Director of Catering
Key Responsibilities
- You will build excellent relationships with clients, third parties, and community organizations in order to generate catering business for the hotel.
- You’ll provide strategic direction to the team of catering professionals to achieve the hotel’s revenue goals and maximize revenue performance.
- Your daily tasks will focus on guiding the catering and conference services team to achieve monthly revenue goals. This includes developing action plans; proactively targeting high-value accounts; and engaging in active selling strategies.
- Your boss is the Director of Sales & Marketing.
- As Director of Catering, your job prepares you for a progressive career in larger hotels or in more complex markets, or for a pivot into group sales and a DOS position. This position is also a good springboard to a career in food and beverage operations leadership.
Education & Experience
- A college degree in Business, Communications, or Hospitality, Highly Preferred.
- 3 Years of Hotel Catering Sales Experience or Upscale Venue Catering Experience with at least 60,000 Square Feet of Event Space, Required.
- Mariott Experience, Highly Preferred.
- Renovation and/or New Build Hotel Experience, Highly Preferred.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- Eligible to work in the United States
- Sufficient education and/or literacy needed to identify and read product labels and to communicate with guests about job-related needs.
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, kneel, and lift as required—with or without reasonable accommodations
- Availability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays if needed
- A warm, professional demeanor that reflects HVMG’s Culture of Excellence by showing a warm smile, friendly personality, and positive attitude.
About HVMG
Our Be Excellent culture is more than just words on a website -- we live and breathe it. As one associate said in an anonymous survey, "This is the best management company I've ever worked for. They walk the talk from the corporate office to the field."
We believe that the hotel business is one of the few industries in which successful career paths can start anywhere on the org chart. You control your destiny, and, if our executives are any indication, today's dishwasher can be tomorrow's Senior Vice President.
Why Our Associates Love HVMG
- Career growth opportunities across our nationwide portfolio
- Flexible scheduling
- Access up to 40% of your earned wages before payday with PayActive
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays
- Full healthcare benefits: medical, dental, and vision
- 401(k) with guaranteed 4% match and no vesting period
- Exclusive hotel and food & beverage discounts
About HVMG
Our Be Excellent culture is more than just words on a website -- we live and breathe it. As one associate said in an anonymous survey, "This is the best management company I've ever worked for. They walk the talk from the corporate office to the field."
We believe that the hotel business is one of the few industries in which successful career paths can start anywhere on the org chart. You control your destiny, and, if our executives are any indication, today's dishwasher can be tomorrow's Senior Vice President.