Job Description
The Private Dining (Events and Sales) Manager focuses on private dining reservations, storewide buyouts and partner events at an Eataly location. Reports to the General Manager of Restaurants.
- Generates events sales by scouting new business and maintaining relationships with existing clients
- Serves as the point of contact for clients to plan events, develop contracts, detail events, and help the restaurant and store teams to execute events
- Works with all event vendors including: florists, rental company, security
- Partners with the Eataly operations team (Culinary, Front of House, Retail and Quick Service) on event preparation
- Meets with clients for additional walk-throughs to finalize event details
- Processes all catering requests in collaboration with the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) team
- Manages all catering events from start to finish; books, plans and executes functions
- Helps develop and maintain private event menu offerings
- Creates proposals, contracts and event orders, as well as packages tailored to each client’s requests
- Recaps events and provides operation, sales and production suggestions to the team
- Maintains fiscal responsibility in terms of rentals, supplies and labor
- Manages day-to-day catering requests and works closely with the QSR team to ensure proper execution of catering orders
- Maintains industry knowledge including principles and practices within catering
- Performs other duties as required or assigned