Wise May are looking for a Sales Manager to join a leading event venue provider based in the City. This is a great opportunity to join a friendly team, who bring high profile events and conferences to life.
This is a full time, office based role, the standard hours are 9am-5.30pm.
Sales Manager duties and responsibilities:
- Responsible for the achievement of all sales targets.
- Create and execute a sales plan defining targets and objectives and ensure the sales plan incorporates proactive sales strategies.
- Assist the General Manager with achieving overall sales and business targets by developing initiatives.
- To attend networking events raising the profile of the business and represent the business at industry events.
- Be an active participant in all sales & marketing meetings with regular updates.
- To inspire and lead your team, ensuring they have all the skills necessary to deliver.
- Produce a weekly activity report highlighting all successes to General Manager.
- Aid in the delivery of regular Open day and showcase events, ensuring attendance of key clients.
- Review relevant reporting criteria to gain an accurate understanding of current performance, and suggest improvements.
- Performance manage, train and develop the team through individual development plans, target setting and incentivising.
- Create accurate forecasting data, and have confidence in presenting information.
- Create a positive and collaborative working relationship between the sales team and all other departments
- Ensure every client interaction through the sales process is maintained to a high standard as outlined in the SOP.
- To constantly innovate within the department and contribute to the ongoing development of the business.
Sales Manager key skills and experience required:
- Experience of sales team leadership within the events/venues market.
- Experience of managing sales budgets and forecast.
- Demonstrable experience of working in the events sector, planning conferencing and corporate events.
- Expert negotiating and influencing skills.
- Ability to create relationships, build rapport and trust across team, colleagues, clients and suppliers.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal & written) and an impeccable telephone manner.
- Hands-on approach, with an infectious ‘can-do’ attitude.
- Ability to prioritise, demonstrate first class organisational skills and time management .
- Good IT skills e.g. Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Benefits:
- 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- 2 wellbeing days off and a day off for your birthday(after 1 year of service)
- Bonus scheme - earn up to 15% of your salary
- Flexible working hours
- Private medical cover
- Monthly subsidised lunch
- Company pension scheme