Director of Sales

Hotel Group, privately Owned
Branded Properties
4* hotels in Paddington, London
Full Time, Office Based Position

The role:

- Agree and deploy best practice and guidance on SOP’s and performance documentation to drive sales and conversion excellency and improve customer experience.
- Agree and monitor performance metrics to drive sales in line with hotel budgets and client market share targets.
- Sharing performance metrics with the senior leadership team and agreeing actions to rectify any shortfalls against desired performance.
- Manages and monitors the annual sales business plans
- Maintains direct relationship and communication with some key clients and certain strategically important clients to the hotel.
- Develops with both internal stakeholders and 3rd parties, a relevant and efficient training programme for all sales and events personnel.
- Creates and facilitates an environment and process allowing all sales and events team members to refer to for assistance with best practice, client engagement, contractual queries and commercial decision making.
- Hold relationship with the brands affiliated
- Prepare and complete other sales and events related reports as and when directed or necessary.

Skills & Experience required:

- A successful track record of sales and events management in a hotel environment or similar hospitality industry. Ideally at least 3 years in a sales and events senior leadership role.
- Experience of working with major global hotel brands
- Team player with strong & positive people skills
- Demonstrate self-confidence, energy, and enthusiasm.
- Willing to adapt and change styles as and when necessary.
- Develops constructive relationships both with hotel departments, brand partners, external clients, and suppliers.
- Fantastic communicator.
- Strong commercial approach identifying sales and revenue maximisation opportunities.

Our Director of Sales receives excellent company benefits:

- A competitive salary
- Discounted hotel room rates across our hotels, for you and friends and family
- Fantastic Training and Development opportunities
- Free Meals on shift
- Unrivalled Career Progression prospects

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Free flu jabs

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Paddington, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Are you immediately avialable?

**Experience**:

- Business development: 1 year (preferred)
- Sales: 1 year (preferred)
- Director of Sale Hotel: 1 year (required)
- Branded Hotel: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person