About Us
Delta Hotels by Marriott - Somerset is a 298-room full-service Marriott hotel offering a polished guest experience, DistRiKt 7 Restaurant & Bar, D7 EATS Cafe & Coffee Bar, indoor and outdoor pools, a 24-hour fitness center, and a strong meetings, banquets, weddings, and events platform. The hotel features 9 event rooms, more than 13,000 square feet of listed event space, flexible banquet and meeting venues, custom catering, and event capacity for up to 500 guests. Managed by DePalma Hotels & Resorts, this is a great opportunity to join a full-service hotel where catering, event execution, client relationships, and revenue generation are central to the property’s success.
Hotel website: www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/ewrds-delta-hotels-somerset/overview/
DePalma Hotels & Resorts brings more than 40 years of hotel industry experience and a true passion for hospitality. Founded in 1983, DePalma is a long-established hotel management company known for hands-on leadership, deep operational expertise, and a people-first approach that focuses on taking care of associates, guests, and the communities we serve. We believe great hospitality starts with great people, and we are committed to creating opportunities for growth, development, and long-term success for our teams. If you are looking to build your career with a company that values service, knowledge, professionalism, and doing things the right way, DePalma offers a place where your work matters.
Visit us at www.depalmahotels.com
Position Summary
We are seeking a professional, motivated, and detail-oriented Hotel Assistant Director of Catering to support catering sales, event planning, client communication, banquet coordination, and successful execution of meetings, weddings, social events, corporate events, and hotel functions.
The Hotel Assistant Director of Catering plays an important role in generating catering revenue, building client relationships, supporting the sales and catering process, and working closely with banquet, culinary, front office, housekeeping, and hotel leadership teams. This position is ideal for a hospitality professional with strong catering sales experience, excellent follow-through, and a passion for creating successful events from inquiry through execution.
Responsibilities
- Support catering sales, event planning, and conference services for meetings, weddings, social events, corporate events, and hotel functions
- Respond to catering and event inquiries in a timely, professional, and service-focused manner
- Build relationships with clients, meeting planners, wedding clients, corporate contacts, and repeat customers
- Assist with selling, planning, detailing, and coordinating catered events and banquet functions
- Prepare proposals, contracts, banquet event orders, menus, diagrams, resumes, and event details as needed
- Conduct site tours and represent the hotel professionally to prospective clients
- Partner with the Director of Catering, Director of Sales, General Manager, culinary team, banquet team, and hotel operations
- Help maximize catering revenue through strong follow-up, upselling, menu planning, and event detail management
- Maintain accurate event files, client notes, booking details, traces, deposits, payments, and required documentation
- Communicate event details clearly to banquet, culinary, front desk, housekeeping, maintenance, and other departments
- Attend or lead pre-event meetings, BEO meetings, client planning meetings, and internal communication meetings as assigned
- Support successful event execution by being visible, prepared, and responsive before and during events
- Assist with resolving client concerns, guest issues, and event changes in a professional manner
- Monitor upcoming event timelines, room blocks, guarantees, menus, setup needs, billing details, and special requests
- Help maintain brand standards, company standards, service expectations, and professional presentation throughout the catering process
- Support sales goals, catering revenue goals, guest satisfaction, client retention, and repeat business
Qualifications
Required
- Minimum of 2 years of catering sales, event leadership, conference services, banquet sales, or related hospitality sales experience in a full-service hotel
- Strong communication, organization, follow-up, and client service skills
- Ability to manage multiple events, deadlines, client needs, and operational details at the same time
- Professional presentation and ability to conduct site tours and client meetings
- Strong attention to detail with contracts, BEOs, menus, billing, event notes, and guest requests
- Ability to work closely with culinary, banquet, sales, front office, housekeeping, and hotel leadership teams
- Ability to handle client concerns, event changes, and service recovery professionally
- Basic computer skills and ability to learn hotel sales, catering, and property management systems
- Reliable attendance and ability to work a flexible schedule based on event and business needs
- Ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed for hotel events
Preferred
- Experience with Marriott, Delta Hotels by Marriott, or other branded hotel standards
- Experience with Delphi, CI/TY, SalesPro, Opera, Lightspeed, or similar hotel sales/catering systems
- Experience planning and detailing weddings, corporate meetings, social events, banquets, and group functions
- Knowledge of banquet event orders, room diagrams, menu planning, deposits, guarantees, billing, and event timelines
- Strong local market knowledge in Somerset, Bridgewater, New Brunswick, Central New Jersey, or the surrounding area
- Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills are a plus
Schedule
- Flexible schedule based on business and event needs
- Weekdays, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
- Event coverage and manager support may be required based on hotel activity
Job Type
Pay
$70,000 to $80,000 per year, based on experience
Benefits
Eligible associates may be offered:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company contribution
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Marriott travel discounts and perks
- Growth and advancement opportunities with an established hotel management company
Join Our Team
This is a great opportunity for a hospitality sales and catering professional who enjoys building client relationships, planning successful events, and supporting a strong full-service hotel operation. If you are organized, professional, service-focused, and ready to help grow catering and event success at Delta Hotels by Marriott - Somerset, we encourage you to apply.
Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- Catering: 1 year (Preferred)
- Sales management: 1 year (Preferred)
- Events management: 1 year (Preferred)
- Hotel: 1 year (Preferred)
- Sales: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
