Business Development Executive - Horeca (Frozen Foods)

V V Marine Products; Chennai District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

V V Marine Products in Chennai is seeking the company’s first salesperson to grow its fresh frozen seafood brand in the HORECA sector. You will open new accounts across hotels, restaurants, cloud kitchens, and caterers, and drive the full sales cycle from sampling to repeat orders.

You will build relationships with chefs, purchase managers and F&B managers, run demos, and report weekly to the founder. Tamil and English proficiency and a two-wheeler are required for a field, on-site role.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of B2B food/beverage sales experience, with minimum 2 years selling to HORECA.
• Existing contacts with chefs and purchase managers in Chennai is required.
• Tamil + working English is required; field-based role.
• MBA not required.

Responsibilities

• Open new HORECA accounts across Chennai: hotels, pan-Asian restaurants, barbecue chains, cloud kitchens, caterers.
• Manage full sales cycle: sampling, chef demos, rate finalisation, repeat orders, payment follow-up.
• Build relationships with chefs, purchase managers and F&B managers.
• Appoint and manage frozen food distributors where required.
• Run sampling and demo activities personally and attend trade events.
• Weekly reporting to the founder.

Skills

B2B sales

HORECA sales

Chef/purchase manager contacts

Tamil language

English language

Field sales

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

We are a new frozen seafood company from Chennai launching our own brand. We make frozen breaded shrimp and other ready-to-cook seafood for hotels, restaurants, caterers and cloud kitchens. We are hiring our first salesperson for Chennai.

Role

• Open new HORECA accounts across Chennai: hotels, pan-Asian restaurants, barbecue chains, cloud kitchens, caterers
• Full sales cycle: sampling, chef demo, rate finalisation, repeat orders, payment follow up
• Build relationships with chefs, purchase managers and F&B managers
• Appoint and manage frozen food distributors where required
• Run sampling and demo activities personally, attend trade events
• Weekly reporting to the founder

Requirement

• 3-7 years B2B food/beverage sales, minimum 2 years selling to HORECA
• Existing chef and purchase manager contacts in Chennai
• Tamil + working English, own two wheeler, field role
• Any graduate, MBA not required

Salary: 5-7 LPA fixed + target incentives (15-25% of fixed) + petrol/travel allowance + phone reimbursement. First sales hire, direct growth path to ASM.