Wedding Manager

Job Description

Wedding Manager

Location: E3 2TB

Reporting into: Lucy Hampson, Head of Weddings

Cater are looking for a brilliant Wedding Manager to join the Cater Family. You don’t need to have a Catering background, just have a keen eye for project or event management, and the desire to deliver first class service to our clients and their guests from the initial phone call through to their big day.

From intimate weddings to large scale celebrations, we're looking for an Wedding Manager who can deliver effectively, motivate the team, and think fast on their feet. You just need the drive to make the role your own, and some transferable skills to match. We are offering a shadowing period to get you up to speed, where you will work alongside our existing Wedding Manager and Operations Director.

You will:

Manage the end-to-end wedding process.

Be excited to convert sales

Deliver ¾ weekends during peak season (May to September) gaining TOIL.

Plan and deliver profitable events

Grow the freelance database with an active, skilled team.

Work well with the other departments, Kitchen, and Operations.

Clear briefing on all events.

Maintain, nurture, and grow Venue Partnerships.

Partner with 1 new venue per year, with a bonus incentive

Manage your projects to ensure a net profit

Weekly and Monthly reporting on sales, leads and partnerships.

Monthly reporting on Staffing, new joiners and any leavers.

Maintaining Health and Safety & compliance standards on all events

Always leading by example and setting the Cater standard.

Job Requirements

Ideally, you can:

Demonstrate previous managerial or supervisory experience, not necessarily in a hospitality setting

Good Communication skills to effectively manage and motivate the team to achieve high levels of performance and service standards

Good stake-holder management

Excellent organisational and planning skills

Accountable and resilient

Ability to work under pressure

A passion for food, drink events and hospitality are a must and will be evident in your life inside and

outside of work.

An ability to connect in with multiple groups of people and work with all departments of the business.

The candidate should have key skills in project management and have a good IT understanding.

Benefits

Unlimited Annual Leave policy

Company pension

Cost price access to F&B

Flexible working

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life insurance

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Packages

2 month notice period

Gym Membership after 12 months

Job Location

Hackney Wick
London e3 2tb