Accor: Catering Sales Executive — Kolkata, WB, India

About Accor

Accor operates in hospitality through hotels, restaurants and lifestyle destinations. Its employer material describes a collection of brands with different identities and a common focus on guest experiences. The business therefore brings together the service and operational functions needed to run hospitality venues, rather than offering one uniform hotel product. Its recruitment introduction emphasises opportunities across professions within hotels and other hospitality settings, reflecting the range of work involved in delivering those experiences.

The position and its setting

Accor lists Catering Sales Executive in Kolkata, WB, India, under reference REF114784O. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 11 August 2026
• Brands: AccorHotel

Responsibilities and work described

• To maintain and grow food & beverage sales from Novotel Kolkata Hotel & Residences’s existing client base
• To develop an effective sales strategy to attract new & additional catering sales, in conjunction with the Venue’s sector sales team
• To create and prepare banqueting proposals for potential customers, ensuring that all likely additional costs relating to the event have been assessed accurately and communicated
• Meet and exceed all agreed sales targets set by the Catering Sales Manager
• Maintenance: and accurately keep updated, customer records
• Efficiently respond to all customers enquires in a polite and timely manner
• Work: closely and effectively with the Novotel Kolkata Hotel & Residences Hospitality Team,
• Create and prepare accurate catering proposals for potential customers, ensuring that the catering offer matches the profile of the event in terms of product selection and budget
• Delivery: weekly and monthly sales activity reports
• Development: and deliver sales presentations to potential customers
• Produce clear and accurate Event Catering Schedules within set deadlines
• Adopt a clear and strategic approach to catering sales by selling a catering offer that drives up spend per head, while keeping operational costs to a minimum
• Organize and attend client meetings both internally and externally
• Support: the Venue sector sales team if required, in terms of fielding enquires in their absence or taking messages
• The duties of this post may require some weekend or evening work
• This job description is not exhaustive and the role necessitates flexibility to take on other responsibilities which are at the discretion of the Sales Director

Eligibility details to check

See the employer’s role-specific qualification criteria. Executive. Read the complete employer description for the essential conditions. A related skill or an employer’s general seniority label is not enough, by itself, to establish eligibility.

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Kolkata, WB, India

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Catering Sales Executive vacancy is not an offer for reference REF114784O; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

A closing date is not confirmed in this article. Check the current employer page before submitting: an undated posting can change or be withdrawn.

How to apply to Accor

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Accor posting below and match the title and reference REF114784O.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Kolkata, WB, India position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

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Practical preparation: sales

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Relevant skills

• sales
• hospitality
• event operations