Sales & Events Manager

Proactive Sales & Events Manager

Multi-faceted stylish restaurant, bar & experiential leisure operation

Location:Lytham St Annes/Preston/Blackpool

Salary: Around £30,000 plus bonus & benefits

My client is an exciting ground-breaking operator & is well-known & well-respected in developing leisure & hospitality concepts throughout the UK & beyond.

They are launching a multi-faceted leisure, events, multi-media and hospitality concept and are looking for a proactive Sales & Events Manager to grow corporate & personal events, manage existing relationships, create bespoke packages and network to grow business & sales, implementing the company’s strategy within the venue.

If you have good strong proactive sales management experience and have worked with events and want to be part of something exciting, growing your career further as the company develops with further growth planned in the future, then this could be the role for you !!

The company are well-known for really looking after their people and work together as one big family, committed to an amazing guest experience, working for a company that really values its people and offers not only a great place to work, but also a real work/life balance.

The right personality-fit is also essential for this exciting role and we are looking for someone who is passionate, vibrant, hungry to do well and enjoys working in a fun environment where they can really make a mark as part of the management team where they can be creative & part of something new & unique.

What are we looking for ?:

· Previous experience as a strong Business Development Manager or Sales & Events Manager from a cool experiential leisure, club, bar, restaurant, hotel or multi-faceted leisure background.

· Strong & vibrant personality – Hungry to do well & passionate about sales

· A real ‘Brand Ambassador’ who knows what it takes to drive sales.

· A strong, clear, driven Sales & Events Manager who strives to hit and over-achieve on their numbers and understands the value of their role.

· Pro-active experience with a proven track record and the ability to drive corporate Sales & Events into venues - not afraid to cold call where necessary and build a pipeline - a real 'go-getter'.

· A networker who can develop and build strong relationships with the local community.

· The ability to identify new opportunities and handle every enquiry and booking with the highest standard of customer service.

· The ability to build on the existing company strategy to attract loyal corporate spenders ensuring that they are engaged with the venues and their multiple offerings & uses and who are strong at forward-planning.

· The ability to manage & maximise existing relationships, increasing repeat bookings as well as developing new relationships to grow business further, creating bespoke packages tailor-made to a client’s requirements.

· Experience of working with booking systems and strong admin & reporting skills.

· The ability to create

· Experience of working to targets and budgets.

· The ability to hit the ground running, with the ability to develop a strong pipeline of continuous business, making the most of existing relationships, forging new connections & encouraging regular repeat business & growing private room sales.

· The ability to manage your own clients end to end through to billing

The person:

· Pro-active – sales driven & hungry for success

· Strong communication skills

· Passionate & driven – loves food, leisure & providing the highest standards of customer service.

· Strong communication skills - developing strong relationships with clients, the team and management team.

· Experience of identifying opportunities and driving corporate & private events into a business.

· A great networker

· Experience of analysing performance and how sales impact the business

· Proven experience in sales event planning within an experiential leisure, restaurant, bar, club, hotel or multi-faceted entertainment business

Salary & Package:

The starting salary is up to around £30,000 plus various benefits including bonus

If you have the right experience and are looking to be part of something exciting, then please send your CV.