Sales & Events Manager

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29th April, 2024

Overview:
We are seeking a Sales & Events Manager to join the Sales Team of a bar & restaurant Group. The role involves proactively building relationships with businesses, responding to customer enquiries, creating event proposals, and collaborating with corporate event agencies. The ideal candidate should have 2 years of sales experience, a strong interest in events and nightlife, and proficiency in the Access Collins Booking System.

The Sales & Events Manager role allows you to experience different working environments from our London office, our amazing venues and a day working from home, this role is anything but boring.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively drive new and existing relationships with businesses in the area
• Managing and responding to incoming customer enquiries
• Responding to customer queries with excellent customer service skills
• Put together compelling event proposals for corporate clients
• Telephone and venue diary management
• Work closely with top corporate event agencies and 3rd party accounts.
• Work on proactive sales and upselling initiatives
• Build detailed function sheets and hand over client to ops on the day of high value events
• Client entertaining and hosting FAM trips
• Conduct venue site visits
• Follow up on potential sales leads
• Attend networking opportunities and industry exhibitions
• Work to pre-determined pre booked sales targets as set by the business
• Always act as an ambassador for the brands

Skills / Experience Required:

• A strong interest in events, restaurants and bars
• 2 years' sales experience, ideally hospitality sales.
• Experience working with Corporate Event Agency clients
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Proactive sales mentality
• Proficient experience with Access Collins Booking System.
• Experience working in hospitality. Ideally at least one year.
• Strong administration and IT skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills