Our client, an exclusive use wedding & event venue located in Cheltenham, is looking for a talented and dedicated Sales Consultant to join their team on a Temporary to Permanent basis. You will be responsible for driving new non-wedding business for the venue in order to achieve budgeted revenue and profitability.
The ideal candidate will have solid MICE sales experience and ideally some operational events knowledge.
Duties will include:
* Drive the sales for Non-Wedding business
* Proactively sell the venue to new clients
* Adapt sales solutions to meet client needs and expectations
* Actively seek and support marketing opportunities for the venue
* Identify need periods and undertake a comprehensive program of sales activity to secure new and ad hoc business minimizing the impact of low activity periods
* Prepare sales reports, action plans and measure performance against budget and business trends
Essentials:
* Articulate and clear, with a professional manner
* Friendly and approachable when speaking to customers
* Hungry for sales and happy being out conducting field sales
* Negotiation Skills
* Commercially savvy
* Strong communication skills
This is a great opportunity for someone who is able to demonstrate past evidence of achieving and exceeding targets and would like to work for an Award Winning venue.
If this role is of interest to you, please call the office on 01242 701 123 or alternatively send an up-to-date Word Document copy of your CV to Claire Nelson at claire@trulytailoredrecruitment.co.uk.
Applications will be reviewed from Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
To ensure that your application receives the fullest possible attention, it is essential that you consider carefully the role that you are applying for, and then ensure that your CV contains all relevant information about yourself in relation to that role. This is important because, in the present economic climate, we receive a great many applications and are unable to respond to them all. Hence, if you do not hear from us within one week, we regret you must conclude on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
As a local Recruitment Agency, you will be required to attend a meeting with ourselves at our offices in Cheltenham prior to your details being passed onto our clients.
Candidates need only apply if you are within an hour of a Gloucestershire postcode or already have plans of relocation to the Gloucestershire area in place.
Truly Tailored Recruitment Services are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all areas of society.
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