Job Summary

A growing workplace experience and hospitality services team is seeking an experienced Hospitality Supervisor to lead food service, catering, event management, and curated employee experience programming in Avon, CT. This direct hire opportunity is ideal for a polished hospitality professional who enjoys creating memorable experiences, building strong client relationships, and leading service teams in a high-touch corporate environment.

The Hospitality Supervisor will serve as the operational lead for daily and weekly meal programs, executive meetings, town halls, special events, and employee engagement activations. This role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact on workplace culture by enhancing employee well-being, connection, productivity, and overall satisfaction.

This is a great opportunity for a candidate who thrives in a collaborative, service-focused environment with supportive leadership, clear service standards, and room to take ownership. The right candidate will bring strong hospitality instincts, event planning expertise, financial discipline, and a proactive leadership style to help deliver a consistently elevated workplace experience.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day hospitality, food service, catering, and workplace experience operations while promoting a high standard of service excellence.
- Plan and execute on-site and off-site events, including executive meetings, town halls, leadership forums, client-facing events, and employee engagement programs.
- Manage catering vendors, food and beverage inventory, service presentation, dietary accommodations, utilization trends, food waste, and budget compliance.
- Develop and maintain an annual experience calendar focused on well-being, engagement, workplace culture, seasonal programming, and employee connection.
- Build strong relationships with client stakeholders, anticipate needs, communicate event status and risks, and provide proactive service solutions.
- Coach hospitality and event support team members, reinforce operating standards, lead weekly service huddles, and support continuous improvement.

Compensation and Benefits

- Salary range: $85,000 to $90,000 per year.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Location: Avon, CT.

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Lead food service, catering, hospitality operations, and workplace experience programming.
- Manage event planning, logistics, budgets, vendors, registration, guest experience, A/V coordination, communications, and day-of execution.
- Oversee client relationship management, operational reporting, budget tracking, vendor performance, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Supervise hospitality support team members and coach staff on elevated service standards.

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
- 4 to 7 years of experience in hospitality, workplace experience, event management, hotel operations, client services, corporate hospitality, or a related field.
- Experience managing events ranging from small executive meetings to large-scale gatherings.
- Experience managing catering programs, vendor relationships, budgets, and hospitality service standards.
- Strong client relationship management, stakeholder communication, and executive presence.
- Demonstrated ability to track spend, participation, satisfaction, vendor performance, food waste, and service-level results.
- Strong organization, attention to detail, problem-solving skills, adaptability, and professional judgment.
- Ability to lead teams, coach service behaviors, and foster accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Ability to lift or move 40 pounds or more frequently and use a standard wheeled cart with a load capacity of up to 60 pounds.
- Ability to walk, bend, kneel, stand, or sit for extended periods and perform work requiring close vision, distance vision, focus adjustment, and color differentiation.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in financial services, corporate hospitality, luxury hotel operations, or workplace experience environments.
- Hospitality, Event Management, or Facility Management certification.
- Experience supporting executive leadership, VIP events, investor functions, or high-profile client-facing events.

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