Catering & Private Events Sales Manager
Anthony’s New York Italian – River Oaks / Houston, TX
Anthony’s New York Italian is hiring a motivated Catering & Private Events Sales Manager to grow our corporate lunch, happy hour, private dining, and catering business.
We are looking for a professional, outgoing sales-driven person who can build relationships with local businesses, law firms, medical offices, real estate offices, hotels, luxury apartments, event planners, and corporate clients. This position is ideal for someone with restaurant sales, catering sales, hotel events, hospitality, or outside sales experience.
Responsibilities
- Book corporate lunches, happy hour events, private parties, and catering orders.
- Visit local businesses weekly to introduce Anthony’s New York Italian.
- Build relationships with office managers, executive assistants, HR teams, pharmaceutical reps, real estate groups, and event planners.
- Drop off menus, catering packages, samples, and promotional materials.
- Create new catering and event leads through phone calls, emails, LinkedIn, Instagram, networking, and in-person visits.
- Follow up with all leads and convert inquiries into booked events.
- Promote private dining, wine dinners, business lunches, holiday parties, networking events, and happy hour groups.
- Work with the restaurant team to coordinate menus, pricing, setup, timing, and execution.
- Maintain a weekly sales pipeline and report upcoming bookings, leads, and sales activity.
- Help grow catering and event revenue month over month.
Ideal Candidate
- Strong personality with excellent communication skills.
- Comfortable making sales calls and walking into businesses.
- Professional appearance and polished presentation.
- Experience in restaurant catering sales, hotel events, hospitality, private events, or outside sales preferred.
- Organized, reliable, and able to follow up consistently.
- Comfortable using email, phone, social media, and basic sales tracking.
- Passion for hospitality, Italian food, and creating memorable guest experiences.
- Must be able to represent an upscale New York Italian restaurant brand.
Sales Goals
The goal of this position is to build consistent weekly and monthly revenue from:
- Corporate lunches
- Office catering
- Happy hour groups
- Private dining events
- Birthday parties
- Rehearsal dinners
- Holiday parties
- Networking events
- Wine dinners
- Pharmaceutical and medical office catering
Compensation
Compensation includes a base salary or hourly pay, plus commission based on booked catering and event sales. Bonus opportunities are available for meeting monthly sales goals.
About Anthony’s New York Italian
Anthony’s New York Italian is an upscale New York Italian restaurant in River Oaks, created by Chef Anthony Russo. We specialize in house-made pasta, fresh mozzarella, premium Italian dishes, private dining, happy hour, corporate lunches, and full-service catering.
Apply
Please send your resume and a short note explaining your experience in catering, events, restaurant sales, or hospitality sales.
Pay: From $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
