General Manager

Job Description

The Deputy General Manager will be working as part of an exciting events operations team to deliver the food & beverage, event operations at a large selection of events spaces, Will also lead the front of house operation on assigned events, providing a comprehensive briefing to all team members involved in the delivery of the event.

Job Type: Full Time (maternity leave cover) 

Salary: Competitive

Responsibilities:

•  To ensure events are set up as required by the event sheets.
•  Ensure events are delivered on time as required by the event sheets.
•  Attend and have active input to daily and weekly event operations meetings.
•  To liaise with the kitchen, event sales, operations and client teams to deliver successful events.
•  Conducts short- and long-term planning and management for events and sales.
•  Develops and recommend the budget, marketing plans, and objectives and manages within those approved plans.
•  Maintains or exceeds budgeted sales and profits in all event areas.
•  Evaluates each piece of event business to ensure business can be properly serviced.
•  Leads event team to build long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience in event management
• Thorough understanding of the event and meeting management process – conception to completion
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced, multi-faceted, creative environment and able to work well under pressure
• Meticulous organizational abilities; high attention to detail
• Concise and effective verbal and written communication
• Ability to adapt to challenges and opportunities with a solution-oriented perspective
• Excellent strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills
• Creative, positive energy, self-directed, amiable, and composed under pressure; helpful and humble