Job Description
The Role:
The Sales & Events Manager will work closely with the General Manager, Executive Chef and Marketing Department. Main responsibility will be to generate revenue for the restaurant through direct sales, direct mail, and other sales and marketing efforts. The Sales & Events Manager will also assist in supporting the Corporate Marketing Department in generating new events and promotions. This is a sales driven position.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Market and promote Duck & Waffle and collect data from guests to generate sales and stimulate revenue.
2. Required to do prospecting, cold calls/warm calls on a continuous basis, setting appointments with prospects, making sales presentations, following up, closing sales, maintaining good relationship with the clients, DMC and delivering a sales quota.
3. Expected to maintain a client database with all contact information plus client history if any. Provide the names and addresses of all inquiries whether they choose to book or not. All contact information is the property of Duck & Waffle.
4. Build in-house relations with various hospitality industry professionals, General Growth Properties, Destination Management Companies, hotels, and concierges.
5. Write contracts and proposals for special events.
6. It will be expected to sell a p...