Events Coordinator, required to join a friendly events sales team at a prestigious hotel, located in the Forest Row, outer East Grinstead area.
* The role will deal proactively with all sales enquiries including weddings, social functions and conferences, ensuring conversion of these.
* You will meet and build relationships with customers, produce event proposals, contracts and invoices as required, taking ownership of projects and seeing them through to execution.
* Working as part of a team, you must have excellent organisational skills and the ability to work with a range of departments to ensure continuity of service for the customer.
* This is a full-time role working 40 hours per week 5 days out of 7.
* There will be a requirement to work Saturdays on a rota basis, with the addition of bi-annual internal wedding fayres on a Sunday, as well as ad-hoc external wedding fayres, which are shared amongst the team on a rota basis.
Responsibilities for the role of Events Coordinator:
* Strive to consistently deliver exceptional guest service and exceed client expectations.
* Represent the hotel with utmost professionalism.
* Collaborate with the sales team to host Wedding Fairs, hotel showcases, and client showrounds (these may take place outside normal working hours)
Requirements for the role of Events Coordinator:
* Experience in an events role, ideally within a luxury venue
* Excellent communication skills
* Sales focused with particular aptitude for closing and upselling
* Desire to consistently deliver exceptional guest service and exceed client expectations
* Administration & IT skills, including computer literacy and familiarity with database/booking packages
* Attention to detail, professional manner and good understanding of confidentiality issues
* Able to use initiative and remain calm under pressure
* Opera Sales & Catering experience is a bonus
* Happy and confident to work independently
Salary for the role of Events Coordinator is given as COMPETITIVE / per annum for a 40 hour week / plus a share of the service charge is paid on top of this basic salary - this can vary / per annum. Transport would be required for this role due to location.
Please send an up to date copy of your Curriculum Vitae.
N.E. Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy
We look forward to receiving all applications however due to the high number of applications we are only able to contact candidates which closely match the level of skills and experience of the requirements of our clients. However for more information or opportunities please contact us or forward your cv for consideration.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK