Catering Sales Executive

Pullman Chennai Anna Salai offers 232 stylish rooms, a swimming pool, fitness center, spa, two signature dining venues, versatile banquet spaces, boardrooms, and social lounges-ideal for business and leisure travelers. The hotel is perfectly equipped to host a wide range of MICE events, featuring versatile modular venues that can accommodate up to 400 guests, from intimate meetings to grand celebrations.

• May work with highly complex or high profile groups when financial impact will be significant.
• Assigns all events turned over to Event Planning team.
• Participate actively in the catering menu development process.
• Attend Conference & Event Management meetings (daily coordination meeting, 10-day review, room block review, etc.) in the absence of the Conference & Events Manager
• Responsible for turned opportunities’ function space and group room blocks.  Maintains these inventories to maximize customer satisfaction and revenue opportunities.
• Effectively manages customer budgets to maximize revenue and meet customer needs.
• Follows all standards, policies and procedures (Core Deliverables, P&Ps, etc.) for the Conferences & Events team.
• Prepare EOs as per discussion with customers ensuring that all details are recorded to enable smooth execution of the event by the Operations team
• Review all EO’s prepared by direct reports to ensure conference and event details are recorded clearly.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service and planning needs are met.
• Leads execution of activities to support the Conferences & Events strategy.
• Works with team to review scheduled events and troubleshoot potential challenges/conflicts; communicates these (as necessary) with the appropriate hotel departments.
• Leads discussions to review event complexity and proactively avoid service challenges and failures.
• Ensures the hotel is apprised of all groups that will impact hotel operations.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role
• Excellent reading, writing and oral proficiency in English language
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, & PowerPoint

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