Sales Manager Groups & Catering UK

Sales Manager Groups & Catering UK

At Sticks’n’Sushi, we serve high-quality, fresh food based on a unique combination of classic and creative sushi along with sizzling kushiyaki from the grill. But we're about more than great food. We're in the business of celebrations, client wins, birthdays, reunions, networking events and memorable experiences.

We're looking for a Sales Manager, Groups & Catering UK to help make Sticks’n’Sushi the first choice for private dining, corporate entertaining, large group bookings and catering across our UK business.

This is not an account management role. We're looking for someone who creates opportunities, builds relationships and proactively wins business. Someone who gets energy from networking, opening doors and converting conversations into long-term partnerships and repeat bookings.

You'll spend your time building relationships with local businesses, event agencies, hotels, concierges and hospitality partners, creating a strong pipeline of opportunities across the UK.

At Sticks’n’Sushi, our people are known as Strange Fish. We're bold, curious, humble and ambitious. We support one another, celebrate success together and put "we" before "I".

What You'll Be Doing

• Acting as an ambassador for Sticks’n’Sushi within the UK business and hospitality community
• Building relationships with corporate clients, event agencies, hotels, concierges and local partners
• Proactively generating new business through networking, prospecting and outbound sales activity
• Driving group dining, private dining, exclusive hire, corporate events and catering revenue
• Managing the full sales cycle from prospecting through to booking confirmation and operational handover
• Hosting venue tours, tastings and client meetings
• Creating tailored proposals that convert opportunities into revenue
• Managing event logistics from booking through to delivery, ensuring a seamless guest experience
• Working closely with Operations, Marketing, General Managers and the Catering Kitchen to deliver successful events
• Growing spend through pre-orders, drinks packages and bespoke experiences
• Building repeat business and long-term client relationships
• Maximising key trading periods including Christmas, summer events and corporate entertaining
• Maintaining an accurate CRM pipeline and using sales data to improve performance and conversion
• Sharing ownership of a collective sales target alongside another Sales Manager, Groups & Catering UK

We're Looking For Someone Who

• Has proven experience in hospitality sales, events sales or business development with a track record of delivering revenue growth
• Is a proactive hunter who has built pipelines through outbound activity, not simply managed inbound enquiries
• Is a confident networker and relationship builder who enjoys being out in the market
• Has experience working with corporate clients, agencies, hotels, concierges and hospitality partners
• Understands event planning and logistics, from initial booking through to event delivery
• Is commercially minded, confident managing pricing, deposits, contracts and upselling opportunities
• Maintains an organised and accurate CRM pipeline without needing close supervision
• Is highly organised and able to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously
• Has excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Is fluent in English
• Brings energy, curiosity and a positive, hands-on approach

Desirable Experience

• Experience within a premium restaurant, hotel, event venue or cocktail bar environment
• Catering or off-premise sales experience
• Experience using CRM and venue booking platforms such as HeadBox, VenueFinder or similar
• Experience working within a shared-target or collaborative sales model
• Additional language skills, particularly Danish, German or French

Why Join Us?

You'll work closely with our Senior Sales Manager UK, Marketing team, Operations teams and Catering Kitchen, helping to grow one of the UK's most exciting hospitality brands.

This role offers genuine autonomy and visibility. You'll have the freedom to build relationships, create opportunities and see the direct impact of your work. Your ideas won't sit in a spreadsheet; they'll bring guests through our doors and help shape the future growth of Sticks’n'Sushi across the UK.

The benefits that go beyond the day-to-day:

Yes, we work hard. But we laugh, learn and enjoy the ride too. As part of Sticks’n’Sushi you'll enjoy:

• 50% discount across all Sticks’n’Sushi restaurants, including across the EU
• Access to great restaurants, bars and hotels through CODE
• Employee assistance and wellbeing support through Hospitality Action
• Financial wellbeing support through Wagestream
• Team events, unforgettable parties and annual awards
• Industry events and networking opportunities
• Exceptional learning and development opportunities

Ready to jump in? Click apply and tell us about the Strange Fish that you are. If your spark lights ours, we'll invite you for a chat; if it feels right, we'll dive straight in together.

That's us.