Group Sales Manager, Restaurant Events & Catering

HHB, LLC

Saint Charles, IL Job Details Full-time $52,000

• $62,000 a year 1 day ago Benefits Dental insurance Paid time off Vision insurance Employee discount Qualifications Sourcing Catering experience Driver's License Restaurant experience Marketing Full Job Description We do not need a closer.

We need the person everybody in town already likes. We operate a high volume restaurant and event space in the Fox Valley, and we are hiring a Group Sales Manager to fill it with groups. The room is great. The food is better than it has to be. What we do not have yet is somebody whose whole job is going out and getting parties into it.

That is this role:

birthday parties, graduations, corporate outings, team dinners, fantasy drafts, holiday parties, rehearsal dinners, fundraisers, and catering that leaves the building.

WHAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DO

• Own the group and catering pipeline start to finish: source it, book it, hand it off clean to the floor
• Get out of the building. Walk into local businesses, chambers, youth sports leagues, schools, hotels, and offices across St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia, South Elgin, and Elgin and start conversations.
• Respond to every inbound party and catering inquiry fast, because speed is most of the win here
• Build and sell packages for the windows we most want filled: Monday through Thursday, and Friday and Saturday after 9pm
• Run in-venue tours and tastings, and be the familiar face on the day of the event
• Work with our marketing team on offers, one-sheets, and outreach lists
• Keep the pipeline organized so operations never gets surprised
• Show up at community events and be visibly part of this town

WHO THIS IS RIGHT FOR

You are the person who cannot walk through a room without talking to somebody. You remember names. You follow up when you say you will. You are self motivated and do not need anyone standing over you to make ten calls before noon.

• Some background in restaurant, catering, hotel, event, or group sales hospitality. Banquet coordinator, catering sales, event sales, private dining, membership sales, or a strong server or bartender ready to step up all count.
• Experience with large parties and catering sales is what we care about most
• Comfortable with outbound: cold walk-ins, phone calls, follow-up emails, showing up at a chamber breakfast
• Organized enough that nothing falls through the cracks between the sale and the plate
• Available nights and weekends as events require
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license, since a real chunk of this job happens off site Formal sales training is not required.

Being great with people is.

WHAT YOU GET

• $52,000 to $62,000 base plus commission on booked group and catering revenue. On target earnings $70,000 to $85,000.

• Benefits:

  employee dining discount. No health, dental, vision, retirement, or paid time off is offered with this position.
• A single location operation with the owners on site, which means fast decisions and no corporate approval chain
• A growing center with almost no group sales competition in the immediate area
• Direct access to ownership.

Your ideas get answered the same week, not next quarter.

TO APPLY

Apply through this listing. Tell us about one group or event you sold and how you got the lead. That story matters more than the resume. This is a confidential search. We will share the venue name with candidates on the first phone call.

HHB, LLC

is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay:

$52,000.00

• $62,000.

00 per year

Benefits:

Employee discount

Work Location:

In person