Assistant Banquet Manager Jobs

An Assistant Banquet manager reports to the Banquet manager. This job requires daily supervision of tasks related to the banquet department. As an Assistant banquet manager, one is responsible for effectively leading the team, conducting departmental training and ensuring that all the guidelines of the guest service standards is followed. Let's have a look at the responsibilities associated with this job:

• Staffing team members – Staff hiring should be as per the hotel and departmental procedures and requirement.
• Training of team members.
• Scheduling of tasks related to banquet department.
• Supervision of banquet related tasks.
• Ensuring 100% guest satisfaction.
• Plan, manage, execute and complete banquet related events from the beginning to the end.
• Interact with catering service department to ensure that service provided is flawless.
• Flexibility in work and readiness to work in shifts whether it’s a week day, weekend or a national holiday.
• Documentation of all necessary reports related to various tasks.
• Ensure quality of food delivered is up to standards.
  

While selecting a banquet, the first thing that people want to know is how caring and attentive the staff is. Hence as an Assistant banquet manager one has to focus at providing excellent service and make the experience meaningful for the guest so that it leaves a good impression and they recommend the services to other people known to them.



This job requires excellent assisting skills when in comes to providing right directions for effective execution of operation for the entire banquet department. Excellent monitoring skills for performance of food servers are essential. All reports should be well maintained and well documented for smooth functioning of the banquet department. The job also requires working closely with the executive chefs to ensure that the quality of food is per standard and is also presented well. Staffing of team members requires consistent and unbiased evaluation. Also, if required, disciplinary action should be taken as per the rules defined in the guidelines. One should always aspire to follow a consistent approach to upgrade the standard of food and its presentation. To manage banquet hall functions it is required to be in constant touch with the guest especially with the host to assure complete guest satisfaction. One has to be ready all the time to ensure that the guest does not face any difficulty.

The job also requires that the candidate attends the menu meeting, participate in discussion and if necessary make changes before finalizing next day events. Constant revision and preparation of banquet staff schedules and instructions as well as for floor plans for each day is another important aspect of this job. Beside all this, the job also expects the manager to perform miscellaneous tasks and at some places the manager is also expected to assist the catering head as part of the duty.

Ideally the job of Assistant banquet manager requires very high energy level to ensure proper execution of tasks and smooth functioning of the banquet. Ideal qualification for this job is around 2-3 years of banquet experience and a Hospitality degree.