Senior Event Designer / Catering Sales
Full-Time
Windows Catering Company
Alexandria, VA
Are you passionate about crafting unforgettable food experiences and driving sales in the thriving catering industry? Windows Catering, D.C.'s premier caterer, is seeking a Senior Event Designer/Sales Executive to join our dynamic team. You’ll be part of a company that celebrates creativity, collabo
Perks: Comprehensive benefits including 401(k), health, dental, and vision insurance, health savings account, and life insurance. Generous paid time off and employee discounts.
Primary Function:
The Sales Executive sells our company's catering services by approaching potential customers, winning new business, and maintaining relationships with existing clients for repeat business. You will have the opportunity to develop and execute sales strategies, grow your client portfolio, and manage high-profile catered events.
Duties:
- Develop and execute sales plans and strategies to meet sales goals.
- Proactively solicit and secure new accounts while maintaining and growing existing accounts.
- Prepare tailored proposals for clients and potential customers.
- Ensure client satisfaction by delivering exceptional service and creative catering solutions.
- Plan, supervise, and evaluate contracted events, from intimate gatherings to large-scale corporate functions.
- Conduct post-event follow-ups to ensure client satisfaction and encourage rebooking.
Minimum Experience / Education:
- Bachelor's degree in hospitality, business, or marketing preferred.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in catering, restaurant, event planning, or hospitality industry sales.
- Knowledge of menu development, event planning (including social and kosher events), and client relationship management is required.
Windows Catering Company
Our Story
Known as one of the premier off-premise caterers in Washington D.C., Windows has an established national reputation for exceptional food, creativity and presentation combined with outstanding service. Windows’ New American-style cuisine is abound with inventive interpretations and modern creations based on the very best traditions of American, regional and international cuisine.
In 1985, Chef-proprietor Henry Dinardo, well known on the national food scene, founded the nationally acclaimed restaurant, Windows, which earned him the honor as one of the Top 25 Chefs in America by Food & Wine Magazine. In 1987, Chef Dinardo and partner, Carol Bloom, a former public relations executive for the Watergate Hotel, established Windows Catering Company to meet the growing demand for high-quality special events and entertaining.
Overseeing Windows’ in-house kitchen and bakery, Executive Chef Pasquale Ingenito, and the 2005 National Pastry Champion Chef Laurent Lhuillier work with a talented team to create an exceptional variety of hors d’oeuvres, entrees and desserts. Attuned to the changing tastes and trends in food and presentation, Chefs Dinardo, Ingenito and Lhuillier continually update Windows’ offerings with a variety of delicacies that include Truffled Lobster “Corn Dog” with Grain Mustard Soubise and Hudson Valley Foie Gras with Torchon Apricot Peach Compote and Moulard Duck Ham.
Windows Catering Company is an equal opportunity employer in practice and policy. We treat employees and applicants fairly without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age or disability. Windows Catering Company is a drug-free workplace.
| Address | 5724 General Washington Drive, Alexandria, VA 22312 |
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| Property Type | Catering |
| # Jobs | 2 |
