Director Of Catering

About Us

Ideally positioned 15 minutes from both Denver and Boulder, The Westin Westminster provides convenient access to the 16th Street Mall and Pearl Street Mall, as well as abundant outdoor recreation afforded by the Rocky Mountains.

Our Vision is to be the premier employer in the hospitality sector between Denver and Boulder.

We recently received the AAA 4 Diamond rating, and we offer free meals to our associates as well as monthly employee appreciation celebrations, incentives for excellent customer service, and discounted hotel stays.

Apply today and join an outstanding hotel focused on providing the highest quality of hospitality to our guests!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information.

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Overview

Supervise the daily operations of the Banquet area to achieve customer satisfaction, quality service and compliance with local and corporate standard operating procedures.

Job Description Summary

This role is being hired at $110,000 - $120,000 per year, applications will be accepted until May 30, 2025.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* Skilled at both monthly forecasting and the annual budget process.

Understanding of pace and productivity.


* Interview, recommend hiring, schedule, train, develop, empower, coach and counsel, resolve problems, provide open communication, recommend, and conduct performance and salary reviews, recommend discipline and termination, as appropriate.


* Strong yield management skills with an understanding of optimizing the catering mix of business and the use of historical data.


* Experience evaluating every catering business opportunity to maximize revenue and profitability while achieving customer expectations.


* Maintain or exceed budgeted sales and profits in all catering areas.


* Develop and implement effective marketing plans for generating catering revenues.


* Carefully review all contracted services to ensure proper contribution to profits.


* Identify trends, research the competition's products, services and pricing and use it to develop strategic business plans.


* Optimize room rental charges.


* Experience selling to a variety of market segments.


* Consistently book repeat business by having a track record of long-term client relationships.


* Actively participate in industry related organizations (NACE, MPI).


* Thorough knowledge of sales techniques including strong closing skills as well as negotiating skills.

Track record of strong prospecting efforts.

Comfortable with hotel site inspections and client pre...