What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director of Banquets position at Omni Hotels & Resorts?
Overview
The 1,054-room Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is the newest luxury hotel in the City of Boston, and the most significant hotel project in the city for the last forty years. The property features seven outlets for drinking and dining, a signature spa, fitness center, and rooftop pool. It boasts more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and caters to the most discerning clientele.
Job Description
The Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is located in the center of the bustling Seaport District. The AAA Four Diamond rated hotel boasts 1,054 finely appointed guestrooms with 52 suites, seven delectable dining experiences, a scenic rooftop pool, a luxury Breve Spa, and more than 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space allowing to provide each guest a unique and memorable experience. Come join the team that was voted “2023 Best Places to Work” by the Boston Business Journal!
Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity. We believe there is always a way to make it work. If we don't have the solution, we dig deeper creatively to find one.
Grab the reigns and help shape the future of the Seaport’s best kept secret! Creativity must infuse everything we do, and everyone in the Hotel. Performance realities will always exist, but we use these constraints to push, not limit, our creativity.
The Assistant Director of Banquets is responsible for the management of all aspects of the culinary operation, in accordance with hotel standards. Will direct, implement, and maintain a service and management philosophy which serves as a guide to respective staff.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the day-to-day operation for all banquet functions, to include efficient and effective running of all events ensuring operating costs are minimized.
- Supervise the movement and/or storage of all necessary convention boxes, pallets, equipment from hotel receiving to designated event space based on guest preference.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and sanitation awareness standards. Prepare daily for health department and Ecosure inspections.
- Manage day to day operation to consistently inspect all events to ensure that the correct standards are being maintained.
- Responsible for ensuring high-quality meeting room sets, service, food quality and presentation.
- Maintain up to date knowledge of local and international market trends in order to create event space that is relevant, thereby maximizing sales opportunities.
- Supervise the banquet sanitation operation and timing of service out of the kitchen and into all banquet areas.
- Ensures prompt delivery and quality control from point of departure to arrival.
- Conduct/attend all required department trainings and meetings.
- Perform any other duties required by management.
Qualifications
- Position requires a minimum of five years progressive experience in Food & Beverage Management.
- Minimum two years’ experience in a Banquet Operations leadership role.
- Large convention hotel / high volume business experience strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent.
- Union environment experience preferred.
- Must possess the ability to handle stressful and busy hotel operations.
- Ability to always maintain a positive and professional demeanor and composure
Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity employer - vets/disability. The EEO is the Law poster and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is the Law Poster and the following link is the OFCCP's Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination policy statement
