The court correctly found that plaintiff, defendant's director of acquisitions and senior vice president, was employed as an executive and therefore has no cognizable claim under Labor Law § 198 ( see Labor Law § 190; see Gottlieb v Kenneth D. Laub Co., 82 NY2d 457). Plaintiffs contention that he was not an executive is inconsistent with the allegations of his complaint and his title and employment contract and therefore insufficient to avoid dismissal of the cause of action ( see LeBreton v Weiss, 256 AD2d 47, 48).
The existence of an enforceable contract covering the disputed issue of plaintiff's compensation precludes his recovery in quantum meruit ( see Zito v Fischbein, Badillo, Wagner Harding, 35 AD3d 306, 307).
We have considered plaintiffs remaining contentions and find them unavailing.