Sales & Events Manager

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14th January, 2025

Overview:
We are seeking a Sales & Events Manager to join the Sales Team of a bar & restaurant Group in the heart of London. 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