Business Development Manager
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Business Development Manager - Private Luxury Events
Chancery Lane, City of London
Reporting to: Senior Buyer Relations Manager
Hybrid (minimum of 3 days in London Office)
Role Type: Full Time
Salary: c.£30k plus commission, OTE £45K
Are you passionate about sales, luxury travel and creating memorable experiences at international events?
We have an opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join the Buyer Relations team here at Worldwide Events, the company behind Private Luxury, Tfest and Amour.
Our story
At Private Luxury Events, we put human experiences first. We are passionate, collaborative and supportive. We are creative makers, rebel designers, problem solvers and revolutionary thinkers who love to travel. Private Luxury Events is an established front-runner of the Luxury and Romantic Travel sectors with events hosted in destinations such as Dubai, Copenhagen, The Bahamas and Mexico - pretty great, right?
We are luxury travel leaders in global networking events for the hospitality and tourism industries. Our people have been transforming traditional tradeshows for over a decade, we believe in making business joyful because networking should be fun!.
The role
We have an opportunity for an exceptional, highly motivated sales individual to join us in pushing our world class events that bit further.
This is a proactive delegate sales role requiring personable sales tactics. The role entails all aspects of business development for markets worldwide; it will be focusing on recruiting buyers to attend our Private Luxury, TFest and Amour events. Prior knowledge of the luxury travel and hospitality industry would be a significant advantage
As well as business development, this role involves regular international travel at our events, attendance of industry trade shows and the possibility of occasional face-to-face sales trips.
Additionally, you'll:
- Reach and exceed personal buyer recruitment targets every month
- Manage the full recruitment process from prospecting to confirmed attendance of buyers
- Nurture long-lasting relationships with clients and develop a thorough understanding of their business
- Keeping up with industry trends to advise on strategies and tactical development
- Attending the events to further develop relationships with your clients and assist with onsite event management
Due to the nature of the events industry, you may occasionally be required to work outside of hours to meet deadlines.
About you
To be considered as a Business Development Manager, you will need:
- Results-driven performer with a proven track record of achieving within a sales role
- Positive attitude and hunger to succeed in sales
- Strength and confidence in selling as well as in person presentations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong organisational skills with good time-management
- Experience using a CRM and Office 365
- Good people skills
- Additional language skills are an advantage
Some of the benefits of working here include:
We are a dynamic, fast-paced company. Want to develop your skills, or even move into a different department? At Worldwide Events we are never still, and for the right person, this presents an opportunity to grow and evolve your role and responsibilities, as well as you as a person. We hope you choose us to grow your career with!
Your time
We firmly believe the importance of the right work-life balance, so for our Business Development Manager we offer:
- 36 days of holiday (including UK Bank Holidays)
- Hybrid working - we work smart. We understand that everyone has a life outside of work, we hope we can enable you to live it! We operate on a hybrid working rota so teams spend half the week working in-office and the other half working from home
- 4pm finish on Fridays - start the weekend early!
Your health
- We understand that mental health matters - we have an employee assistance programme that is there for you to use whenever you feel the need to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Company Sick Leave
- Private Health Scheme (involving a contribution from the company)
- Enhanced maternity schemes
Your experience
- We stock all the coffee and tea you can drink as well as fresh fruit daily (and the occasional sweet treat!
- Your social spirit - our Happiness and Culture Team keep us on our toes with monthly socials for all employees as well as learning opportunities and drinks at the local bar!
Our approach to diversity is simple -it's about embracing everyone, and everyone is welcome at Worldwide Events We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression. We are diverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our diversity fuels our innovation, brings diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our clients and the communities we serve.
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
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