Sales & Marketing Manager – Clare

We have a fantastic new vacancy for Sales & Marketing Manager to join a leading hotel in Co. Clare.

The Sales & Marketing Manager will be responsible for maximizing the sales potential and achieving revenue budgets via bedrooms, conference rooms, food & beverage, spa and golf.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Plan and direct day to day operation of the sales & marketing function to ensure maximum revenue & profitability and provide potential and existing clients with the highest level of sales service.
Perform day to day sales activity including lead generation, face to face meetings, contracting & rate negotiation, site inspections, attendance at trade shows, client entertainment and national/international sales trips.
Undertake monthly corporate tracking of corporate accounts to monitor production and more importantly to identify any decreases and taking necessary action to remedy same.
Focus on driving meeting & conference business into hotel.
Report weekly & monthly on account performance and general activity to General Manager and Directors.
Management of annual marketing budget.
Executive quarterly activity plans to create focus for the team and adapt activity to support business needs.
Devise and execute hotel sales & marketing promotional campaigns through local & national media, evaluating & reporting on marketing campaigns ROI.
Manage online marketing & brand website through content development and continually driving customers direct to this sale channel.
Identify key competitors and carry out regular competitor analysis; monitoring their performance, rates and sales activity.

Requirements:

2 to 3 years in a Sales/Marketing role, ideally in a Hotel or customer focused environment.
A creative thinker with an outgoing personality who can drive new relationships as well as maintain existing ones.
Experience of effective people management in a team environment.
Sales focused, target and results driven.
Effective communicator to clients and colleagues, individually and in groups; with the capacity to provide clear written reports.
Confident, ambitious and pro-active.

Schedule:

8 hour shift, Monday to Friday with weekend availability when required

To apply please send your CV to [email protected]