Conference and Events Sales Executive

ROLE: Conference and Events Sales Executive - 4-star Hotels
LOCATION: Dudley
SALARY: £30,000 per year plus excellent benefits such as:
* Excellent training and development.
* Discounts and cashback offer on many high street brands.
* Flexible and home working opportunities
* A fun, supportive and inclusive work environment with loads of development opportunities

I am delighted to be working with a successful, well-known hotel brand who offer lifestyle destinations with modern facilities in the Black Country area that is currently recruiting for experienced Conference and Events Sales Executive to be part of a friendly and welcoming Sales team.

The Conference and Events Sales Executive will be office based at an established Hotel and Conference venue that provides a variety of conferences, weddings & social events throughout the year in the West Midlands region.
This role would suit an experienced Conference & Events Sales Executive/Coordinator or Events Planner who is looking to develop their career.

You will be responsible for handling and managing incoming enquiries over 2 hotels for a variety of events such as: Conference, Banqueting, Corporate Group and Private Special Events to maximise C&B revenue and profit through commercial meeting room management.

This role will also involve working with the event organisers to check meeting room availability, obtaining dates and number of delegates, creating the proposal form, the itinerary of the event, creating a function sheet to be completed and confirmed before passing to the event operations team.

Your main priority is to handle all incoming enquiries to maximise sales and convert as many existing enquiries and tentative bookings as possible through to and including the contracted stage.

To ensure exceptional guest service is delivered and to maximise selling opportunities by adding customer value at every opportunity.

Candidate Applications must be eligible to live and work in the UK without restriction as this property is unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.