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Sales Co-ordinator (Weddings), Kent

Employer
Alexander House Hotels & Utopia Spas
Location
Wilmington, DA2 7QH
Salary
£20k - £22k OTE
Closing date
18 Nov 2019

Job Details

Sales Co-ordinator (Weddings)

The Place

Rowhill Grange Hotel & Utopia Spa, part of Alexander Hotels a private group of quality hotels of distinction just outside London.

4 Star, Award winning Utopia Spa, 38 bedroom hotel together with the Clockhouse banqueting suite and Pavilion conference venue all within the grounds of 15 acres of beautiful gardens.

Events cover a range of styles from conferences, corporate events, weddings, private dining, celebration dinners and party nights for the festive period. They range from intimate dinners for 2 to corporate or wedding events up to 150 with evening functions with bar service for 200. Please see our guest website for further details of our facilities

The Role

Working in a small sales team you will be required to ensure the success in both the proactive and reactive selling of Rowhill Grange Hotel & Utopia Spa. While there is an emphasis on Wedding co-ordination you will be involved on an adhoc basis with the co-ordination of other functions to assist the team.

Reporting to the Snr Sales & Events Manager, your role will have responsibility for ensuring success across the following areas;

  • To proactively and reactively sell Rowhill Grange Hotel & Utopia Spa as a luxury wedding venue
  • To handle telephone, email and online enquiries for weddings/functions
  • To carry out showrounds and appointments at the hotel
  • Completing the necessary administration to ensure the event is successful from a customer service and financial point of view
  • To ensure the production of accurately and timely function information ensuring it is effectively communicated to the operational managers
  • Achievement of Mystery Guest standards and scores for all sales actions completed
  • Ensure the best financial use of all conference and banqueting space in close liaison with the sales team
  • To generate new leads and enquiries
  • Recommend ideas and initiatives to develop sales/revenue for Wedding business

Requirements

  • Full time role, 40hrs per week including weekends as required
  • Previous Wedding Co-ordination experience essential in a quality venue/hotel
  • Smart appearance and friendly telephone manner
  • Strong organisation skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail

The Benefits

£20-£22k OTE  (further uncapped incentive earnings possible)

  • 4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service
  • 8 Bank holidays
  • Free car parking

In addition you will benefit from a range of company benefits including:

Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas
Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service related holiday

Company

Welcome to Alexander Hotels .A luxury collection of boutique, country house hotels and spa hotels near London. All surrounded by stunning countryside, these privately owned and stylish four and five star hotels comprise of Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa in Sussex, Barnett Hill Hotel in Surrey,  Rowhill Grange Hotel & Utopia Spa in Kent and Langshott Manor Hotel in Surrey.

At Alexander Hotels, our people take great pride in providing traditional hospitality which complements our stunning country hotels. We are always on the look out for outstanding people with the personality and confidence to shine.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01342 859752
Location
Turners Hill,
East Grinstead,
West Sussex
RH10 4QD
GB

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