- A minimum of 5 years of private events hospitality business development or similar hospitality style management.
- Private members club, 5-star hotel or restaurant group events management.
Professional training in Events Management and/or Hospitality Studies or hotel management - A proven track record of achieving sales goals while balancing member/organizer experience.
- An analytical, strategic thinker with strong business acumen
- Exceptional leadership skills with people management and time management skills at the forefront.
- Lots of personal initiative, confidence and creativity with exceptional sales and negotiation skills, self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
- A high level of spoken and written English, and the ability to communicate effectively Cantonese/Mandarin preferred.
- Enthusiasm, resilience, drive, and an ability to manage your workload autonomously at a fast pace
- Outgoing with effective communication across all audiences.
- Engage members, personal assistants, event organizers, Consuls, the Club’s Pillars and corporate/debenture memberships and build strong relationships.
- Prepare and execute the annual Event Sales and Marketing plan in tandem with the budget. Outline the strategies and goals to achieve the departmental financial objectives.
- Oversee all logistics for private events with the Operational Service team to ensure the highest quality of execution and satisfaction.
- Evaluate and make recommendations on the effectiveness and efficiency of our private events menus and associated costs (in conjunctions with the DoFB and Executive Chef, AGM& GM). Review space utilization against revenue goals, annual strategy and post event analysis along with survey responses for better event business.
- Establish relationships with all internal stakeholders and associated Club departments. Including weekly and monthly meetings with the culinary and the F&B service teams to assess, review and share private event practices and learnings for improvement.
- Generate weekly reports for the teams and management with commentary of activities and strategy adjustments.
- Ensure timely and quality delivery of private events-related communications and promotions to the Marketing and F&B teams. Proactively market in advance event opportunities to known past event hosts.
- Lead and manage the private events team to maintain high service standards, including response times, EO issuance, team presence.
Working Location: Central & Tai Tam