Company description

ABOUT GB CULINARY

GB Culinary Boutique Caterer & Farm encompasses the skills acquired through a range of experiences in varied culinary settings, and its foothills farm promotes the seasonal and sustainable practices that uphold quality menus. As a full service, off-site caterer, the GB team designs food and beverage offerings along with service logistics for 85+ events each year.

Job description

EVENT MANAGER

DEFINITION OF A GB CULINARY EVENT MANAGER

This role will always be described as dynamic, and the best candidate is a person who feels enlivened by the call to map their experience as a manager, problem solver and hospitality professional upon each new event.

On event days, you will be the main point of contact for both the client and their chosen vendor team. You will manage a team of event supervisors, servers, and bartenders through set up, service, and strike. Working alongside venue managers, event planners, and the GB Chef, you will ensure a smooth and joyful event.

Paired with GB Culinary protocols and standards, this role will require excellent judgment and decisive leadership when weather patterns, timeline adjustments, guest interactions and other factors bear upon the execution of a live event.

On office days, you will submit Event Summaries and create and/or update Service Plans, Rain Plans, Expo Sheets, Pack Lists and similar supporting documentation for upcoming events. Management of inventory, including organization, cleaning and preparation for events is also required.

This role reports to the Director of Operations & the Executive Chef.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE TEAM

Required Qualifications

3+ years of experience in the Hospitality Industry

2+ years of experience in Off-site Catering

Successful track record for interfacing with in-house teams (Sales, Service, and Kitchen)

Strong communication skills across a variety of mediums

Adept interpersonal skills with management, staff, colleagues and clients

Polished hospitality and service skills

Flexibility in a fast-paced environment

Production experience (ie, site inspections, event load-ins and set-ups, BEO creation, rental order management, permitting, event diagram creation, event summary and staff hours documentation, inventory and database maintenance, etc)

Expert time management

Project planning
Prioritizing tasks and communicating progress and completion
Excellent communication and follow through with internal protocols
Expert team management

Exemplary ability to coach and lead a team
Ability to delegate
Ability to execute a set timeline
Ability to evaluate and advise adjustments within the timeline
Ability to lead various personality types and levels of experience

Belief in hospitable leadership

Maintains composure in high pressure situations
Exudes friendliness
Models polish and professionalism to staff
Brings calm to any situation
Welcoming demeanor, active listener

Preferred Qualifications

Experience and excitement to work in a small business atmosphere

Events experience

1+ years of Bartending experience

Expo experience

Passionate about seasonality, food, wine, service, and hospitality

Affinity for food presentation and station design

SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS

The Event Manager role is a full-time position. The days off for the Event Manager are typically Sunday and Monday depending on the events schedule.

GB Culinary’s farm and production kitchen are located in Longmont, Colorado. Events and venues are set in a variety of stunning locales along the Front Range, the high rockies and bordering states.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Compensation is $55-65k dependent on experience. Hours range from 35-60 per week, fluctuating per the demands of the events schedule and the high/low season of off-site catering.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $55,000.00 - $60,000.00

Application instructions

Deadline

no deadline