Catering Manager

Ready for the next chapter of your career? Join one of Canada’s leading hospitality groups and help bring exceptional events to life. At Oliver & Bonacini, our Catering team delivers memorable experiences across a wide range of corporate and social events, combining culinary excellence with seamless execution.

We’re driven by innovation, creativity, and a genuine passion for hospitality. Through hands-on leadership, ongoing training, and clear growth opportunities, our managers build strong client relationships, develop creative event experiences and take ownership of delivering events with precision and care.

What's in it for you?

• Paid vacation, sick, and personal day
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits, including enhanced mental health coverage
• Dining allowance/ Clothing allowance
• Discounted gym membership
• Access to our employee assistance program
• Group life and disability insurance
• 50% dining discount at all O&B restaurants for you and up to three guests
• RRSP matching
• Employee referral program
• Professional development fund
• Join one of Canada’s leading hospitality companies, where a wide range of exciting internal career opportunities await!

The Catering Manager is an integral member of the O&B Catering team, responsible for developing new business, building strong client relationships and managing events from initial inquiry through contracting and event planning.

Combining sales, creativity and exceptional hospitality, the Catering Manager works closely with clients to understand their objectives, budget and vision and translate them into thoughtful, compelling event proposals. Working collaboratively with O&B’s Culinary and Operations teams, they ensure each event is creatively developed, operationally sound and positioned for successful execution.

As O&B continues to grow its Catering division, the Catering Manager will actively seek new business while developing lasting relationships with clients and venue partners, contributing to both individual and departmental sales goals.

The day to day:

• Manage a portfolio of corporate and social catering opportunities from initial inquiry through contracting and event planning.
• Actively seek new business through prospecting, outreach, referrals, networking and relationship development.
• Conduct client discovery calls and meetings to understand event objectives, budget, preferences and priorities.
• Develop creative and compelling proposals that are on brand, on budget and tailored to the individual client and event.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and venue partners, identifying opportunities for repeat and year-over-year business.
• Collaborate closely with Culinary and Operations teams to develop menus, service plans and event experiences that are creative and operationally sound.
• Coordinate with external vendors including rental companies, florists, décor partners and other event suppliers as required.
• Attend client meetings, tastings, site visits and venue walkthroughs as required.
• Maintain an understanding of event pricing and client budgets when developing proposals and recommendations.
• Contribute to bi-weekly sales forecasting and maintain an accurate understanding of opportunities within your portfolio.
• Follow up with past and current clients to encourage repeat bookings, gather feedback and identify future opportunities.
• Ensure event details, contracts, payments, invoicing and internal documentation are accurate, complete and communicated within established timelines.
• Work toward individual and departmental annual sales goals while contributing positively to the overall success of the Catering team.
• Represent O&B with professionalism, creativity, urgency and a genuine commitment to hospitality in all client and partner interactions.

• Minimum 2 years of experience in catering, event sales, hospitality sales or event management, with experience coordinating a variety of corporate and/or social events.
• Demonstrated sales ability with experience developing client relationships and converting event opportunities into confirmed business.
• Strong understanding of the event planning process;…