Sales Manager - F&B

Vira Mirra; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sales incentives

Travel allowance

Job summary

Vira Mirra in Chennai seeks an energetic sales professional with a strong background in restaurant and catering sales to identify, approach, and convert corporate clients and event organizers into long-term food service partners.

Ideal candidates have 5–10 years in restaurant sales or food service business development and a proven track record of securing corporate contracts and bulk orders.

Established networks with corporates, IT firms, hotels, and event managers are highly valued.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years in restaurant sales, catering sales, or food service business development.
• Ability to secure corporate contracts, employee meal programs, event catering assignments, and bulk orders.
• Experience with restaurants, hotels, catering companies, cloud kitchens, or food service providers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identify, approach, and convert corporate clients, event organizers, and institutional customers into long-term food service partners.
• Develop and execute strategies to secure corporate food contracts and bulk orders.
• Conduct promotional campaigns and corporate engagement activities to generate leads and close deals.
• Build a sustainable sales pipeline and achieve revenue targets.

Skills

Restaurant sales

Catering sales

Food service BD

Lead generation

Negotiation

Deal closing

Relationship management

Job description

We are looking for an energetic and highly networked sales professional with a strong background in restaurant sales, catering sales, and quick service restaurants.The ideal candidate should possess the ability to identify, approach, and convert corporate clients, event organizers, and institutional customers into long-term food service partners.

Roles & Responsibilities

• 5-10 years of experience in restaurant sales, catering sales, or food service business development.
• Proven track record in securing corporate food contracts, employee meal programs, event catering assignments, and bulk food orders.
• Prior experience working with restaurants, hotels, catering companies, cloud kitchens, or food service providers is highly preferred.
• Established network across corporates, IT companies, industrial establishments, educational institutions, and event management firms.

Key Competencies

• Strong understanding of restaurant marketing and brand promotion strategies.
• Excellent lead generation and business development skills.
• Ability to identify customer needs and develop customized food service solutions.
• Experience in conducting promotional campaigns, food tasting events, and corporate engagement activities.
• Strong negotiation and deal-closing capabilities.
• Ability to achieve revenue targets and build a sustainable sales pipeline.
• Excellent communication, presentation, networking, and relationship management skills.

Perks and benefits

• Sales incentives
• Travel allowance