Campus

OSU-Stillwater

Contact Name & Email

Shaun Noll, shaun.noll@okstate.edu

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.

Appointment Length

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range

$15.45 - $21.00

Hourly

Priority Application Date

While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.

About this Position

Assist in the development, service, and retention of the Wes Watkins Center Customer Base. Serve as an inbound customer request contact with a focus on selling and marketing the Wes Watkins Center space for customer meetings, conferences, banquets, receptions, weddings, dances, and other functions. Be a primary source of information for providing estimate menu costs, preparing event proposals; event planning, development, and execution as well as field general questions, concerns and/or ideas. Proactively look for ways to improve profitability while increasing product offerings and providing world-class customer service. Provide reliable, accurate, and improvement-oriented frontend and backend data on events. Check events for quality presentation, order accuracy, and professionalism. Demonstrate punctuality and dependability in work arrival and departure times. Effectively manage time in order to see effective follow-through on events and leaving time to generate new bookings. Administer to outside vendors the requirements and procedures for kitchen policy, off campus vendor, and food handling requirements. Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High School/GED (degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)

• Two years of work experience

  Post-secondary education may be substituted for experience

Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:

Valid Driver's License - before hire

Food Handler's Permit/Serve Safe Certification - after hire

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

Computer skills with the ability to learn applicable software programs

Exceptional communication and interactive skills

Flexibility to fast-paced environment, needs demands and changes

Must work well under pressure

Organizational skills

Able to lift 50 lbs

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's

  Hospitality or food related discipline/ Hotel/Rest Admin or Culinary arts or Business

• Proven track record of events sales, planning and execution

  Motivational and training capabilities and experience 

  Previous food service/catering experience

  Four years of clerical/customer service experience

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

Analytical skills