Are you super?
We are looking for a dynamic individual looking to join our team in the role of conference & events sales executive at the gibson hotel.
Objective of the Role
Reporting directly to the Conference & Events Sales Manager this is a brilliant opportunity for a 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 meeting room sales budget of 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
• To ensure the accurate processing, distribution, and recording/filing and follow up of all sales correspondence, including the execution of contracts, quotations, confirmations, 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
• Monitoring of competitor meeting room boards
• Weekly telesales to acquire new business
• Management of all databases to keep clean & up-to-date
• Report weekly & monthly on account performance and general activity
• Health and Safety representative for the sales office at monthly meetings
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Experience with Opera System desirable but not essential

Experience and Key Attributes

• 1 years previous event sales or coordinating experience in a hotel or venue woudl be an advantage
• Experience within hospitality industry would be an advantage
• Experience working with customers
• An excellent command of the English language
• Excellent organisational skills
• Possess the ability to see an opportunity act on it to secure revenue for the Hotel.
• Strong selling and interpersonal skills.

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.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bike to work scheme
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Food allowance
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Sales/ hospitality: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• Ireland (required)

Work Location: In person