Position Overview: Perform support duties for the Sales and Catering Services department and management team. Serve as a liaison between catering department and other areas of the hotel by ensuring seamless coordination and execution of events.
Essential Job Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Perform telephone duties such as answering phones, responding to messages, forwarding calls to the appropriate person, assist in resolving questions, using standards of service.
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Copy, fax, and e-mail necessary documentation for clients and hotel use.
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Coordinates and delegates distribution of incoming and outgoing correspondence to in-house, Hilton Hospitality, and other areas.
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Handles individual requests for VIP Catering clients. Ensure that all arrangements, including upgrades, are handled properly, coordinating with other departments through professional oral and written instruction.
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Process all in-house banquet event orders (BEOs) and promptly response to any room changes or availability discrepancies.
- Banquet checks, daily business review, reconcile to actual event and BEOs placed in service file daily.
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Assists Sales team in all administrative aspects.
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Assist in the development and distribution of marketing materials, promotional activities and campaigns for events and catering services.
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Coordinate meetings and perform minute taking, transcribing and distribution of meeting minutes.
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Routinely update digital board in hotel lobby with accurate hours of operations and hotel events.
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Distributes resumes weekly for routine Staff Meetings.
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Maintain and update data in DELPHI, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
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Assist with preparation and execution of hotel site inspections.
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Assist the sales team with the ‘Pace Reports’ weekly.
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Serve as a backup for the group sales/reservations coordinator, handling tasks such as inputting rooming lists, managing call-in blocks, and overseeing GRIP reporting when the group sales/reservations coordinator is unavailable.
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Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- The employee may be expected to work in other areas of the hotel when needed to assist operations to perform job duties not necessarily contained in this job description.
Maintain a safe work environment for co-workers and a safe hotel for guests; please refer to Section 2.4 in the Team Member Handbook for specific examples.
Qualifications, Job Knowledge, Experience, Skills, Abilities:
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Previous experience in a hotel or coordinator/administrative role, preferably in the hospitality industry.
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Bilingual-English and Spanish is a plus.
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2-4 year college degree in business related major.
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Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
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Ability to communicate, verbally, effectively with guests and co-workers; respond to guest requests.
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No special licenses or certificates required.
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Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.
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Ability to operate computers to include MS Office suite software and calculator.
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Typing proficiency at 75-100 wpm.
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Telephone etiquette skills required.
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Ability to set-up and maintain filing systems.
- Maintains professionalism at all times, demonstrating courtesy and respect to guests and co-workers.
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Must be available for evenings and weekends if business reasons require, including attending business/social functions and oversight of catering client bookings and events require attendance.