I am working with an exciting bar group in London who are rapidly growing! They are looking for a Sales Executive to join their team! This is a great opportunity to grow and develop within your career! 

Role overview:

• Effectively converting incoming enquiries and efficiently planning confirmed meeting, conference and event bookings across three high profile London venues
• Maximising all event sales opportunities through upselling, building strong client relationships, conducting thorough post-event feedback processes and liaising with past bookers to encourage repeat business or cross-brand sales to achieve revenue targets
• Working closely with the Event Sales Manager and relevant departments to initiate new revenue streams

Principle responsibilities:

• Managing events (meetings, conferences and full venue buy outs) from enquiry through to arrival in venue, including all administration necessary and liaison with the operational teams
• Maintaining the highest level of client satisfaction by adhering to thorough, high standard enquiry handling, event planning and post-event feedback processes
• Providing eloquent, professional proposals which meet customer requirements and arrive within the agreed service level agreement
• Arranging and conducting venue showrounds and familiarisation trips to encourage event enquiry conversion and relationship building with the clients
• Ensuring all event details are recorded, reported and displayed in a clear, concise manner
• Ensuring all issues affecting guests’ visits are raised through the appropriate channels to ensure that customer care standards are maintained and exceeded
• Revieing and exercising action plans to maximise business opportunities across all venues
• Utilising booking systems and CRM to manage, record and evaluate customer interactions
• Achieving sales based targets on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis
• Liaising with 3rd party agencies to handle incoming event enquiries and convert them
• Assisting the wider Event Sales team with attending industry exhibitions and shows

Core non-negotiable skills and experience:

• A highly sales driven individual with an outgoing and positive personality
• Experience in building authentic, productive business relationships
• A self starter with the ability to take on extra responsibility and manage their workload efficiently and take initiative when not lead
• Good negotiation skills
• A proven ability to think and act with speed and efficiency in a fast paced environment
• Exceptional organisational and administration skills with superior attention to detail
• Experience of planning and delivering large events or conferences is desired
• Experience with event CRM systems is desired

Does this sound like you?

If you are keen to discuss the details further, please contact Sophie Book on 0207 790 2666

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