Banquets General Manager
Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana
- Bossier City, LA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensures smooth and efficient functioning of the Banquet Department on a daily basis.
- Responsible for the timely, precise and expert execution of all banquet functions.
- Ability to meet the demand of clients’ events to include presence at numerous food and beverage functions throughout the day.
- Plan and execute all groups from a conference management standpoint, including banquet event orders, group resumes and meeting room setups.
- Assumes responsibility for all equipment, inventories, supplies, furniture and fixtures assigned to the Banquet Department. Ensure that cleaning is scheduled for all banquet equipment during slow times.
- Provides leadership, direction, training and support for the team members and leaders in the department.
- Responsible for recruitment and training of new employees and maintains appropriate staffing levels at all times by liaising with the Recruiting Department.
- Ensure cost effective scheduling of the Banquet Leadership team, Captains, Banquet Servers, Bartenders and House persons to minimize productivity to forecast and budget.
- Assists with establishing good relationships with other departments and outside vendors.
- Attends all financial meetings and is responsible for all P&L statements and goals
- All other duties as assigned.
- Ability to analyze and interpret restaurant operation results.
- Ability to solve complex problems.
- Ability to perform assigned duties under pressures.
- Knowledge of sanitation laws and health regulations and applicable OSHA regulation.
- A variety of task and deadlines requires irregular work schedule.
- Ability to perform assigned duties in an interruptive environment.
- Accuracy in completing assigned duties in a timely manner.
- Preferred, five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in Banquet management and supervision in a fine dining facility.
- Preferred, four (4)-year degree in related fields or equivalent work experience.
- Ability to work long hours.
- Ability to stand for long periods of times without sitting or leaning.
- Ability to climb stairs multiple times daily.
- Ability to handle multi-tasking-heavy work-exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 30 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
- Ability to climb, bend, stretch, twist or reach with your body and arms.
- Ability to work under variable temperatures and noise levels.
- 24/7 high energy casino with over 300,000 sq. ft of gaming and entertainment space and approximately 3000 employees.
- Exposed to alcohol, cigarette and cigar smoke, bright lights, and loud noises.
- You will work in an environment where smoking is allowed.