CORPORATE AND ROADSHOWS SALES MANAGER

Corporate and Roadshows Sales Manager

Salary: £35,000

The Andaz London is currently recruitingCorporate and Roadshows Sales Managerposition.

Joining the Andaz London Liverpool Street is choosing a 5-star lifestyle hotel located in the heart of vibrant East London to for your next career move.

With 5 different outlet concepts ranging from Brasserie, Café Bar, Wine Lounge, Gastropub to Japanese cuisine, you, as Food & Beverage,will be provided with various opportunities to develop your service skills and continuous growth.

At Andaz which translates from Hindi as "personal style", we empower each colleague to create the lifestyle world class guest experience.

Your personal style and creativity is what makes Andaz unique and we are looking for a Team member who embraces challenging the norm and who stand out to try new ideas.

What’s in it for you?

Being part of Andaz also mean, joining the Hyatt family which has over 1000 hotels in over 60 different countries, also recognised for over 5 years as a UK Great Place to Work Company for offeringgreat range of benefits, including:

• 12 free nights per year of service across Hyatt Hotels worldwide

• Employee and Friends & Family rates across Hyatt Hotels worldwide

• F&B Discounts of up to 50% in Hyatt UK Restaurants & Bars

• Uniform provided and laundered complimentary

• Complimentary meals on duty

• Refer a friend bonus £500 per colleague introduced

• Workplace pension scheme

• Annual season travel loan interest-free

• Cycle-2-Work scheme tax-free

• Continuous Learning & Development opportunities

The role is subject to right to work check as per UK employment law.

About the role

This role is responsible to assist the Sales & Marketing department for all Corporate Roadshow enquiries, by managing corporate accounts and proactively sourcing new ones.

Key responsibilities include contracting and managing roadshow accounts – negotiation, contracting and managing the event; ensuring the hotel achieves corporate group & catering budget for each month while balancing costs to achieve a high GOP. Takes a proactive approach to sales, anticipating potential opportunities and developing new opportunities.

The successful candidate must have attention to detail, the ability to work to deadlines, targets and under pressure. Be an effective communicator and active listener, in order to identify client’s needs. The ability to multi task and work as a team player are key personal skills required for this role, in order for the Sales & Marketing department to achieve total sales budget.

About you

• To manage a portfolio of accounts by continuously building on client relationships while keeping with the hotels culture and approach in maintaining high service levels

• Negotiating, contracting and managing financial roadshow bookings

• Daily site visits, offsite client meetings and presentations

• Weekly fam trips and networking events

• Stay up to date with market trends and competitor activity to identify business leads and ensure contribution to the overall hotel sales strategy

• To ensure the system is updated on regular and timely basis