• Job Description

  Req#: 2607982
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  At Hyatt, we believe our guests select Hyatt because of our caring and attentive colleagues who are focused on providing efficient service and meaningful experiences. Our colleagues select us because we provide amazing opportunities, growth and development, a caring and inclusive culture, and fantastic benefits like:
  • Discounted lodging accommodations at Hyatt worldwide
  • Discounts on food and beverage
  • Discounted transit passes
  • Wellbeing programs
  • Recognition programs
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Excellent training and professional development
  The Event Manager handles both local catering and groups sales bookings. This person has an assigned quota and is also responsible for handling Sales groups. This position is responsible for solicitation of new business, handling inquiries, detailing Sales groups. This manager is also responsible for detailing events and ensuring guest satisfaction.
  Salary: $67,500.
  The Event Manager is responsible for selling and servicing events, as well as groups with sleeping rooms. This position works closely with Hotel Sales Managers in contract negotiations and servicing groups as it relates to catering and convention services. Primary sales efforts are in Banquet Food, Beverage and Meeting Room Rental and may include menu planning, agenda setting, hotel meeting services, hospitality amenities, and special VIP requests. Duties also include contract review and facilitating communication before, during and post event with pertinent hotel staff to ensure a high level of service.
  
  Event Managers also host hotel tours, maintain strong customer relationships, participate and may lead event meetings, and other staff meetings, and work as a team member with the sales and catering staff. The manager also works closely with an assigned Administrative Assistant and other support staff.
  Being part of our Hyatt Regency Vancouver family means always having the opportunity to be yourself. We are passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion. Our teams are a mosaic of cultures, ethnicities, genders, ages, abilities and identities. We constantly strive to reflect the world we care for as a team that learns and grows together. Be a part of something bigger.
  Enjoy life every day. Make a difference in the lives of those around you. Love where you work. Join a family that values respect, integrity, humility, empathy, creativity and fun. Your perfect opportunity. At Hyatt, diversity, equity and inclusion are at the core of our purpose, to care for people so they can be their best.
  In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we gratefully honour and acknowledge that the lands on which we have the privilege to live and work are part of the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations). Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land and who honour and celebrate this territory. This sacred gathering place provides us with an opportunity to engage in and demonstrate leadership on reconciliation.
  We welcome colleagues and guests from all over the world and we know that bringing diverse perspectives and underrepresented voices into the conversation strengthens our organization. There is no room for racism, discrimination or hatred of any kind at Hyatt Hotels.
  Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
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  Qualifications
  • A true desire to satisfy the needs of others in a fast paced environment
  • Refined verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be proficient in general computer knowledge
  • Candidates should be extremely detail oriented and organized
  • Prefer two years hotel experience
  • Education in Event Management is an asset

• About the company

  The Hyatt Corporation came into being upon purchase of the Hyatt House, at Los Angeles International Airport, on September 27, 1957.

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