connect with clients, bring their visions to life, and create exceptional experiences that leave lasting memories. In this role, you'll build strong relationships, develop creative catering solutions, and help grow our business while delivering outstanding customer service in a beautiful seaside setting. Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort filled with classic Southern charm and located on beautiful Jekyll Island. The views are incredible - and so are the people who work here. We know our team members are the heart of our success, so we offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life. Day to Day as a Catering Sales Manager As the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, get ready for an exciting and rewarding journey! Your days will be filled with building successful relationships with corporate, social, and wedding clients, understanding their needs, and creating personalized proposals, menus, and event plans. You'll work closely with our culinary and operations teams to ensure every event is executed flawlessly while delivering exceptional customer service from the first conversation through the final guest experience. You'll also identify new business opportunities through networking, referrals, and community engagement, manage the sales pipeline, conduct site visits and tastings, and work toward monthly and quarterly revenue goals. Be prepared to work in a fast-paced environment where organization, creativity, and attention to detail are key. Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs. What You Need To Be Successful To thrive as the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, you'll need strong relationship-building and sales skills, along with a genuine passion for hospitality. A proven track record in catering sales, hospitality, or event planning is essential, with the ability to meet or exceed sales goals. Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and organizational skills will help you build client confidence and successfully bring their vision to life. A collaborative spirit and the ability to work seamlessly with culinary and operations teams are essential. Experience with CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and event management software is a plus. A creative mindset, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering exceptional customer service will set you up for success in this role. Bring your passion for hospitality, sales, and creating memorable experiences to the table, and watch your career soar with us! Are you ready for an exciting opportunity? If this sounds like the perfect fit for you, we'd love to meet you! Don't miss this opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the exciting world of hospitality and events. Job Posted by ApplicantPro"
We need to remove boilerplate: "Job Posted by ApplicantPro". Also maybe "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort..." is substantive (description of resort). Keep.
We need sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (day-to-day), Requirements/Qualifications/Skills (maybe combine). Benefits: they mention "competitive pay" but not specifics; they say "We offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life." That's a benefit statement. Should we create Benefits section? The rule: include a section ONLY when posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. They mention competitive pay (specific? It's vague but it's a statement). They also mention culture that encourages fulfillment. That's a benefit. So we can include Benefits section with that sentence. Pay section: they mention competitive pay but not actual numbers; is that enough? The rule says never create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It does state "competitive pay". That's a statement about pay, albeit not specific. Might be considered stating pay. I'd include Pay section with that sentence. Schedule: they mention "Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs." That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract content.
About the role: first paragraph(s) up to maybe before "Hello, We're...". Actually the intro includes: "Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for an exciting opportunity to create unforgettable events at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort? As our Catering Sales Manager, you'll have the opportunity to connect with clients, bring their visions to life, and create exceptional experiences that leave lasting memories. In this role, you'll build strong relationships, develop creative catering solutions, and help grow our business while delivering outstanding customer service in a beautiful seaside setting."
Then "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort filled with classic Southern charm and located on beautiful Jekyll Island. The views are incredible - and so are the people who work here. We know our team members are the heart of our success, so we offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life."
That could be part of About the role or maybe a separate "About the company". But we only have headings list; we could put that under About the role as well.
Responsibilities: "Day to Day as a Catering Sales Manager As the Catering Sales Manager at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort, get ready for an exciting and rewarding journey! Your days will be filled with building successful relationships with corporate, social, and wedding clients, understanding their needs, and creating personalized proposals, menus, and event plans. You'll work closely with our culinary and operations teams to ensure every event is executed flawlessly while delivering exceptional customer service from the first conversation through the final guest experience. You'll also identify new business opportunities through networking, referrals, and community engagement, manage the sales pipeline, conduct site visits and tastings, and work toward monthly and quarterly revenue goals. Be prepared to work in a fast-paced environment where organization, creativity, and attention to detail are key. Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs."
But note the last sentence about nights/weekends could go to Schedule; but we can keep in Responsibilities and also have Schedule section maybe duplicate? Better to separate: Responsibilities excludes schedule specifics; Schedule section includes nights/weekends.
Thus Responsibilities: everything except the schedule sentence.
Requirements/Qualifications/Skills: The "What You Need To Be Successful" section includes relationship-building, sales skills, passion, proven track record, communication, negotiation, presentation, organizational skills, collaborative spirit, ability to work with teams, experience with CRM, MS Office, event management software (plus), creative mindset, attention to detail, commitment to exceptional customer service.
We could split into Requirements (experience, track record) and Skills (specific abilities). But we have headings: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can decide to combine into Requirements and Skills maybe. But we should not create thin sections. Let's make one section "Requirements" containing the bullet list of needed qualifications and skills. Or we could have "Requirements" for experience/track record and "Skills" for abilities. However we have limited content; maybe better to have "Requirements" and "Skills". But we need to avoid filler. Let's see if we can split meaningfully.
Requirements: "A proven track record in catering sales, hospitality, or event planning is essential, with the ability to meet or exceed sales goals." Also maybe "strong relationship-building and sales skills, along with a genuine passion for hospitality." That's more skill.
Skills: list of communication, negotiation, presentation, organizational skills, collaborative spirit, ability to work with teams, experience with CRM, MS Office, event management software (plus), creative mindset, attention to detail, commitment to delivering exceptional customer service.
We could also include "strong relationship-building and sales skills" under Skills.
Thus we have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
Check each for substantive content.
About the role: we have intro + resort description. Good.
Responsibilities: list of duties (excluding schedule). Good.
Requirements: proven track record etc. Good.
Skills: list of abilities. Good.
Benefits: "We offer competitive pay and a culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life." Actually competitive pay also goes to Pay; but we can put culture part in Benefits. However the sentence includes both pay and culture. We could split: Benefits: culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life. Pay: competitive pay. That seems okay.
Schedule: "Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs."
Now ensure we don't repeat content. We'll need to remove duplicate sentences.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll use for each heading, then
for prose,
- for lists.
For About the role: two paragraphs maybe combine into one
with both sentences. Responsibilities: we can make a
- of duties.
Let's list duties:
- Building successful relationships with corporate, social, and wedding clients
- Understanding their needs
- Creating personalized proposals, menus, and event plans
- Working closely with culinary and operations teams to ensure flawless execution
- Delivering exceptional customer service from first conversation through final guest experience
- Identifying new business opportunities through networking, referrals, and community engagement
- Managing the sales pipeline
- Conducting site visits and tastings
- Working toward monthly and quarterly revenue goals
- Working in a fast-paced environment requiring organization, creativity, and attention to detail
We could also include "Prepare personalized proposals, menus, and event plans" etc.
Now Requirements: maybe a
- :
- Proven track record in catering sales, hospitality, or event planning (essential)
- Ability to meet or exceed sales goals
But also "strong relationship-building and sales skills, along with a genuine passion for hospitality." That could be skill.
We'll keep Requirements as proven track record and ability to meet/exceed goals.
Skills: list:
- Strong relationship-building and sales skills
- Genuine passion for hospitality
- Strong communication, negotiation, presentation, and organizational skills
- Collaborative spirit and ability to work seamlessly with culinary and operations teams
- Experience with CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and event management software (plus)
- Creative mindset
- Attention to detail
- Commitment to delivering exceptional customer service
We could combine some.
Benefits: "A culture that encourages fulfillment both at work and in life."
Pay: "Competitive pay."
Schedule: "Nights and weekends may be required based on client and event needs."
Now ensure we didn't include boilerplate like "Hello, We're The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort is a 200-room beachfront resort..." We included that in About the role.
Check for any leftover like "Job Posted by ApplicantPro" removed.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We must not include or . Just the fragment.
Let's write:
About the role
Are you a passionate hospitality professional looking for an exciting opportunity to create unforgettable events at The Westin Jekyll Island Beach Resort? As our Catering Sales Manager, you'll have the opportunity to connect with clients, bring their visions to life, and create exceptional experiences that leave lasting memories. In this role, you'll build