Business Development Executive
L'étoile
Job Description
We’re Hiring: Business Development Executive
Company: L’étoile Patisserie
Location: Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
L’étoile Patisserie is looking for a proactive and creative Business Development Executive to grow our corporate gifting, festive hampers, event orders and institutional partnerships.
Key Responsibilities
- Create advanced business development plans for festivals, corporate events, weddings, and other gifting occasions.
- Identify and approach corporates, event planners, wedding planners, hotels, institutions and other potential clients.
- Schedule meetings with prospective clients and present L’étoile’s products and capabilities.
- Understand client requirements and propose customised gift hampers, dessert selections, packaging and bulk-order solutions.
- Prepare attractive presentations, proposals and product catalogues for client meetings.
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective clients and follow up consistently to close orders.
- Develop long-term relationships with corporate clients and generate repeat business.
- Coordinate with the production, packaging, operations and marketing teams to ensure timely execution of orders.
- Maintain client details, enquiries, proposals and sales updates using Google Sheets or other tracking tools.
- Support L’étoile’s social-media outreach and online business-development activities.
Candidate Profile
- MBA graduate, preferably in Marketing or Business Development.
- One to two years of experience in business development, corporate sales, hospitality, food, gifting, events or a related field is preferred.
- MBA interns or fresh graduates with strong communication and presentation skills may also apply.
- Intern applicants should be interested in building a long-term career with L’étoile and be willing to work with us for at least one year.
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills.
- Confident in meeting clients and presenting ideas professionally.
- Creative and capable of preparing visually appealing client presentations.
- Comfortable using PCs, laptops, social media platforms, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Excel, Google Slides and Google Sheets.
- Organised, self-driven and able to plan campaigns well ahead of festivals and events.
- Familiarity with Canva or other presentation-design tools would be an advantage.
- Knowledge of the Hyderabad corporate and events market would be preferred.
What We’re Looking For
We need someone who can combine sales ability with creativity, someone who can understand a client’s occasion, suggest the right products and presentation, and convert the opportunity into a lasting business relationship.
Interested candidates may send their résumé and a brief introduction to [email protected] with the subject line:
Application – Business Development Executive