Conference and events sales manager Jobs in Dublin

Senior Conference & Events Executive – the Gibson hotel

We have a fantastic new vacancy for Senior Conference & Events Executive in the excellent Gibson hotel

Objective of the Role

Reporting directly to the Conference & Events Sales Manager, this is a brilliant opportunity for a senior conference and events executive to join our busy Sales & Marketing Team. In this role, you will be responsible for maximising the sales potential and achieving the meeting room sales budget of the hotel.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Dealing with telephone, email, and web enquiries for Meetings & Events
• Follow procedures of completing enquiry forms and sending quotations through to contracts for each piece of business
• Ensure the accurate processing, distribution, recording / filing, and follow-up of all sales correspondence, including the execution of contracts, quotations, confirmations, and cancellations
• Ensure all client needs are met and perform account management on all meeting room / events clients.
• Post all meeting room charges and issue receipts to clients
• Monitor competitor meeting room boards
• Conduct weekly telesales to acquire new business
• Manage all databases to keep them clean & up-to-date
• Report weekly & monthly on account performance and general activity
• Act as the Health and Safety representative for the sales office at monthly meetings
• Demonstrate excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Experience with Opera System is desirable but not essential

Experience and Key Attributes

About our culture :

Dalata Hotel Group – Ireland’s 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’s 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 over 4000 jobs and investing over €110m in the Irish and UK economy.

We lead through our Dalata values of “Our People, Our Fairness, Our Service, and Our Individuality”. 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 – 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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