What are the responsibilities and job description for the 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
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 Director of Banquets is responsible for the management of all aspects of the banquet 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 restaurant functions, to include efficient and effective running of all events.
- Ensures that all financial and personnel related administrative duties are completed accurately and on time
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and sanitation awareness standards. Prepare daily for health department and Ecosure inspections.
- Executes all necessary instructions on Banquet Event Orders and inspects all function rooms prior to event start.
- Manages all special requests and pop ups as needed.
- Supervise the movement and/or storage of all necessary convention boxes, pallets, equipment from hotel receiving to designated event space based on guest preference.
- Work with Directors of Food & Beverage to plan and implement menu development. Produce current and creative displays that speak to hotel concepts.
- Monitor and develop team members by training, supervising, follow up and hands on management.
Qualifications
- Position requires a minimum of five years progressive experience in Food & Beverage Management, with at least two of these years in a senior leadership position.
- Minimum two years’ experience in a Banquet Operations leadership role.
- Large convention hotel experience strongly preferred.
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent.
- Union environment experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of food cost and inventories.
- Must possess the ability to manage busy hotel operations.
- Serve Safe certified food manager | Unexpired TIPs required.
- Ability to always maintain a positive and professional demeanor and composure
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