Executive Meeting Manager

About Us

Discover the hidden gen of Kimpton Fort Lauderdale Beach, nestled just steps from the serene shoreline.

Our resort offers guests a unique vantage point of the city's vibrant boating life, along with a comprehensive experience of luxurious accommodations, events, dining and cocktails.

We provide a wide range of career opportunities, whether you're seeking seasonal roles or a long-term career in hospitality.

Our team is eager to welcome you into our family, where you'll join a passionate group that works hard, has fun and supports one another.

As part of the HEI family, you'll benefit from our HEI Loves culture, which celebrates our associates with competitive compensation, exceptional benefits, and generous PTO programs.

Enjoy access to health and wellness packages, robust retirement plans, travel benefits, product and service discounts, and much more.

Join us at Kimpton Fort Lauderdale Beach and become a valued member of our dedicated team today!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information.

You may be the perfect candidate for this or for other roles within our organization!

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military experience and invite all qualified military candidates to apply.

Compensation

Tipped/Service Charge Eligible? No

Discretionary Performance Bonus Eligible? Yes

Overview

The Executive Meeting Manager brings to bear their organizational and detailing skills to identify and implement profitable execution of all groups.

Ensure that each group that the manager is responsible for meets or exceeds their revenue expectations based on their contracts.

Active and positive contribution towards a high-performance culture within the Convention Services Department through customer advocacy, sustained revenue achievement, communication and team participation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* An understanding of both monthly forecasting and the annual budget process.


* Understand the importance of raising the meeting planner evaluation scores and implement effective methods to ensure exceeding meeting planner satisfaction.


* Optimize room rental charges.


* Consistently participate in the re-booking of repeat business by having a track record of long-term client relationships.


* Actively participate in industry related organizations (NACE, MPI).


* Thorough knowledge of sales techniques including strong closing skills as well as negotiating skills.


* Comfortable with hotel site inspections and client presentations.


* Excellent creative skills to provide innovative set-ups, menus, and functions for groups.

Ability to generate creative and innovative menus while working closely with Chef on pricing specialty menus.


* Work closely with banquet depart...