Catering Sales Professional

Serendipity Catering; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 30,307 - 33,062; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base plus commission compensation

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO and sick time

401(k) with employer match

Lunch provided daily

Extensive ongoing sales training

Earned wages on demand benefit

Job summary

A prominent catering company in Colorado is hiring Service Consultants to partner with clients and create exceptional events through a consultative sales approach. This role requires strong sales experience, effective communication skills, and a detail-oriented mindset. The company offers industry-leading benefits, including competitive compensation, health insurance, and ongoing training. Join a positive team culture and contribute to a nationally recognized workplace committed to sustainability.

Qualifications

• Preferred sales experience in events, weddings, and banquets.
• Inquisitive, detail-oriented, and highly motivated to learn.
• Effective communicator both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to understand their catering needs.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline through prospecting and networking.
• Lead consultative sales discussions with impactful questions.

Skills

Sales experience in events

Effective communication

Detail-oriented

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Established in 2001, Serendipity Catering is Denver's premier Catering and Events company. We are hiring Service Consultants to continue our outstanding growth. We prioritize a positive company culture, communication, training, and most importantly sustainability in everything we do. Due to our culture, employee benefits, and consistent success we are nationally recognized as a Great Place to Work™️!

Responsibilities

This role partners with new and existing clients to understand their catering needs. This is a highly consultative sales role where you'll need to be detail‑oriented in your discussions with existing clients and new prospects. Our most successful Service Consultants lead the conversation with impactful questions and partner with our prospects and clients to meet their needs and goals to ultimately create outstanding events.

Client Outreach

While a large portion of our leads are generated through referrals, marketing, and word of mouth, we require our Service Consultants to maintain a healthy pipeline which at times needs to be supplemented by prospecting, networking, and nurturing opportunities into leads.

Ideal Candidate

If you're someone that is excited by the prospect of partnering with people and organizations to create exceptional events through a consultative sales approach, we're eager to connect with you. We prioritize sales experience in events, weddings, and banquets, but we are happy to train the right person. The right person is inquisitive, detail‑oriented, highly motivated to learn and perform, an effective communicator (both internally and externally), and understands the importance of teamwork. If you love food, are passionate about sustainability, motivated, and want to be part of a winning team - we want to connect with you!

Benefits

We offer industry‑leading benefits, including:

• Base plus commission compensation (base range is $22-24/hour); commission percentage on food, beverage and décor sales.
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• PTO and sick time
• 401(k) with employer match
• Lunch provided daily by our fantastic kitchen staff
• Extensive ongoing sales training
• ZayZoon: earned wages on demand benefit which allows employees to access earned wages when most needed

Work Environment

This is an in‑office position, with a full‑time schedule of 8 am - 4 pm. This is not a remote role, we’re proud of our company culture and work environment and want you to be part of the in‑office culture. Some activities may require time outside the office (such as networking events, visiting potential prospects and clients, establishing new venues, and others as needed).