Contract Operations Manager Jobs in Goleta, CA (NOW HIRING)

The Chef's Touch was created by Kurt Alldredge in 2003. Kurt is dedicated to producing creative and inspiring food and service, with a strong commitment towards using healthy, locally grown and sustainable foods. The Chef's Touch offers full-service catering and gourmet foods that emphasize the agriculture and extraordinary wines of the Central Coast. Executive Chef Kurt Alldredge describes this as "passion-based cooking". Food cannot be separated from emotion or story and every dish is a form of expression. With alost 40 years of experience in the food industry, Chef Kurt has worked as Executive Chef for such companies as Hyatt Hotels and Resorts and Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as many fine dining restaurants throughout the United States. Chef Kurt's culinary experience includes intimate fine dining, large scale corporate events, movie production food services and movie industry premiere events.

Chef Kurt's level of experience has put him at the top of his profession. One of his mentors was Gernot Leitzinger, former chef to the Prince of Austria, with whom he worked side by side at the Old Europe Restaurant in Pacific Grove. Chef Kurt's passion for cooking incorporates using only the finest ingredients and attention to detail, ensuring his customers an amazing experience.

The Chef's Touch is committed to providing an amazing experience for all clients. The Catering Sales/Operations Manager will provide full service support for Marketing, Sales and Event Coordination

Responsibilities:

         Responsibilities include the initiation and development of quality leads to ensure growth of catering sales. Identify potential events and venues to target as prospective clients.

         Retain existing clients, booking repeat business and solicit new catering business through catering lead generation and catering sales marketing. The sales manager solicits new catering customers through traditional and non-traditional sales techniques.

         Generate and maintain a Lead Generation report to use as a working tool to schedule meetings and evaluate progress of meetings and ensure sales activities are ongoing and effectively tracked.

         Identify, contact and schedule meetings with prospective clients, delivering marketing materials, conducting catering sales presentations, while building personal relationships for current and future business opportunities.

         Will be responsible for scheduling events, including discussing contract requirements, menu design, meeting with suppliers, review all operational requirements, client expectations and maintain close customer communication to ensure details are carefully planned and executed.

         In conjunction with the Chef Touch's owner, create and execute on an annual strategic sales plan

         Recruit and secure staff as required for events and insure that they are fully trained. Ensure staff are motivated to provide the highest standard of service that is the key to the Chef's Touch success

         Will be responsible for managing inventory, financial planning and managing individual event budgets

Skills Requirements

         Must have extensive knowledge of catering operations, with proven leadership experience in onsite/offsite fine dining or catering services required

         Strong knowledge of food and beverage operations, including the ability to articulate menu design and 

         Demonstrates strong verbal and written communications skills to ensure clients, vendors and staff have a high level of communication articulated in a professional manner.

         Proven sales and marketing experience in the food and beverage industry is required.

         Must be teamwork oriented and have the ability to motivate staff and provide constructive input when required

         Attention to detail and strong organizational skills are required to ensure events are thoroughly planned and executed

         Must be able to partner effectively with The Chef's Touch owner working together to achieve maximum client satisfaction.

        A minimum of 5 years' experience in the food & beverage industry, with an emphases in catering sales and marketing

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