Head of Sales

What we're looking for

We’re looking for someone who leads with heart, curiosity and a strong commercial mindset.

• Emotional Skillset: You embody the qualities that define great hospitality: Kindness, Optimism, Self-Awareness, Curiosity, Integrity, and Empathy.
• Experience: At least 3 years' experience in sales in the hospitality industry with a proven track record of sales growth and in planning and executing sales in similar fields or brands.
• Values Alignment: You share our family values of Multiculturalism & Pluralism, Integrity, Hospitality & Seva (Selfless Service), Excellence, and Entrepreneurialism.
• Leadership & Ambition: A desire and drive to build and shape new channels of the business, contribute to a positive and supportive culture and build a career with us.
• Culinary Curiosity: A deep curiosity for our style of maternal cooking and immigrant cuisine and global flavours

Key responsibilities

• Developing and delivering a sales and business plan to deliver growth across all channels, managing all steps of the event booking process, coordinating with the management team.
• Delivering events, new bookings revenue and profitability growth to meet or exceed targets.
• Presenting KPI forecasts including: sales revenue, costs, cover numbers and SPH, PDR occupancy, in-house/ external event bookings and promotional activity results.
• Collaborating with the directors, management and creative/social teams on strategic initiatives that will produce measurable financial results
• Building strong relationships with our neighbourhood, corporate community and local residents to drive Jikoni and sister brands sales & revenue through private events, corporate and party bookings, external catering and other channels.

1. Jikoni Events & Catering: Outside catering, special events, weddings, office/partner catering, consultancies and brand partnerships.
2. Jikoni Private Dining: In-house private hires, including kitchen table experiences.

What we offer

• Career Progression: Opportunities for growth in a dynamic and progressive company and working directly with senior management and directors to grow your leadership, business and hospitality skills while contributing to business with a positive purpose.
• Unique Training: Go beyond the kitchen with visits and hands-on training with our biodynamic farm partner and specialist producers.
• Competitive Package and Team Benefits: Delicious and wholesome team meals, a 51% team discount at our restaurants upon passing probation, 28 days holiday, a company pension scheme and private health insurance plans for all team members.

Everyone Is Welcome

At Jikoni, one of our core values is Pluralism, the idea that celebrating both our similarities and differences make our community richer and stronger. We warmly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. If this role speaks to you but you don’t meet every requirement, we would still love to hear from you. Please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments or accommodations we can make during the hiring process.

About the Jikoni Group

Founded in 2016 in Marylebone, Jikoni is a purpose-led restaurant and community-focused business founded on the belief that the purpose of a restaurant is to restore. We create warmth, generosity, and kindness through hospitality that transforms how people feel, drawing on multicultural culinary traditions and the wisdom of the maternal kitchen. Our approach, “Cooking Without Borders,” celebrates diversity by sharing flavours, stories, and techniques from Asia, the Far East, India, the Middle East, and East Africa, bringing the nourishing, selfless essence of home-cooked meals to every guest.

Since our founding, Jikoni has grown steadily and has now opened a new all-day café and restaurant project with the new V&A East Museum in Stratford's Olympic Park. We are poised to expand to another vibrant new restaurant in Bloomsbury late 2026. These expansions will serve as the foundation for the Jikoni Group.

Have an Impact at a Purpose-Driven Business

Jikoni is looking for our first Group Head of Sales and team members to lead the growth across Jikoni, our upcoming sites at the V&A East and Bloomsbury and the development of a new business vertical - Jikoni Events - for private catering and events, cultural venue partnerships, product launches, parties and corporate bookings. 

We are seeking kind, bright, and empathetic leaders who are passionate about helping us share our story with a wider audience and shape the next chapter of our purpose-driven business.

We are looking for a talented Head of Sales to join our team. In this role, you will work closely with our Directors, Nadeem Nanjuwany, Ravinder Bhogal, the senior central team and our current Jikoni restaurant team on developing the sales of these new brand verticals, all reflecting Jikoni’s company values and ethos of restorative hospitality and maternal, cross-cultural cooking. The role will build off Jikoni's catering for top quality and world leading private events including 4 years as one of only three restaurants at Frieze London in Regent's Park, Chef-Patron Ravinder Bhogal's "headline" at Glastonbury Yurtel in 2024 pop ups at the Barbican and Fortnum & Mason and our upcoming partnership with a world leading cultural organisation, the V&A Museum. 

Why Join Us?

• At our flagship site in Marylebone, Jikoni, we “cook without borders”. Our food is a joyful celebration of maternal cooking, immigrant cuisine and pluralism. This includes a celebration of the rich culinary heritage of South Asia, the Far East, the Middle East, East Africa and Britain. As we grow, our core principles remain the same.