Banquet Director Resume Samples

Description :

1. Responsible for controlling and evaluating gross food and beverage sales in excess of $25 million dollars in banquets, off-premise catering, coffee services, banquet beverage, and private home catering.
2. Management of 5 Managers, 16 Supervisors, and over 140 full and part-time team members.
3. Responsible for recruiting, hiring, and training.
4. Extensive cross-training and utilization to reduce benefit costs.
5. Responsible for maintaining The Hotel's 5-STAR quality and service standards.
6. Directed operations from start to finish for all catering, weddings, banquets, and special events.
7. Contributed to restaurant's acknowledgment in Where Magazine's Top 25 New York Restaurants.

Experience

7-10 Years

Level

Management

Education

Leadership Series

Description :

1. Managed 55K sq. ft of function space yielding $12 million annually.
2. Managed 30 union banquet servers and 20 housemen.
3. Coordinated hiring, staffing, scheduling, training, evaluation, incentives, payroll, and administration.
4. Liaised between the meeting planners, sales, support departments, executive chef, line cooks, banquet managers in menu planning and service.
5. Managed budgets, labor, and forecasting.
6. Maximized revenue by constant adjustment of labor to revenue ratio.
7. Maintained service standards by constant training, motivation, and evaluations.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Hotel And Restaurant Management

Description :

1. Responsible for the service, bar, kitchen, stewards, cleaning and janitorial staff, housemen, conference center, assist the director of food and beverage activities with the overall operation of the kitchens, dining areas, restaurants, food preparation area, and food storage facilities.
2. Restaurant services, bar services, disco services, restaurant service and reservations, villa services, executive services, weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, Presidential services, and VIP services.
3. Directly responsible for selecting and managing a staff of 150 employees.
4. Organized and coordinated all internal resort meetings, conventions, and corporate events.
5. Worked closely with clients and the sales department for restaurant theme development and presentation of meals, beverages, and food service.
6. Assumed the position, responsibility, and accountability of the food and beverage division of Casa de Campo Resort in the absence of the Food and Beverage / Activities Director.
7. Participated with the sales department and the group convention section in site surveys and operational planning meetings with event personnel.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

Management Introduction

Description :

1. Coordinated, supervised, and directed all aspects of the resort's banquet setup and operations.
2. Maintained profitable operations and high-quality products.
3. Directed and oversaw approximately 240+ events per year.
4. Supervised 7+ banquet personnel.
5. Responded to guest complaints in a timely manner as well as professionally.
6. Prepared and submitted the required banquet reports on time.
7. Solely responsible for all sales and promotions of corporate and private events, increasing banquet bookings/sales (approximately 15%) for an annual gross of over $1 Million.

Experience

10+ Years

Level

Senior

Education

BS In Business Administration

Description :

1. Provided fine dining experience for club members and their guests.
2. Acquired experience, knowledge, and leadership ability to advance to management within 3 months.
3. Maintained rules, regulations, procedures & training during business hours.
4. Assisted the Events Coordinator with large-scaled weddings, banquets other events.
5. Set up, expedited & broke down all events.
6. Sustained ServSafe food handling regulations.
7. Oversaw the operations of 26 thousand square feet of banquet space.
8. Ensured client satisfaction.
9. Coordinated the success of multiple events while achieving successful food sales, beverage sales, and labor costs.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

BS In Business Administration

Description :

1. Managed 2.5 million square feet of banquet, catering, convention, concessions, and meeting space.
2. Project manager for opening of 70, 0000 square-foot ballrooms.
3. Managed and developed a team of up to 100 hourly associates, managers, and supervisors.
4. Managed daily banquet, catering, and concessions events ranging up to 10, 000 patrons.
5. Supervised operations of banquets and meeting rooms with one restaurant and two bars grossing over $6 million annually.
6. Increased revenue at the banquet department by 20% within 1 month by controlling labor.
7. Managed a staff of 75 in the banquet department.
8. Improved interdepartmental communications and employee morale.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

Diploma

Description :

1. Supervised Banquet Managers, Captains, servers, and bartenders consisting of over 80 people.
2. Hire additional on-call servers to rely less on temporary staffing agencies.
3. Actively managed bookings and execution of all functions.
4. Responsible for hiring, training, and scheduling all staff.
5. Supervised 35 employees in the daily operations of the banquet facility.
6. Responsible for the management of all aspects of the Banquet Department functions, in accordance with Hotel standards.
7. Directed, implemented, and maintained a service and management philosophy that serves as a guide to respective staff to ensure 100% guest satisfaction.

Experience

5-7 Years

Level

Executive

Education

BS In Hospitality Administration

Description :

1. Responsible for the management of all aspects of the Banquet Department functions, in accordance with Hotel standards.
2. Directed, implemented, and maintained a service and management philosophy that serves as a guide to respective staff to ensure 100% guest satisfaction.
3. Inventory control, ordering, organization, handling, and training of all P/A equipment.
4. Employee training, hiring, and all documentation involved, set-up of catering events, and complete process of execution.
5. Directed five supervisors and 50-plus staff members in planning, coordinating, and supervision of all clubhouse activities.
6. Increased banquet sales by 41 percent.
7. Achieved record annual food and beverage sales in excess of 1.3 million dollars.

Experience

0-2 Years

Level

Entry Level

Education

BA In Communications

Description :

1. Oversee the banquet department -staffing, setup, billing, and teardown of events, inventory, customer relations.
2. Collaborated with a banquet, culinary, sales, and event leaders, in the planning and execution of operational instructions.
3. Ability to drive sales by leading the banquet team in providing excellent customer service and exhibiting extensive menu knowledge resulting in.
4. Accountable for accurate banquet sales and cost reporting, maintaining proper inventory levels, and offering recommendations to upper management.
5. Streamlined event theme packages to efficiently support meeting planner requests.
6. Direct communication with all corporate meeting planners to organize events, conferences, and meetings - Production of menus for each meeting/event.
7. Set up and break down of events taking care of all guest's needs such as serving meals and cocktails.
8. Worked front desk where my duties included check-in/out of guests, reservations, and overseeing that all guests' needs were met.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

BS In Hotel And Food And Beverage Management

Description :

1. Coordinated all Banquets Events.
2. Work all facets of this division to coordinate plan and execute all meetings and wedding social gatherings and 100%.
3. Sold and serviced over $1.5 million in banquet and meeting sales.
4. Handle all inquiries, tours, contracts, BEOs, meetings & event details, rentals, etc.
5. Responsible for all Banquet and Catering aspects of a 1,200 room Four Star, Four Diamond resort, Convention Hotel.
6. Coordinated with members, customers about banquets, wedding receptions, golf events, and other events giving them tours of the facility.
7. Regularly meeting with staff to review upcoming events and parties.

Experience

2-5 Years

Level

Junior

Education

BS In Business