Catering Manager | Full-Time | Sharonville Convention Center

Oak View Group (OVG) is the global leader in premium live entertainment infrastructure and services, with a platform spanning venue development and end-to-end capabilities across venue management, hospitality, and sponsorship sales. Founded in 2015, the company serves a collection of seven world-class owned venues and a client roster of the most iconic arenas, stadiums, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions, spanning four continents. 

The Catering Manager provides support and assistance with Catering activities as well as provides assistance to the concession managers in the profitable management of concession operations, as needed. The Catering Manager will independently initiate and authorize all employment actions such as hiring, termination, suspension, discipline, promotion, and transfer. The Catering Manager will actively and independently manage all aspects of employee relations to ensure a positive, harmonious, compliant, and cooperative work environment. The Catering Manager will work closely with the Sales Manager and assist in sales duties such as initial contact with clients, BEO creation, billing, and other sales roles. 

The Catering Manager will provide oversight and resolution responsibility for employee performance issues. The Catering Manager must provide a high level of event oversight, technical proficiency, and operational/personnel support to ensure the smooth running of any assigned event. A critical function of the Catering Manager will be to actively mentor, train, and help employees and volunteers meet company quality standards. The employee must maintain excellent attendance and be available to work a variable event-driven schedule, which includes evenings and weekends. Open availability, professional presentation, outstanding interpersonal skills, self-direction, and strong technical (computer and POS) aptitude are required. 

This role pays an annual salary of $55,000-$65,000

Benefits for Full-Time Roles: Health, dental, and vision insurance; 401(k) savings plan; 401(k) matching; and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 11 holidays).

This position will remain open until September 25, 2026.

• Assists in the overall effective management of catering and Concessions operations.
• Ensures total compliance with all alcohol service policies.
• Monitors alcohol service throughout the event to ensure 100% compliance with Alcohol Service policies.
• Reports any alcohol service or compliance issues to management immediately. 
• Provides ongoing direction, supervision, and mentoring to hourly event staff.
• Monitor product quality and ensure a high level of guest service.
• Assists in troubleshooting technical problems with Point of Sale systems, from both a hardware and software perspective.
• Assist sales manager in multiple sales-related duties.
• Generates event employee schedules and verifies employee time as required.
• Assist in the ongoing training, development, mentoring, and supervision of hourly employees, as directed by department managers.
• Responsible for completing documentation of employee performance and attendance issues in accordance with company policy and practice.
• Assist in the management of catered events from set-up to tear-down, including handling all communication with hourly staff, culinary staff, and guests.

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• 3-5 years of experience in catering or concessions.
• Concessions Manager Certificate from the National Association of Concessionaires.
• Nationally recognized, advanced food service sanitation training course certification.
• Familiar with inventory cost control and menu planning.
• Basic computer proficiency: e-mail, Excel, Word, Outlook, Schedule+.
• Working knowledge of Point of Sale and timekeeping systems.
• Cash handling abilities and basic math skills, including significant number manipulation.
• Ability to work a variable work schedule (including evenings and weekends, as required), depending upon event and business requirements.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.