Banquet Manager - Graduate Cincinnati

Graduate Hotels®, is seeking aBanquetManagerto joinGraduate Cincinnatiand its wonderful team of hospitality enthusiasts.

Graduate Hotels creates authentic, playful spaces that connect a community's travelers, students, and locals. Through thoughtfully curated design, creative F&Band community-focused events, we create hotels worthy of their hometown.

We are a diverse team of experience makers and storytellers. As a Graduate Hotels team member, you are the local insider shaping guest experiences. Our goal is to make every guest feel like a local even ifit'stheir first time in town.In order tohelp you deliver on that goal, we encourage our team members to embody the same mindset as our guests through Graduate experiences and encouraged community exploration.

Graduate Hotels is proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified™, proving that our associates feel our commitment to cultivate a culture of inspirational and supportive leadership.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all aspects of Banquet operationsfor theHotel
• Hire,train, coach, and motivate the Banquet Department staff towards achieving exceptional guest service results and associateengagement
• Participate in all property BEOmeetings
• Effectively communicate with leadership from other departments to successfully plan all events
• Responsible for the execution and supervision of meeting space banquet functions, ensuring brand operational standards aremet
• Ensures the proper preparation of food and beverage to the satisfaction of our guests and brand, and ensures all safety, health and hygiene requirements are consistentlymet
• Managesinventory, labor cost and food coststo ensure profitability and efficiency
• Preparesand managesstaff schedules; monitors and makes appropriate adjustments to staffing levels.
• Other duties asassigned

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• High School Diploma/GED, post high school education and degree preferred
• Minimum of threeyears Banquet supervisory experienceor hospitality managementexperience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally
• Team player
• Strong leadership skills
• Ability to exceed expectations of guests and teammembers
• Excellent time management skills
• Knowledge of three meal restaurants preferred
• Knowledge of Hotel food and beverage operations and room service preferred.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including PM's, weekends and holidays

About Graduate Hotels®

Graduate Hotels is a hand-crafted collection of hotels that reside in dynamic university-anchored towns across the country. Each hotel pays homage to the heritage of its unique town through cultural nods to the local community. Launched in 2014, there are currently 28 hotels across the U.S. and an additional seven hotels set to open by the end of 2021. Graduate Hotels is owned by Adventurous Journeys (AJ) Capital Partners, a vertically integrated real estate developer,ownerand operator. For more information on Graduate Hotels, please visitwww.graduatehotels.com.

• Graduate Hotels is an Equal Opportunity Employer.