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Posting Rate: $80,000 - 90,000 per year

Applications will remain open until December 1, 2024 or until the position is filled.

Sage Hospitality Group is seeking a part-time and full-time Director of Catering Services to join us at a new property in Breckenridge!

We are currently renovating the Doubletree by Hilton Breckenridge and will rebrand later this year. This is in a superior location, modern lifestyle hotel with mountain personality that sits immediately adjacent to the slopes of Peak 9 base area in Breckenridge. Don't miss out on this opportunity to bring our Sage lifestyle to the mountains of Colorado!

Beyond the comforts of our accommodations, Breckenridge beckons with its world-class skiing, hiking trails, and vibrant cultural scene. Allow our concierge team to curate your perfect mountain adventure, from arranging ski passes to recommending scenic drives and local attractions. Discover a new standard of luxury at our property, where every detail is designed to elevate your stay and create unforgettable memories in the heart of the Rockies.

Sage’s vision is to be recognized by our customers as the best in our business by ensuring a culture that “makes the ordinary extraordinary!” The ideal candidate should champion this culture in every touchpoint of our business from our associates, guests, owners, and communities. The service and courtesy you extend and promote daily will ensure a healthy and productive culture of serving others with excellence. Join us today!

We are fully loaded with perks. Take a look at some of them below:

▪️ Medical, dental, & vision insurance

▪️ Housing Stipend, ranging from $400-600 per month, based on position

▪️ Recreational benefits, either employer sponsored ski pass or end of season bonus

▪️ Health savings and flexible spending accounts

▪️ Basic Life and AD&D insurance

▪️ Paid time off for vacation, sick time, and holidays

▪️ Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching

▪️ Employee Assistance Program

▪️ Tuition Reimbursement

▪️ Great discounts on Hotels, restaurants and more!

Job Overview

Oversees the daily operations of the catering and group planning area to achieve customer satisfaction, quality service and compliance with local and corporate standard operating procedures. Captures and plans catering functions, small meetings with ten or less guestrooms and insures proper execution. Meets revenue expectations.

Responsibilities

• Supervise catering/coordinator/event planning managers and related associates; interview, hire, schedule, train, develop, empower, coach and counsel, resolve problems, provide open communications, recommend and conduct performance and salary reviews, recommend discipline and termination, as appropriate.

• Meet with the customers to review the Banquet Event Orders and, where appropriate, group resumes, to review any changes, issues and/or problems to ensure delivery of a quality product.

• Calculate and review the banquet checks ensuring accuracy and present the check to the customer for signature to ensure payment.

• Calculate and prepare the daily gratuities and payroll ensuring accurate, prompt reporting to the Controller's department.

• Key Account Management: Maximizes current hotel key accounts by identifying and capturing those that offer revenue growth.

• Plans and implements an on-going Targeted Account Development "hit list" in order to create new revenue and acquire valuable hotel contacts, and contracts.

• Continually targets and prospects for new business through telemarketing, individual creativity and innovation.

• Yield Management: Utilizes yield management techniques by profitably negotiating room rates and function space commitments in order to enhance the hotel's financial performance.

• Account Service and Management: Maintains well-documented, accurate, organized and up-to-date file management system in order to serve client and employer in the most expedient, organized and knowledgeable manner.

• Develops strong customer relationships through frequent communication and the use of professional, courteous and ethical interpersonal interaction.

• Capable of planning menus, working within budget guidelines, forecasting and understanding food and beverage costs.

• Develops customer profiles and maintains an effective trace system, including trace dates and references, in order to best meet client needs, resulting in superior account service and increased revenues.

• Promptly, within the same day or by 10am the next business day, follows-up on all customer needs and inquiries in an efficient and expedient manner.

• Time Management: Focuses on revenue-producing activity and maximizes selling time by dedicating a minimum of 80% of work time on direct sales efforts.

• Professionalism: Controls expenses while traveling on the property's behalf in order to minimize department and hotel costs.

• Represents themselves, the hotel and Sage Hospitality Resources, Inc. with the highest level of integrity and professionalism, a service-focused approach, and a caring, sincere attitude at all times.

• Exhibit a positive and involved team attitude to all hotel departments and maintains open communications with all co­workers for the best overall performance of the hotel.

• Exhibits strong listening skills. Displays a neat, clean, and business-like appearance at all times.

Qualifications

Education/Formal Training

More than two years of post -high school education

Experience

More than two (2) full years of employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).

Knowledge/Skills

• Requires a working knowledge of banquet/catering food and beverage service, policies or operations.

• Requires knowledge of computer equipment.

• Requires knowledge of general sales techniques, yield management, and customer service skills.

• Requires the ability to hear, speak, read and write English fluently.

• Requires 12th grade level mathematics, spelling and reading skills.

• Must have dexterity/mobility to meet clients on and off premises, to tour property and attend functions, to climb stairs, and operate basic office equipment.

• Vision to read fine print and computer screens, to see colors, to observe rooms in poorly lit conditions

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Excellent hearing necessary for verbal interaction with guests and associates.

• Excellent vision necessary to view set-ups.

• Excellent speech communication skills required for verbal interaction with guests and associates.

• Excellent literacy necessary to read BEOs, process gratuities and payroll, etc

Environment

Office environment, weather exposure when making sales calls

Benefits

▪️ Medical, dental, & vision insurance

▪️ Housing Stipend, ranging from $400-600 per month, based on position

▪️ Recreational benefits, either employer sponsored ski pass or end of season bonus

▪️ Health savings and flexible spending accounts

▪️ Basic Life and AD&D insurance

▪️ Paid time off for vacation, sick time, and holidays

▪️ Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching

▪️ Employee Assistance Program

▪️ Tuition Reimbursement

▪️ Great discounts on Hotels, restaurants and more!

Salary

USD $80,000.00 - USD $90,000.00 /Yr.

ID: 2024-24683

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Property : Confidential - Breckenridge, CO

Outlet: Hotel

Category: Catering & Events

Min: USD $80,000.00/Yr.

Max: USD $90,000.00/Yr.

Tipped Position: No

City : Breckenridge

State : Colorado

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability