Hospitality Business Development Representative

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• Paid time off
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

About Curve HospitalityCurve Hospitality is a nationwide hospitality procurement company specializing in FF&E procurement, custom furniture manufacturing, freight and logistics coordination, and project support for hotel renovations, conversions, and new construction.

Position OverviewWe are seeking a motivated Business Development Representative to identify opportunities, build client relationships, and secure hotel projects. The ideal candidate is a confident go-getter who can generate leads, make cold calls, overcome objections, and follow up consistently while remaining professional through rejection, resistance, and project delays.

This hybrid role may be performed from our Houston office, remotely, or through a combination of both.

Key Responsibilities· Identify hotel renovation, conversion, new-construction, and FF&E procurement opportunities.
· Conduct daily cold calls and email outreach to prospective clients and decision-makers.
· Generate leads through research, referrals, networking, social media, industry databases, conferences, and trade shows.
· Build relationships with hotel owners, developers, management companies, contractors, designers, and architects.
· Research ownership groups, property improvement plans, brand conversions, development pipelines, and upcoming projects.
· Qualify opportunities based on scope, location, schedule, budget, and decision-making authority.
· Schedule and conduct introductory calls, presentations, meetings, and project consultations.
· Present Curve Hospitality's FF&E procurement, manufacturing, freight, logistics, and project-support capabilities.
· Maintain professional follow-up, address concerns, and overcome objections throughout the business-development process.
· Gather project specifications, drawings, quantities, schedules, and information required for estimating.
· Coordinate proposals with estimating, procurement, design, manufacturing, logistics, and leadership teams.
· Maintain accurate CRM records, manage an active pipeline, support project handoff, and cultivate repeat business and referrals.

Required Qualifications· At least two years of experience in business development, sales, telemarketing, cold calling, outbound prospecting, or lead generation.
· Proven ability to initiate conversations, qualify prospects, handle objections, and secure new business.
· Strong telephone presence and confidence communicating with owners, executives, developers, and decision-makers.
· Excellent verbal, written, presentation, listening, and interpersonal communication skills.
· Persistent, resilient, self-motivated, organized, and comfortable working in a performance-based role.
· Ability to work independently, manage multiple opportunities, document activity, and follow up consistently.
· High school diploma or equivalent, valid driver's license, and reliable transportation required.
· Ability to travel occasionally for conferences, property visits, trade shows, and client meetings.

Preferred Qualifications· Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, communications, hospitality, construction, interior design, or a related field.
· Three or more years of business-to-business development or sales experience.
· Experience in hospitality, hotel development, construction, commercial interiors, furniture, procurement, manufacturing, logistics, or FF&E.
· Existing relationships with hotel owners, developers, management companies, contractors, designers, or hospitality brands.
· Knowledge of hotel renovations, PIPs, brand conversions, new construction, and major hospitality organizations.

Software Capabilities· Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Zoom, and Adobe Acrobat.
· CRM systems such as HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho CRM, Pipedrive, or comparable platforms.
· LinkedIn Sales Navigator and lead databases such as Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, CoStar, or Lodging Econometrics.
· Cloud file-sharing, electronic signature, email-sequencing, calling, and activity-tracking tools.

TrainingCurve Hospitality will provide onboarding on company services, hospitality and FF&E fundamentals, target clients, lead qualification, company messaging, objection handling, CRM procedures, proposal coordination, and project handoff. Prior business-development, sales, or telemarketing experience is required.

| COMPENSATION
This role is structured primarily as commission-only, with earnings based on successfully secured and qualified projects. Salary plus commission may be considered for highly qualified candidates based on experience, work history, performance, and hospitality relationships. Complete terms will be documented during the hiring process.

Work ArrangementRemote candidates must have a reliable computer, high-speed internet, telephone, and professional workspace. Regardless of location, the selected candidate must remain accessible, responsive, productive, organized, and accountable.

How to ApplyApply by emailing your resume to View email address on us.fitly.work or calling View phone number on us.fitly.work . Include a brief summary of relevant business-development, cold-calling, and telemarketing experience; secured accounts or projects; software experience; and hospitality industry relationships.

Flexible work from home options available.