Catering Event Specialist

Made by Meg Catering; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision, Dental insurance

401K with matching

Job summary

Made by Meg Catering, a high-end Los Angeles catering company, seeks a Catering Sales Team Member in Torrance to drive new business and nurture client relationships. The role emphasizes tastings, client communications, and a strong sales drive in a luxury hospitality context.

Ideal candidates bring catering or venues sales experience, love food, and can manage multiple clients with urgency. Full-time position with a 60k base plus commission and benefits, located in the Greater LA area.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication, detailed and organized.
• Confident on the phone with a warm speaking voice.
• Self-starter with initiative to close sales.

Responsibilities

• Daily calls to potential clients from leads.
• Set up and host tastings for Executive & Social clients.
• Correspondence via emails and written communications.
• Solicit new business through calls, emails and appointments.
• Develop new client relationships and maintain existing ones.
• Manage the Greater LA market.

Skills

Excellent communication

Organized

Phone sales

Independent yet team player

Self-starter

MS Office

Google Suite

Catering sales

Venues sales

Tools

Microsoft Office

Google Suites

Job description

Very busy, high end, off-premises Los Angeles Catering Company is looking to add a Catering Sales Team Member!

Job encourages close proximity to business (Torrance). Long commute applicants are not ideal.

Luxury Brand Catering experience is a plus as well as knowledge of the LA Catering Events Market! Must love food!

Event or Venue Experience is required.

Requirement: Catering Sales Experience or Venues sales experience

Ideal candidates will have an in-depth knowledge of food, catering and luxury brand hospitality. Your clients will be social event clients as well as corporate large and small looking to make an impression or sell their brand through our culinary experience.

Excellent Candidate for Consideration:

• Outstanding communication, detailed and organizational skills
• Confident and assertive over the phone, with a great personality and warm and friendly speaking voice
• Reliable, Responsible; Well-Organized
• Easy to work with, Independent, yet a team player
• A self-starter who will take initiative and loves making the sale and delighting the client.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs, google suites and willingness to learn new systems.
• Previous sales experience for a catering company is a plus!

Duties include (but are not limited to):

• Daily calls to potential clients from received leads
• Set up and host Executive & Social Client food tastings
• Client correspondence including emails & written communications
• Solicit new business through phone calls, emails & appointments
• The ability to develop new client relationships, as well as maintaining existing ones
• Ability to handle the vast Greater LA market
• Works with a sense of urgency and able to handle multiple clients at once while making them each feel cared for
• Comfortable with a monthly sales quota and has had one before.
• Self-Motivated to achieve.
• Determined and part of a team in their effort to see the company reach their yearly and long-term goals. Able to represent their product to the client in a knowledgeable manner

Benefits:

• Health, Vision, Dental, 401K with matching funds

Salary:

$60,000.00 /year plus commission

Job Type:

Full-time

Event Specialist:

Monday - Friday, 9:00am-5:30pm. Weekend availability once a month when on leads or when booked events occur that you are desiring to attend to connect with the client.

Made by Meg is not just a catering company, but a practice in hospitality. We love our clients and have a deep respect for what they are trying to achieve with their event.