Our client, a beautiful 4-star Central London Hotel, are looking to recruit an experienced, driven Hotel Sales Manager to join their growing client-facing operation. Working in a fantastic setting and responsible for overseeing a small Sales operation, this is a great opportunity for the right candidate.

Our client boast an expansive global portfolio, with their London base a 200+ room/8 x conference room/gym/restaurant unit. Due to their growth, they are seeking the perfect candidate to oversee their Sales operation - in a nutshell, your responsibilities will include:

- Driving revenue growth/developing new business opportunities across corporate/MICE segments
- Proactively identifying, developing, and converting new business opportunities in line with the hotel’s budget and revenue targets
- Planning and executing client meetings/familiarisation trips/site inspections/other creative sales activities to establish and maintain strong client relationships
- Leading, motivating, training, and mentoring the small sales team, ensuring high performance and achievement of sales objectives
- Acquiring new corporate clients and groups, proactively searching for new accounts
- Managing and responding to corporate RFPs, including contracting and maintaining corporate accounts
- Preparing and delivering impactful sales presentations, proposals, and marketing materials that clearly communicate the hotel’s value proposition
- Contributing to the development of the strategic sales plan, annual sales goals, budgets, forecasts, and action plans

In order to be considered for this role, it is ESSENTIAL that you have the following:

- Experience of working within Hospitality Sales (although not essential, any Hotel Sales Management experience is desired)
- Proven experience in the London market, with a strong focus on corporate/MICE business
- Proactive, autonomous, and creative with a positive, solutions-driven attitude
- Commercially driven with a strong hunter approach to new business development

In addition to a very competitive basic salary of £50,000 - £75,000, our client are also offering the following:

- Generous annual bonus (up to 30% of basic salary)
- Incredible progression opportunities (clear route to Cluster Lead position)

Our client are looking to move very quickly on this, so any interested candidate(s) are urged to apply at their earliest convenience!
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