The primary role of a Hotel & Events Executive Manager is to organise events within your property, including weddings, celebrations, meetings, conferences & wakes to maximise revenue across this segment. You will handle the booking process from start to finish, including taking the initial enquiry, quotations, negotiations, contracts & finances, before communicating the clients’ requirements to your operational team to deliver on the day. You may also be involved on the event day itself.
Company Description
Join us at Farmhouse Inns, where we’re big on quality as we are with our portions, which is why our carveries slow-roast our meats for 14-hours, freshly prepare our veg, create fluffy, handmade Yorkies, ruffle-up our perfectly crispy roast potatoes, and bake and hand-decorate our giant cakes in our kitchen every day.
Additional Information
We’re all about rewarding our team’s hard work, that’s why…
You’ll receive a competitive salary, pension contribution as well as:
1. The chance to further your career across our well-known brands – as one of the industry's top apprenticeship providers, we can provide training and development at each level of your career.
2. Discount of 33% for you and 15% for your loved ones on all of our brands – so you enjoy your favourite food and drink at a discount.
3. Free employee assistance program – mental health, well-being, financial, and legal support because you matter!
4. Discount of 50% for you and 25% for your loved ones at our Greene King Inns and hotels. – so you can enjoy a weekend away without breaking the bank.
5. Refer a friend – who do you know who could be interested in a new role? When they are placed, you could earn £1,500 for referring them!
6. Wagestream – access your wage before payday for when life happens.
7. Retail discounts – Receive up to 30% off at Superdrug, exclusive discounts with three mobile along with many more…
Qualifications
Your role as...
8. Handling event enquiries through a variety of media, including telephone, website, email, social media and third-party websites
9. Meeting with guests to understand their requirements, and demonstrating how your venue can meet those requirements
10. Co-ordinating event services, such as rooms, requirements, food choices
11. Communicating event details to your operational colleagues, enabling them to deliver the event on the day, often being present for the event to welcome the guests
12. Ensure venue listings on all online portals including Hitched, Venue Directory etc are accurate and regularly updated
13. Accurate input to an event system to ensure tracking and forecasting of event revenue
14. Booking and promoting internal events such as comedy nights, party nights
15. Advertising/promotional material for events & distributing it to the target audience for your site either through social media or face to face
What you’ll bring…
16. Be approachable, flexible and commercially minded
17. Ability to develop relationships with all venue colleagues who are part of the event process
18. Believes in customer first and is able to demonstrate this personally and through a team
19. Understands the meetings and events process
20. Ability to use meetings and events software