Catering Manager

Reports to: Area Manager

Job Summary:
The Catering Manager is a salaried position. The goals are to build brand awareness and sales, facilitate execution of catering orders and follow-up with clients to ensure residual business and long-term growth. This is accomplished through creative marketing/sampling while always maintaining resolute focus on growing the Jimmy John's brand.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Identify your unit's delivery area. This is the store's market.
• Set up a grid system of the delivery area for sampling/marketing.
• Drive and record every business name in each and every grid.
• Create an excel spreadsheet listing each business name for each grid.
• Set up meetings with potential clients that relate to Jimmy John's catering and delivery.
• Write a daily report on activity to be sent to your superior at day's end.
• Follow up with catering customers.
• Help with store operations when needed to execute a large catering order.
• Communicate Operator/GM to ensure 100% execution on catering orders.
• Build a "Book of Business" for each store you have market responsibility.
• Keep daily records detailing business objectives.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be able to read and write and communicate in English.
• Must have the ability to run a register and make their own samples for marketing.
• Position requires bending, reaching, stooping, repetitive motions, cognitive skills, standing and moving about the unit the entire workday.
• Must be at least 18 years of age, have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, current automobile insurance, and a clean driving record.
• Must have the stamina to work 40-50 hours per week.

Special Requirements:

• Willing to work Saturdays as business dictates.
• Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives with minimal supervision.
• Ability to handle and resolve customer threats and issues.
• Skills to use a personal computer and various software packages (Word/Excel).
• Ability to handle stress and high-volume operations.