What are the responsibilities and job description for the Catering Sales Account Manager position at LowCountry Catering?
Well established off-premise caterer seeking highly qualified catering and private event salespeople.
What You Need to Bring
- 5–7 years in full-service, off-premise catering sales (or closely related event sales/logistics)
- Proven experience managing client relationships from inquiry through execution
- Strong references within the hospitality or events industry
- Reliable transportation
- A highly functional home office set up with dependable internet connection
- Ability to pass a background, MVR, and credit check
- Culinary or hospitality degree preferred.
What We’re Looking For
- High degree of emotional intelligence - A comfortable relationship builder, strategic thinker able to build trust quickly, and navigate different personalities with ease.
- Strong communication and client-facing confidence, a naturally good listener, consultative selling mindset, excellent responsiveness and follow up discipline, the ability to manage multiple events and timelines simultaneously.
- Transferable client base, primed to follow you to a new company.
- Experience with private event decor needs, rental equipment acquisition, logistics planning, interactions with private and public event venues.
- First hand knowledge of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area private event marketplace and culture, general understanding of the Southeastern US event markets and their business potential.
- Highly organized with sharp attention to detail, high degree of business acumen & strong financial awareness (pricing, margins, payment processes)
- Genuine interest in and passion for food, hospitality, and private events, a warm and energetic person who others want to work with.
Work Setting & Schedule
- Hybrid work schedule, split between remote and office, frequent in town site visits and meetings.
- Must be able to work weekends and evenings as the event booking schedule requires.
- Willingness to travel occasionally for qualified out of town client events.
Compensation & Benefits
- We offer a respectable base salary plus an aggressive commission structure designed for high performers.
- Qualified business expenses paid.
- Group Health insurance offered
- Attractive PTO plan, scaled to tenure
- Employee discount on selected services
Full job description and compensation will be shared with qualified candidates.