Confidential Confidential North Hollywood, CA North Hollywood, CA Full-time Full-time From $64,000 a year From $64,000 a year ONLY APPLY IF YOU HAVE A MINIMUM OF 2-3 YEARS OF DIRECT CATERING EVENT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE CATERING & EVENT MANAGER is responsible for managing each stage of event cycle - from initial inquiry intake to proposal creation to client booking and see through to event day ... ensuring each step is executed professionally and with meticulous attention to detail in a very fast-paced creative atmosphere.
He/She/They are responsible for all culinary management and execution within respectively assigned events.
This entails coordinating with multiple parties including our internal culinary team, internal and external staffing, rentals, florals, graphic artists, high-level event producers seamlessly.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Client intake:
Schedule phone calls with potential clients and appropriately handle all information gathering (know what to ask in order to create a proposal).
Menu/Proposal Creation:
Independently create menus from our internal catalogue of dishes.
Candidate MUST have an enthusiasm and understanding about food - food trends, food moods (if you're asked to create a Summer Alfresco Brunch - you understand what that means and how to create it).
Create Quotes & Ensuring Client is Invoiced:
You must be proficient in excel and understand 'formulas.
' Manager is responsible for ensuring all confirmations are invoiced (by accounting team) and following through to ensure payment is received.
Create & Execute Agreements:
Responsible for ensuring the agreement is created and executed by the client as soon as event is confirmed.
C & E Manager is responsible for ensuring credit card forms are completed and agreements are 'buttoned up.
' Managing final approved menus - Responsible for meeting with the chef and culinary team to guide regarding all details or special requests on final approved menus.
Responsible for ensuring menus are printed and in the kitchen on time.
Rental Management - The C & E Manager is solely responsible for managing all kitchen (satellite kitchen) and table top (dining) rentals for assigned events.
This includes scheduling site-walk throughs with our rental partners, creating a rental order, scheduling rental delivery, pickup, being on site (sometimes) for rental installations.
Design/Floral/Creative - Responsible for selecting and working with our floral partners (when event calls for this) to give creative direction and coordinate design elements from floral, rentals, graphic design (menus).
Staffing - responsible for staffing (between internal event staff) and 3rd party staffing companies so that each event responsible for are fully staffed.
Managing schedules and Event Timelines - responsible for creating internal timeline and schedules for staff.
Event Styling/ Platter Selection - C & E Manager is responsible for hand-selecting internal platters, serving boards for select events and coordinating w/ culinary team to ensure each event is well organized with respect to serve ware.
Food Styling - The C&E Manager has a natural 'hand' with food styling including grazing statins, stationary buffets, bar styling - general culinary styling.
Event Day - The C& E Manager must liaison with HC Event Captain to communicate all details.
The C&E Manager must be available on specific evenings and scheduled weekend days/nights to oversee the successful execution of assigned event.
Qualifications:
MUST have 3-5 years (min) experience directly managing events.
Bachelors degree level education preferred (but not mandatory if experience is high level) High proficiency with Microsoft office (power point, excel, word).
Self-starter that enjoys working independently.
Excellent written and oral communication skills Social Media Savviness Culinary familiarity - You must 'speak the language' of food.
We are impressed if you are into and know great restaurants, follow food blogs, love to cook/eat and can rap poetic about specific dishes.
If food is your 'love language,' you've found the right place.
Resourceful and creative - Tap into natural, innately-held creativity and stylish taste to result in unique, well-thought out proposals.
Multi-tasking - Must be able to prioritize work load, multi-task and adap to a fast-paced team oriented environment.
Attention to detail - Must has proven record of meticulous attention to detail while working on multiple tasks.
Must have valid CA drivers license and personal transportation Must have professional references Physical ability - must be able to exert physical force to carry at least 20 pounds and to be able to push, pull and move objects around on site at events.
ABOUT COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL (CULINARY COMPANY):
We are very in demand boutique catering & event company based out of Los Angeles.
Our clients range from global brands to couture fashion houses to celebrity and private individuals and everything in between.
Our events range from multi-day thousand
person a day experiential events to movie premieres and product launches to influencer social-media dinners to weddings, mitzvahs, showers, general life celebrations to very a low-key 'chic dinner party for 20.
' Our reputation and what we are known for has been built on our very creative food offerings that are always 'right on brand,' to meticulously executed attention to detail on site.
If this sounds like something you'd like to be a part of, we look forward to reviewing your resume.
Job Type:
Full-time Pay:
From $64,000.
00 per year
Benefits:
401(k) 401(k) matching Employee discount Health insurance Paid time off Schedule:
10 hour shift 8 hour shift Holidays Monday to Friday Overtime Weekends as needed Supplemental pay types:
Bonus opportunities Tips COVID-19 considerations:
Vaccination cards and PCR negative requests.
Education:
Associate (Preferred)
Experience:
Microsoft Office:
3 years (Preferred) EVENT MANAGEMENT/PLANNING:
3 years (Required) Work Location:
In person.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications
