Sales Manager to join the team at the Delta Hotels By Marriott Northampton.
The Role
As Sales Manager, you will play a key role in maintaining and building strong relationships with our key clients, be accountable for proactively soliciting and managing special corporate accounts, group and catering-related opportunities along with total account management of the existing account portfolio. Your focus is to build long term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of hotel sales budgets to promote brand loyalty and increase market share.
Responsibilities
* Building and strengthening relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.
* Developing relationships within the community to strengthen and expand customer base for sales opportunities.
* Managing and developing relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
* Providing accurate, complete and effective turnover to Event Management.
* Identifying new business to achieve personal and location revenue goals.
* Understanding the overall market – competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knowing how to sell against them.
* Ensuring that the Senior Event Manager and their team are working effectively and efficiently to deliver an exceptional customer experience.
* Assisting other departments wherever necessary and maintaining good working relationships within the whole hotel.
* Complying with hotel security, fire regulations and all health and safety legislation.
Our Ideal Candidate
You will have a proven track record in a similar role within a hotel environment. Experience in coaching and developing team members, driving sales and delivering financial results. You will have a warm people-orientated demeanour, a gift for paying attention to the smallest details and a positive outlook and outgoing personality.
Perks You Deserve
* Complimentary gym membership because your wellbeing is important
* Tasty and varied meals in our Associate Dining Facility
* Enrolment in Perks at Work – access to unlimited deals from retailers to restaurants, cinema’s and more
* Discounted hotel accommodation worldwide for you and your friends & family
* 20% F&B Discount, 30% Retail Discount & 20% Spa Discount in Marriott Hotels Worldwide
* 23 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays increasing with service
* Annual performance related pay review
* Cycle to work scheme
* Pension & life assurance
* Access to our Take Care Emotional Wellbeing Resources & Associate Assistance Service
* Comprehensive training and development program
* Company pension scheme, we match your contributions up to 6%
* Private medical cover
* Complimentary car parking
This role offers a competitive annual salary (up to £45k per annum) as well as a bonus plan allowing you to earn up to 20% of your salary.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Sales and Business Development
Industries
* Hospitality
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