Catering Sales Manager

Job description

Simply Fresh Events is a growing company built by an experienced group of catering and planning professionals, offering a fresh take on catering. Our chefs craft fresh, seasonal food on-site, while our event planners create an experience that is uniquely tailored to the vision of our amazing clients.

We are seeking an experienced catering sales and business development professional who will reach out to potential clients and build a strong relationship through outbound effort and awesome communication. This person will capture the vision of the client for their event, translate that information for our production staff, and be there to see the event through. Our salesperson loves all aspects of catering and events and is happy to work evenings and weekends when these events are happening. You love the details, appreciate a well maintained database, and have an eye for proposals that account for everything. We expect candidates will have a bachelors degree and 2 or more years of catering sales or event management experience, and we know you’ll be a great writer and verbal communicator. If getting out into the community, finding new customers, visiting venues, meeting with clients and talking with people about what you do is your idea of a great day, then we want to meet with you.

Job Types : Full-time, Base Commission

Responsibilities :

• Establish and maintain client relationships
• Consistently meet / exceed productivity minimums including phone calls, emails, and presentations
• Plan and execute exceptional events
• Communicate event ideas and vision to production team
• Prospect and contact potential customers to grow the client base
• Effectively market company services
• Establish new relationships with local event venues and associations
• Love food, service and talking about it

Qualifications :

Job Type : Full-time

Pay : $60,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year

Compensation Package :

Salary : $60,000 - $95,000