Job Description

Sales Executive \xe2\x80\x93 Clayton Hotel City of London

We have a fantastic new vacancy for Sales Executive in the excellent Clayton Hotel City of London

Clayton Hotel City of London is a stylish and contemporary hotel with 212 luxury bedrooms and suites with bathtubs, inspired by the Victorian textile warehouses, combined with flawless and whole-hearted service. Our hotel is located in the heart of one of the most emblematic London\xe2\x80\x99s postcode, E1.

This is an exciting time of expansion for Dalata Hotel Group PLC and there are excellent opportunities on the horizon in the UK and Ireland. With 13 hotels in the pipeline, we will bring our total up to 57 beautiful hotels in the next few years with more to come. We are also delighted that the Group were named in the Top 10 Best Place To Work in hospitality with the Caterer 2019, took home the award of Irelands Best Company at the Irish Times Business Awards 2019, and won Best Talent Management Strategy 2020 with the HR Leadership & Management Awards. What better time to join our company and become part of our exciting future!

The company provides amazing staff benefits: -

• Access to Dalata Learning and Development programmes.
• Opportunities for career progression and advancement within our hotel and the Dalata Hotel Group
• Competitive employee, friends & family rates for overnight stays in our Dalata Hotels
• 25% discount off Food & Beverage when using our Company Hotels Facilities
• Up to 33 days holiday (Inclusive of Bank Holidays) based on length of service
• Access to Life Works, our Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 health and wellbeing support
• Regular employee appreciation events, including Staff parties throughout the year and monthly employee rewards programmes
• Complimentary use of the hotel gym
• Free employee meals on duty

Objective of the Role

Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Manager, the Sales Executive will be responsible for maximising the sales potential and achieving the meeting room sales targets of hotel.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Source and win new corporate functions and special events business for the Hotel.
• Maintain existing accounts and generate new business from these accounts as per targets agreed.
• Actively sell the image and services of the hotel both in print and verbally.
• Prepare and execute specific annual and quarterly sales and marketing action plans.
• Maintain up to date client databases and the CRM system.
• To participate fully in all sales activities including sales researching, telesales, sales calls to the local & regional market, corporate client entertaining, social events, promotions and FAM entertaining.
• Identify key competitors and carry out regular competitor analysis, monitoring their performance, rates and sales activity.

Requirements:

• To have at least 1 year\'s experience in a similar role in the hospitality sector.
• Reactive sales experience is a must with proactive sales experience desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in spoken and written English.
• The role will involve travel; candidates must have access to a car for work and hold a full Driver\'s Licence.

About our culture:

Dalata Hotel Group \xe2\x80\x93 Ireland\xe2\x80\x99s largest hotel group has a number of exciting positions on the horizon. As Dalata continues to grow and expand in Ireland and the UK it\xe2\x80\x99s more important than ever to have the right team alongside us, in the near future we will be opening the doors of new hotels creating many jobs and investing millions in the Irish and UK economy.

We lead through our Dalata values of \xe2\x80\x9cOur People, Our Fairness, Our Service and Our Individuality\xe2\x80\x9d. If you have the right attitude and energy you will have great opportunities to progress within the group. Our company is a place where you can do great things \xe2\x80\x93 individually and as a team. You will have the opportunity to develop your talent, be recognised and rewarded for your commitment and pursue a fulfilling career. We also have a number of unique and recognised training programmes to aid your professional and personal development and pride ourselves on creating an objective, supportive and fair working environment for our employees.

Dalata Hotel Group Plc is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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