About the role
Location: With unparalleled views of England's oldest working racecourse, the contemporary 85-bedroom ABode Chester is located in the heart of the city and has a modern, stylish and sophisticated design, making it a joy to work in.
SERVICE CHARGE-We pay our team service charge each month! This service charge all goes into one pot, and 100% of that service charge is then shared amongst all the team at the hotel-every penny received is paid out to the team.
Come and join our team as a Sales Manager and let your passion and personality shine
Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams to show thoughtfulness towards each other and our guests.
As a Sales Manager your role will be focused on securing new incremental sales and business opportunities for the hotels.
Hours: Full time, permanent. Monday to Friday (some evening, weekend work may be required to meet with clients or for overseeing events).
You'll collaborate closely with the General/ Hotel Manager to create and implement a cohesive and agreed-upon sales strategy and vision for the hotel.
It will be important that you work with the central Revenue and Marketing departments, knowing what campaigns and strategies are in place and aligning the hotels' sales activity to it is in sync when it needs to be.
Ensuring robust sales planning at the hotel for key periods throughout the year will be vital, including agreeing suitable listings, regular internal sales activities and outreach actions.
You will use knowledge of the market and competitors to identify sales messages for the hotels' unique selling propositions and differentiators.
You'll oversee and manage the hotel's social media accounts, using appropriate messaging to create awareness of the hotels and what they can offer.
There will be key sales KPI's (delivered by your manager), to help drive profitability.
About the company
We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.
Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.
We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk
