WE’RE HIRING: SALES MANAGER – HORWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, MILTON KEYNES

Are you a results-driven sales manager with a passion for hospitality and a flair for building lasting client relationships? Join the dynamic team at Horwood House Hotel, a beautifully refurbished country estate hotel nestled in the Buckinghamshire countryside just outside Milton Keynes.

ABOUT US:

Horwood House is more than just a hotel. With over 100 stylish bedrooms, 15 versatile meeting and event spaces, a state-of-the-art spa, and a destination restaurant, we offer an exceptional experience for leisure, business, and events. As a privately owned, independent hotel, we pride ourselves on warm, personalized service and a forward-thinking approach.
As the Sales Manager you will proactively source new leads for direct corporate business and develop all business opportunities through focused research and defining key industry types within the UK with a main focus on local and national areas. The Sales Manager will develop new business opportunities for the hotel in line with the budget.

SKILLS REQUIRED

• You will have previous experience in the role
• A sales hungry attitude
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Proven organizational skills, work well on your own, but able to report to multiple stakeholders
• Result driven
• Positive proactive attitude and good communication skills
• Excellent Sales and Negotiation skills
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
  Pay: £35,000.00-£38,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Performance bonus

Benefits:

• Canteen
• Company events
• Company pension
• Discounted or free food
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Milton Keynes, MK17 0PH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person
Reference ID: 090525S

• To make client visits, arrange and host FAM trips, client show-rounds and telesales to identify new business, maximising all sales lead opportunities to drive incremental and new revenue to the hotel focussing on MICE sales.
• Work proactively to uncover new business opportunities.
• Ensure excellent knowledge of accounts, pro-actively manage and build relationships with key clients to protect and increase revenue sales.
• Attend and represent the hotel at networking events.
• Support the reactive team with show rounds and conversion of enquiries.
• Attend trade shows and exhibitions to represent the hotel at industry related events
• Maintain accurate knowledge of the competitive set.
• To track and manage accounts and complete all required reports.
• To maintain, build and source all new and existing corporate rate agreements