Sales Manager - Maternity Cover

Location: Beaulieu

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Contributory pension scheme

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Sales Manager (Maternity Cover)
This is a hands-on sales leadership role with responsibility for maximizing revenue from weddings and social occasions, while also driving new business from the local corporate market and retaining and growing existing Conference & Events (C&E) accounts.

You will bring a strong understanding of key market segments and clients, with a clear focus on optimizing conversion, driving revenue, and achieving agreed financial targets. Working closely with the events planning team, you will lead the delivery of effective sales strategies, ensuring venue KPIs, sales objectives, and profitability targets are consistently met.

This role operates on a 50:50 split between proactive and reactive sales activity, combining strategic business development with high-quality enquiry management.

Who You Are Highly competent in C&E sales processes and revenue management

Proven experience in wedding and social occasions sales, with strong enquiry management and conversion performance

Able to maximize revenue opportunities and develop strong partnerships with wedding planners and industry contacts to raise the venue’s profile

An effective people manager, able to motivate, organize, and develop a small sales team

Confident communicator who builds positive working relationships across teams and with clients

Outgoing and personable, with a genuine enjoyment of social interaction

Experienced in producing high-quality proposals with excellent attention to detail

Fully confident in delivering venue show rounds and customer appointments

Proactive, driven, and ambitious, with confidence in decision-making

Self-motivated with a strong focus on achieving and exceeding sales targets

Competent in database management and Microsoft 365

Thorough, organized, and professional in approach

Excellent customer service and communication skills

Confident in proactive telesales and rebooking calls

A collaborative team player and key member of the venue’s management team

What You Will Be Doing Delivering the overall C&E sales and marketing strategy for the venue

Owning and driving the wedding sales strategy

Identifying opportunities for C&E sales growth and working collaboratively to implement new initiatives

Conducting proactive sales activity to secure new business and retain existing accounts, including targeted telesales, show rounds, and appointments

Maintaining strong awareness of competitor activity and taking a proactive, creative approach to staying ahead of the market

Representing the venue at networking events, fam trips, wedding showcases, and fairs

Managing reactive sales activity, including handling enquiries and producing compelling proposals within agreed response times

Effective diary management, including internal client bookings

Following up enquiries and proposals and arranging site inspections to drive conversion

Achieving agreed sales targets through strong conversion performance

Leading daily, weekly, and monthly sales meetings, including weekly forecasts and monthly reviews

Ensuring all promotions are effectively implemented and demonstrate return on investment

Participating in central sales campaigns and initiatives

Producing accurate sales reports and forecasts with clear proactive plans for future months

Monitoring team performance, conversion rates, and venue standards, including exceeding mystery shopper benchmarks

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