Banquet & Event Sales Coordinator

Banquet & Event Sales Coordinator

Columbia Country Club in Columbia, MO is seeking a passionate and service-driven Banquet & Event Sales Coordinator to join our team. In this role, you'll help create unforgettable experiences by coordinating and selling banquet and event services with professionalism and attention to detail. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic, organized, and customer-focused, with a strong ability to build relationships and manage multiple events seamlessly.

If you're ready to bring your hospitality expertise to a premier club setting, we'd love to hear from you!

General Purpose: Provides clerical, sales support and group sales services duties for department.

Essential Duties:

• Operates key office machines including but not limited to computer, calculator, fax machine and copier.
• Orders and maintains office supplies and collateral for group sales.
• Composes and/or types of routine correspondence including but not limited to memorandums, letters, Club announcements, group calendars and reports.
• Maintains electronic group and prospective group databases and hard files. Creates and maintains accurate and efficient filing systems.
• Answers group and prospective group questions with accuracy and efficiency.
• Assists in developing contacts with area corporate, local businesses, civic organizations, and charity groups to promote our tournament venues.
• Maintains positive contacts with previous groups and follow-up on all initial contacts of potential new groups.
• Generates monthly calendar of events for department managers in order to advise of future events to: ensure proper staffing levels are met, coordinate inter-departmental support, and ensure proper coordination of special set-up, accommodations, or other arrangements.
• Works with customers to coordinate event details, sell logo merchandise and other golf services.
• Assists in preparing and distributing information to members and guests pertaining to tournaments, large group events, critical dates and course closures.
• Assists with the registration groups on the day of the event.
• Maintains adequate inventory of group sales kits and various group sales information.
• Performs various administrative and sales duties during Club events.
• Maintains complete understanding of group sales information and sales processes.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education/Experience: Associate's degree (AA) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands:

• Frequently sits, talks, hears; uses hands.
• Regularly walks and stands.
• Occasionally reaches with hands and arms, stoops, kneels, crawls and crouches.
• Occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds.

Environment/Noise:

• Noise level is moderate.
• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

Certificates/Licenses: None Required.

Specific Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Preferences:

• Ability to read and speak English in order to perform the duties of the job (e.g. the associates are required to communicate with English speaking customers or co-workers, the manuals for the equipment the associates use are in English).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an associate in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.

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