Job description We are looking for an ambitious and dedicated Senior Wedding Coordinator to join our team at the wonderful AA Hotel of Year Killeavy Castle Estate in County Armagh.
If you are a passionate and driven events and groups professional looking to further develop within an amazing brand, please get in touch with us today! Our ethos is to get closer to what’s important and we pride ourselves on providing a luxury world class service to our guests in a very sustainable way. We have a stunning property with various events and meeting spaces available for weddings, conferences, product launches, corporate events, team building and much more.
The Senior Wedding Coordinator at Killeavy Castle Estate is responsible for all incoming events, group and corporate enquiries (electronic and telephone); The Senior Wedding Coordinator will deal with all external enquiries and will provide excellent customer service during every element of the event or group enquiry process; taking the initial enquiry, show arounds, negotiating rates, contracting and pre –event, during event and post event planning.
The Senior Wedding Coordinator takes personal responsibility to adhere to sales and event brand standards for enquiry handling, event planning, pre & post-event.
Coordination of all customer requirements, including communication and completing verbally and in writing with the customer the details of an event up to handover to operations on the day of event execution.
Expertise/understanding of hotel operations eg: menu planning, food presentation, event/meeting room set ups, audio-visual and banquet service standards.
Cooperation with Conference and Banqueting, Operations and Kitchen teams to ensure each event is catered for accordingly and that planning through to execution of the event is efficient, seamless and to an exceptionally high standard.
Works within brand guidelines of Killeavy Castle Estate at all times.
Financial oversight for events department including completing all financial dealings and securing revenue collection for services rendered.
Effectively managing accommodation blocks and meeting space inventory for assigned groups
Conducting compelling show rounds to win the business, building rapport and connection with potential clients and always representing Killeavy Castle Estate in a professional and engaging manner.
Leading the events team by example, training and developing staff members, setting goals and KPI’s for events staff, running weekly meetings and communicating schedules to all staff and relevant departments.
Performance reporting including delivering regular reports on revenue and departmental objectives to upper management.
Proven track record of selling weddings, meetings and conferences.
~Experience in team management/supervision
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