Sales & Events Manager

at  The Old Mill

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Up to £30,000 per annum plus a commission based bonus scheme.
• Travel expenses
• Flexible shift patterns
• Up to 33% off meals taken off duty for you and up to 6 guests
• 33% off our hotel accommodation & 20% for Friends and Family
• Development program with a clear pathway to General Manager
• Access to the lifestyle card – which will provide you with instant access to over 5,000 discounts across all aspects of their lifestyle. With thousands of discounts covering local independents, national and online businesses, there are plenty of opportunities to save money. The lifestyle card is a 100% free benefit for our Upham Inn team members.
• Service Awards
• A Birthday Gift
• Refer a friend and Chef recruitment incentives of up to £1000

SALES & EVENTS MANAGER REQUIREMENTS

• A self starter who wants to make things happen and can deliver results
• An organised approach to building contacts and driving new business
• Brilliant communication skills between our pubs, our central reservations team, our ops manager and the pub team
• A natural networker who understands fully how to create contacts through local organisations, groups and online networking, thrives when growing personal connections and sourcing local opportunities both marketing and sales.
• The Right to Work in the UK
• Strong leadership skills with a passion for staff development and upskilling
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Innovative, trustworthy and impartial
  Your main responsibility will be to assist with all aspects of group/individual bookings and scheduled events across all our sites
  pre-book and plan a great night out, event, party or function and with high levels of repeat and referral business and hundreds of existing leads & customer relationship
  Upham Inns are a collection of idyllic pubs with rooms located in beautiful locations across Southern England. As a Sales and Events Manager, your role is to support our unique collection of pubs with events and activities to grow their sales.
  We are looking for somebody with bags of energy, entrepreneurial flare, a real “can do” attitude and somebody who gets results! There will be a requirement to drive as many or our pubs are in picturesque rural locations (travelling expenses will be paid)
  This role is about driving business into our pubs, bedrooms and function spaces to ensure that running events is key to our future success. Be it a party night in one of our Harpers Steakhouses, weddings at the George Inn in Longbridge Deverill, birthday celebrations at the Hawk Inn or an event night at the Wheelwrights, this role is about getting extra business into our pubs.
  Working with the individual pub General Managers, and supported by our marketing and Central Reservations team, your role will include supporting the pub teams to create and run key event nights and activities, developing a suite of packages that the pubs can use to run regulate events, liaising with customers to curate their own specific event and function needs, and managing and finding new corporate customers and online listings. Basically, finding all ways to maximise the extra sales revenue opportunities across our pubs, bedrooms and function spaces.

Please refer the Job description for details