Catering & Events Sales Executive
Key Skills for This Role
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Responsibilities
- Generate catering and event business through corporate sales, networking, referrals, and client outreach; develop corporate and individual accounts.
- Handle enquiries and prepare quotations, proposals, menus, and packages; follow up to convert enquiries into confirmed business.
- Build relationships with current and potential clients and understand their budgets, guest numbers, menu, venue, and special requirements.
- Coordinate confirmed orders with kitchen, operations, logistics, and service teams; communicate event details accurately for execution.
- Attend or support events when needed to help ensure smooth service and customer satisfaction.
- Follow up after events for feedback and repeat business; maintain records of enquiries, quotations, orders, and customer accounts.
- Achieve sales targets, report regularly to management, and monitor market opportunities, competitors, and corporate prospects.
- Ensure discounts, special pricing, and commercial terms receive approval under company policy.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience in catering sales, event sales, hospitality, restaurant sales, or F&B business development.
- Strong sales, negotiation, communication, and customer relationship skills.
- Corporate-client experience is preferred.
- Proactive, organized, well-presented, and target-driven; able to manage multiple clients and events and work flexible hours when required.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and sales reporting.
- Qatar/GCC market experience is an advantage.
- Qatar driving license required.
- Arabic and English required.
Compensation
- Pay is QAR 6,000–7,000 per month.
Workplace
- Work is in person.
Key performance indicators
Achievement of catering and event sales targets; acquisition of new clients and corporate accounts.
Conversion of enquiries into confirmed business, repeat business, client retention, customer satisfaction, and profitability.
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