Sales Office Manager - Northampton
hace 20 horas
Northampton
Sales Office Manager - Northampton Sales Office Manager I Sedgebrook Hall, The Venues Collection I Northampton We are seeking a Sales Office Manager for Sedgebrook Hall, part of The Venues Collection. Extremely Competitive Salary. As Sales Office Manager, your role will be to motivate & lead the sales office team to achieve the financial targets & key performance indicators of the venues & manage the day to day operation of reservations & meetings & events sales. • To operate effective diary management across rooms & meetings and events in order to maximise all yield opportunities., • To ensure that the Sales Office team can deputise effectively in the absence of the Sales Office Manager and cover tasks such as rate management & forecast process., • In conjunction with the General Manager, participate & host the weekly or Bi-weekly Sales Strategy meeting in order to discuss & set strategy, ensure conversion & pro-active sales actions are in place to deliver the hotels budget & forecasted revenue performance., • To produce the weekly rooms & events sales forecast and supporting commentary where required, ensuring involvement from Assistant Sales Office Manager in this process in order to deputise in absence of Sales Office Manager., • To participate in the weekly forecast meeting with the General Manager & Financial Controller., • To ensure effective communication from the Sales Office department to the operational venue team to ensure the smooth running of events, this includes ensuring BEO's are issued in a timely & correct manner, sleeper forecasts are shared & attendance of one of the team at the weekly BEO meeting., • Ensure hotel revenue procedure are adhered to for No shows, cancellations, contracting, room allocation, upgrades & reservation process in order to maximise revenue opportunities., • To ensure all the reservation & event processes & procedures are completed & operating to TVC standards., • To ensure the Sales Office team follow the accounting procedures regarding corporate credit facilities in line with company polices & procedures & ensure effective deposit procedure is in place., • Ensure all relevant team members are fully briefed regarding all accommodation & event sales promotions., • Ensure all bookings are being followed up, contracted to TVC standard & updated in Opera. Ensure all denied business in pro-actively secured where possible in another TVC venue if not referred to Lime Venues for the wider Compass opportunity., • To ensure the sales team are consistently supplying the highest possible levels of customer care and service in the lead up and during the events process., • To positively approach all sales opportunities to maximise sales and revenue by yielding the business to achieve the Venue's overall sales plan., • To ensure that all sales disciplines and procedures are trained and followed to develop the business., • To support the sales team where needed to respond to any customer enquiry within the guidelines set by the hotel., • To set & own the updating of the rate strategy for M&E and Rooms in accordance with the venue's budget expectations & market opportunities including local Special Events such as the British Grand Prix & Moto GP., • To utilise the tools available to be able to support pricing decisions including OTA insight, STR & Tableau., • Ensure that the transient accommodation strategy for the venues is visible & bookable on the OTA's & ensure the venue information is kept up to date across these distribution channels., • Ensure that any preferred partner third party site is kept up to date with relevant pricing, venue information including imagery & selling strategy this includes sites such as CVENT, Venue Directory & Hitched.com., • To compile the budget in conjunction with the General Manager for the accommodation, event sales lines including room hire & Food & Beverage related to meetings & events. Attend as required hotel meetings including Commercial, Budget & Strategy meetings., • Competitive salary and full company benefits, • 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, your birthday off, and a holiday purchase scheme, • Healthcare & wellbeing: Aviva Digicare, Medicash (dental, optical, therapy treatments), • Mental health support: 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, • Family benefits: 2 days' additional leave after returning from maternity leave, day off for your baby's first birthday, enhanced family leave, • Perks & discounts: Shopping, entertainment, and travel discounts, 20% off Nuffield Health and 10% off Pure Gym memberships, • Financial wellbeing: Pension scheme, Life Assurance, preferred rates on salary finance products, • Development opportunities: Professional subscriptions, ongoing training and structured career pathways, • Meals on duty included