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Sales Manager : Exclusivity Venue

The Place:

Xpress Recruitment are currently working in partnership with one of Scotland’s leading Corporate and Private Event Companies. As many industry sectors starts to re-open our client has experienced an above spike in bookings and enquiries regarding "Events and Wedding " for late 2021 into 2022. To help support and continue to build on this encouraging sales pipeline our client is looking to recruit a new "Sales Manager" to be based at one of their Prestigious Venues based within the Edinburgh Lothian's. Our client during lockdown has invested heavily in their internal infrastructure and like most organisation they have also gone through some painful restructuring with this now all behind them know they firmly belief this is a cracking opportunity for a sales driven individual to join the national sales team at this time.


Edinburgh & Lothians Xpress/PJW/8223 Salary Permanent £30,000 + bonus and benefits


The Place:


Xpress Recruitment are currently working in partnership with one of Scotland’s leading Corporate and Private Event Companies. As many industry sectors starts to re-open our client has experienced an above spike in bookings and enquiries regarding "Events and Wedding " for late 2021 into 2022. To help support and continue to build on this encouraging sales pipeline our client is looking to recruit a new "Sales Manager" to be based at one of their Prestigious Venues based within the Edinburgh Lothian's. Our client during lockdown has invested heavily in their internal infrastructure and like most organisation they have also gone through some painful restructuring with this now all behind them know they firmly belief this is a cracking opportunity for a sales driven individual to join the national sales team at this time.


The Job:


As the successful Sales Manager you will be fully responsible for generating “new business opportunities” for this unique venue as well as having the backing of a large brand to help you tag into additional resource to help you tailor your venue or other venue requests should clients require alternative choices. Working closely with the Venue GM and Regional Area Venue Sales Director you will concentrate in developing sales opportunities around 3 key sales revenue streams " Private Weddings" "Seasonal Events as an example Xmas Party Nights or indeed focusing in on sales, events and community engagement. You will be responsible for developing the sales strategy, maintaining a detailed sales database which has been specifically designed and bespoke to the organisation and supporting the social media platforms.


The Person:


The ideal candidate for this Sales Manager role will currently be working in the events or Hotel MICE arena, or you might perhaps be from the leisure sectors in either a Sales Manager, Sales Executive, or a Sales Co-ordinators position. You will be focused on developing your sales career and bring with you all the motivation and drive that is needed for success. This is a great opportunity to work alongside a highly experienced team who have a fantastic track record in developing their employees and creating opportunities to develop.


A knowledge of Venues or indeed if you have been based within perhaps a Hotel environment and responsible for Wedding’s or Private events sales and you have a creative events mind and now looking to take that step into a sales focussed remit then this opportunity would be beneficial step


The Rewards:


Our client is offering a competitive salary of £30,000 plus bonus and package to the right candidate. If you want to hear more about this opportunity, please get in touch with the team @ Xpress today on 0131 440 1960.


Xpress Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. All candidates registering with Xpress Recruitment will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in UK and any relevant qualifications and references.