Director of MICE

About us...

Fairmont Windsor Park is a
beautiful, heartfelt retreat surrounded by 40 acres of English countryside that
blends iconic heritage with modern elegance. 
Our five-star hotel includes 251 luxurious bedrooms and suites accompanied
by 7 restaurants and bars offering an unrivaled dining experience.  The spa and wellness facilities are inspired
by nature and the hotel has state of the art conference facilities.

A bit about what you will do...

• Leading the team to achieve set budgets.
• Assist the pro-active sales team to solicit new and existing accounts.
• Manage relationships with key meetings and event planners.
• Assisting with planning and programming of promotional functions within the
  building.
• Contributing to monthly and quarterly summary reports.
• Leading the weekly revenue maximisation meetings.
• Assisting in leading the daily activities of meetings and events sales.
• Assisting in preparation of annual budgets and drawing up action plans.
• Managing the team, setting objectives, KPI’s, activity, PDP’s, one to ones.
• Managing all third parties effectively ensuring effective enquiry turnaround
  times and high standards of service.
• Driving business centre activity with the centre teams to deliver sales
  activity at a local level.

More about you...

Possessing a track record of MICE success within the luxury sector is
a must with a results-driven focus to develop and manage key accounts. Priding
ourselves on one of the leading meeting and events and hotels in the luxury
country house market, must be embedded in the successful applicants’ values
whilst ensuring that all their interactions with clients and our hotels are
conducted in a professional manager.

• Can demonstrate a successful track record of B2B MICE & Groups
  growth in the conference/Groups /meeting room sector.
• 
  Proven Customer Relationship Management Skills.
• 
  Degree-level qualification in a relevant field would be advantageous.
• 
  At least 3 years’ experience leading high-performance teams in the meetings and
  events arena.
• 
  Excellent use of Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Delphi

What’s in it for you…

Competitive salary

Holiday – 28 days holiday,
enhanced after 5 years of service.

But there’s more...

• Free
  meals on duty.
• Complimentary on-site parking is available whilst on
  duty.
• Free limited shuttle service between the hotel and Heathrow
  Terminal 5 and Egham Station.
• Discounted employee friends & family rates at Arora
  Hotels.
• Food and
  beverage discounts.
• Christmas
  gifts and employee parties.
• Introduce
  a friend scheme.
• Cycle 2
  work scheme.
• UK
  attraction discounts @ Merlin Entertainments.
• Taste
  card.
• Life
  assurance scheme.
• Wage
  stream.
• Employee
  assistance programme.
• Arora
  star employee recognition.
• Long
  service recognition award.

Grow with us...

We are
growing rapidly and with growth comes advancement opportunities. Being part of
the Arora group there are exciting opportunities for career progression and
development across our properties and brands.