Wedding and Events Manager

Role: Wedding & Events Manager

Salary: Up to £40,000

Location: Harrogate / Leeds

We're recruiting for a Wedding & Events Manager to join an impressive Events company with a fantastic reputation and who operate within a range of fantastic venues. This role will be based at one of their Yorkshire sites with a key focus on weddings, alongside other events.

The role:

You will lead and manage a diverse team and deliver a wide range of Weddings & Events.

Ensure the highest standards of catering, event delivery and client satisfaction.

Daily and Monthly reporting alongside monthly forecasting

Manage and oversee all Event billing for customer invoicing

Work toward set KPIs and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), meeting Company objectives

Communicate with other departments prior and during events, including Sales administration, Accounts, HR, Production Kitchen and Facilities.

Manage and motivate an operational team, as well as the Wedding and Event coordinator

Ensure adherence to all food safety and health and safety protocols

Provide and promote excellent customer service acting as an ambassador for the Company

Recruiting and training of the events team.

Support other event venues as and when needed.

The Candidate we are looking for:

You will have min. 3 years experience within Weddings and Event Management.

Be Financially aware with knowledge of P&L, catering budgets, margins, cost of sales.

Minimum level 2 Food Hygiene qualifications and knowledge (current certificates).

First aid at work qualification or willing to work towards

IOSH qualification or willing to work towards

Excellent communication skills in leading and developing teams

You will be Creative and flexible in your approach to your work.

You will need to be ambitious and self-motivated, able to work under pressure and manage your own time and workload

You will be a professional within hospitality with excellent customer service skills.

A full clean driving licence and own transport is essential.

Company benefits:

25 days holiday

Life assurance

Pension

Health cash plan

Free on-site parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Please note: only suitable candidates will be contacted.

Hesketh James Recruitment are the managing agent for this role on behalf of the client.
In order to ensure your enquiry with regards to this position is dealt with quickly, please send in an up-to-date copy of your Curriculum Vitae in a Word Document format.

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