SENIOR MEETING AND EVENTS SALES EXECUTIVE - 02- Meeting & Events

Job Details

Salary £ 36,050 plus service charge.Holiday – 28 days holiday, enhanced after 5 years of service.
But there’s more... Free meals on duty. Uniform offered and dry cleaned. 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. About us...Nestled on Greenwich Peninsula, attached to the O2, Intercontinental London O2 embraces a captivating backdrop of the River Thames and Canary Wharf. Our five-star hotel includes 453 bedrooms, a diverse dining selection, spa facilities, state of the art conference and meeting rooms including the UK largest pillar-free ballroom.
A bit about what you will do... Senior M&E Sales Executives lead by example and inspire the team to successfully sell our meeting and event spaces while managing client relationships to ensure exceptional, unique and memorable experiences are created.

• Develop, train and coach M&E Sales Executives to maintain our exceptionally high standards.
• Supervise and support the team in responding to and actively converting incoming group, meeting and event enquiries into confirmed bookings to achieve targets and maximise revenue.
• Fully explore the sales potential of all new and existing clients.
• Chase provisional bookings to ensure the best possible opportunity for conversion.
• Conduct site visits for prospective bookings and be involved in fam trips and internal events.
• Build strong relationships with key clients and agents to fully understand their needs, maintaining proactive contact with them.
• Actively up-sell each business opportunity, selling all function space to its maximum capacity and to the right target market.
• Develop a knowledge of competitor properties and enquiry sales processes.

More about you...

• Excellent presentation, negotiation and selling skills.
• Very high standard of written and spoken English.
• Strong supervisorial, motivational and communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• A smart and professional appearance.
• Most of all, you will have an approachable, positive, and proactive manner.
• Experience in a similar role within a 5-star hotel is a significant advantage.
• Knowledge of Delphi/Salesforce systems is preferred.
• Large scale events experience is a plus.

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.