Assistant Director of Banquets

Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport

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We don't do cookie-cutter. At Omni, we look for individuals who bring fresh perspectives, bold ideas, and their authentic selves to the team every single day. You won't be asked to conform-you'll be encouraged to stand out.

While we celebrate individual artistry, however, we win as a team. Our shared mission depends on trust, collaboration, and a dedication to uplifting the entire Omni family.

Grab the reins and help design the future of the Seaport's most vibrant destination. For us, creativity isn't a department - it's a mindset. It's woven into everything we do and embodied by everyone who walks through our doors. Performance realities will always exist, but we view those constraints as a creative challenge to push past, never a limit.

The Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport is a AAA Four Diamond destination located in the heart of the bustling Seaport District. The property boasts 1,054 beautifully appointed guest rooms (including 52 suites), seven unique dining experiences, a scenic rooftop pool, the luxury Breve Spa, and over 100,000 square feet of state-of-the-art event space.

Bring your passion to a team voted one of the "Best Places to Work" by the Boston Business Journal!

The Assistant Director of Banquets Responsible for the management of all aspects of the banquet operation, in accordance with hotel standards. Will direct, implement, and maintain a service and management philosophy which serves as a guide to respective staff.

The Salary range for this position is $90,000 - $95,000 per year based on experience.

• Consistent maintenance and refinement of service standards. Ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Understands associates positions well enough to perform duties in associate's absence. Understand local contract and adhere to it.
• Responsible for the day to day operation for all banquet functions, to include efficient and effective running of all events ensuring operating costs are minimized.
• Supervise the movement and/or storage of all necessary convention boxes, pallets, equipment from hotel receiving to designated event space based on guest preference.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and sanitation awareness standards. Prepare daily for health department and Ecosure inspections.
• Responsible for the supervision, upkeep, safety and cleanliness in food preparation areas, refrigeration, storage areas, hallways, corridors and storerooms.
• Responsible to adhere to enforce all proper trash procedures.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of local and international market trends in order to create event space that is relevant, thereby maximizing sales opportunities.
• Work with Sales to assist in promotion of public events, in-house events, site visits, tasting, etc.
• Control requisitioning of food and beverage quantities by forecasting volume to achieve maximum profitability by avoiding over/under production.
• Manage day to day operation to consistently inspect all events to ensure that the correct standards are being maintained. Responsible for ensuring high-quality meeting room sets, service, food quality and presentation.
• Establish steps of service for banquet services and monitor associates to ensure compliance.
• Ensure positive guest service and respond to complaints, taking all appropriate actions to turn dissatisfied guests into return guests.
• Communicates daily with Executive Chef