Job Description:

University Club of Chicago is seeking results driven Senior Catering Sales Manager to join a dynamic and fast forward sales team. The ideal candidate must have a minimum of five years luxury upscale hotelcatering sales management, wedding, social and corporate banquet business. The candidate must be extremely organized, personable and enthusiastic, with excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as creative and detail oriented. This organization embodies decades of experience working with self-motivated and energetic F&B team to achieve your professional best working with some of Chicago's best F&B professionals. We offer competitive benefits to include: excellent salary, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, complimentary lunch, and PTO. If you are passionate about food and beverage and are looking to work in a landmark premier environment, we encourage you to apply to this amazing opportunity.  Specific responsibilities include:Pursues all prospective sales opportunities with tactical sales plans and strategy. Understands and manages all aspects of the venue sales process as well as meeting revenue sales goals. Planning and detailing of sales process and oversight of entire function. Keep updated with current sales trends within market. Builds and maintains strong client relationships Represents themselves with the highest level of integrity and professionalism. Requirements:Ideal candidate must possess extraordinary networking and client relation skills, as well as strong knowledge of local catering market (wedding, social and corporate) and client base.Work is performed in an office and venue environment that is very fast paced - requires the ability to multitask and complete tasks in a timely and accurate manner, including the successful execution of all catering events.Delphi software experience required. Expert with Microsoft Office Suite.Flexible schedule - evenings and weekends a must based on business needs.Demonstrates a sense of urgency with planning and execution. Superior knowledge of food, beverage and service etiquette.