Catering Lead
Millburn, NJFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Catering Lead plans, organizes, and executes catering business for an Eataly location, reporting to the Retail Manager. The role develops tailored proposals and packages, negotiates partnerships, oversees events, and coordinates off-site catering and delivery. It also trains team members, communicates event needs, follows up with guests, resolves feedback, and maintains catering materials in the store.
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Full job description
Company Description
Eataly is the world’s largest artisanal Italian food and beverage marketplace! Eataly is not a chain; each Eataly is different, with its own character and own theme – but all with the same aim... for our guests to:
- EAT authentic Italian food at our restaurants, cafés and to-go counters
- SHOP a selection of high-quality Italian, local and homemade products
- LEARN through our classes and our team’s product knowledge
Job Description
The Catering Lead plans, organizes and executes the catering business for an Eataly location. Reports to the Retail Manager.
- Creates proposals, contracts, event orders and packages tailored to each guest’s requests
- Negotiates executive partnerships to sell catering packages for breakfast, lunch, dinner and largescale events
- Oversees catering events from start to finish: books, plans and executes functions
- Executes all off-site catering for offices and VIP clients, coordinating delivery services and pickup business
- Acts as a trainer for team members on catering operations
- Communicates product and staffing needs for catering events on a daily basis
- Manages catering call-backs from orders delivered same day to ensure 100% guest satisfaction
- Handles and resolves complaints/accolades and communicates results to managers
- Ensures catering collateral is displayed and stocked in the store at all times: catering menus, catering table, business cards, etc.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in catering/sales management
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to multitask in a fluid environment
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
Job Requirements
- Availability to work a flexible scheduling often including nights, weekends and holidays
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours, including standing, walking, bending and squatting
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401K with match or RRSP
- Bonus program
- Free family meal daily
- Discounts at Eataly
- Classes on products and Italian cuisine
- Referral bonus program
- and more!
How this job compares
Set against the 204 open Catering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$80–90K/yr29 salary ranges
- US median$18–20/hr54 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 204 open Catering jobs across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Panera Bread66 open
- Panera, Flynn Group52 open
- Compass Group, North America18 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Catering postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (41 postings).
- Education
- 0 of the 204 open Catering jobs (0%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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