Meeting & Events Sales Manager

Meetings & Events Sales Manager– Clayton Hotel Leeds
We have a fantastic new vacancy for Meetings & Events Sales Manager in the excellent Clayton Hotel Leeds.
You will be joining a well established and forward thinking motivated team, in the largest Hotel in Yorkshire. With 334 bedrooms and 9 Meeting Rooms with the capacity to serve over 700 guests, you will always be kept busy.
Objective of the Role
Reporting directly to the Hotel Sales & Marketing Manager the role gives the Conference & Events Sales Manager the opportunity to work with an experienced and dedicated team in a contemporary, chic and stylish hotel, with event space capable of hosting conferences for up to 2 00 delegates and Wedding for up to 300 guests.
In return we offer an excellent salary and benefits package with extensive career progression opportunities within the Dalata organisation. The role is primary 8:00am – 4:30pm with evenings and weekends when required.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
To manage and coordinate all Weddings, Conference and Events in the hotel, from enquiry stage through to the handover to the operations team.
To be the first point of contact for all Wedding, Conference and Event enquires via telephone, e-mail and walk-ins.
To ensure that all enquires are responded to in a professionally and timely manner.
To manage the Sales and Catering function in Alkimii and Opera, ensuring all events are entered correctly to produce a concise and accurate function sheet for each event.
To manage the billing and invoicing for all Weddings and Events including final billing and any adjustments.
To ensure the daily revenue within the C&B department is captured and charged.
To host a weekly operations meeting where all aspects of forthcoming Weddings, Conference and Events are discussed in details with the relevant departments.
To manage the hotels Weddings, Conference and Events diary to ensure smooth operation of events and to maximise revenue.
To monitor all enquiries, ensuring the client has received all the information requested and maintain an effective follow up system to secure business.
To conduct all pre-arrange and walk-in show-arounds for all Weddings, Conference and Events.
To liaise with the Hotel Reservations Manager on all block bookings of bedrooms for Conference and Events.
To liaise with the Banqueting Operations Manager and Head Chef to communicate any changes to upcoming events.
To maintain and enhance relationships with existing bookers and to develop relationships with new customers.
To liaise directly with suppliers to ensure all necessary equipment is ordered for all Weddings and Events.
To organise and manage all external Wedding Fairs and internal Wedding Showcases.
To maintain an effective filing system in the office.
To carry out post event follow up and aftersales telephone calls.
To complete daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as per reporting schedule.
To carry out proactive telesales calls when necessary to ensure budgeted revenue is delivered for the department.
To manage the events team and department.
To ensure revenue budget and forecast is met monthly.
The above list is not exhaustive and can be changed to meet the demands of the business and ensure budgeted revenue is delivered.
Experience and Key Attributes
The employee should be a positive, pro-active, outgoing and energetic individual with a “can do” attitude.
They must have a proven track record in converting Wedding, Conference and Event enquires to conformed sales.
A minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar Wedding, Conference and Events or Sales role is required.
An in-depth knowledge of Opera PMS and S&C is essential.
The candidate must have strong organisational and communication skills with a pride in the attention to detail they take in their work.
We are looking for highly motivated person with good business acumen and an eye for an opportunity.
What we can offer you:
Free Car parking on site
Meal provided whilst on Duty
Uniform provided
Pension Scheme
Up to 28 days holiday including back holidays per annum
Staff, Friends & Family Rates throughout the uk, Ireland and Europe
Chance to earn extra money with our referral scheme
Career Development programmes
Extra holidays accrued for length of service
25% off Food & Beverage in all Dalata Hotels
About our culture:
Dalata Hotel Group – Ireland's largest hotel group has a number of exciting positions on the horizon. As Dalata continues to grow and expand in Ireland and the UK it's more important than ever to have the right team alongside us, in the near future we will be opening the doors of new hotels creating over 4000 jobs and investing over €110m in the Irish and UK economy.
We lead through our Dalata values of “Our People, Our Fairness, Our Service and Our Individuality”. If you have the right attitude and energy you will have great opportunities to progress within the group. Our company is a place where you can do great things – individually and as a team. You will have the opportunity to develop your talent, be recognised and rewarded for your commitment and pursue a fulfilling career. We also have a number of unique and recognised training programmes to aid your professional and personal development and pride ourselves on creating an objective, supportive and fair working environment for our employees.
Dalata Hotel Group Plc is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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