Head Of Event Operations
Head of Events Operations
Small creative events and catering business based in Surrey looking for an experienced "hands on" head of operations with a depth of catering experience to join our wonderful and valued team .
As Head of Operations, you will need to come from a hospitality background and have experience in a similar role. If you have strong event planning / event delivery skill with a high standard of food and drink service experience this would be a great opportunity.
You will be operating a wide range of events from small luxury dinner parties, Anniversary parties to corporate events and Weddings.
The successful candidate will naturally be "a real go getter" and won’t mind getting stuck in with the team. You will be involved in the end to end planning to completion.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Organising and maintaining relationship with suppliers
- Support in end to end concept to completion of creative events
- Staffing
- Events Logistics
- Client relations
- Manage unit and event manager
- Ensure high standard of catering is achieved
- Leading by example, motivating and supporting the team
- Liaising with the head chef
- P\&L focus
- Manage the front of house food and drink service on events
- Look at evolving our systems and procedures to insure our events run efficiently
- Running of weekly ops meetings
- Clients quotations
- Strong F\&B background
- Customer focus
- Excellent problem\-solving and decision\-making abilities
- Good communication skills
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Must be organised with a very good attention to detail
- Ability to energize and inspire the team to deliver successful events
- Senior management experience with 6 years experiance
- Full UK Driving license and car owner
- A love of fresh food and exemplary service
- Fluent in writing and speaking of the English language
- Sensible commute to KT12 Area (no longer than 40 min commute)
- Salary: £38,000\.00\-£47,000\.00 per year
- Annual profit sharing scheme
- 45 hours week average
- 3 \-4 office days 8am\-4pm and 1\-2 event days per week
- 5 days a week (Usually set as Tuesday to Saturdays)
- Overtime accrued over contracted hours paid in lieu annually
- Profit sharing
- Company pension scheme
- On\-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- 28 days holidays (including bank holidays)
- Christmas, boxing and New Years day off
Pay: £38,000\.00\-£48,000\.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- On\-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Profit sharing
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Walton\-on\-Thames KT12 3PD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
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