We have a fantastic new vacancy for Sales & Marketing Manager in Castle Dargan Hotel, Co. Sligo.
In this dynamic and challenging role, 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.
Benefits:
- Food allowance
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Weekend availability when required
Job Type: Full-time
Work Location: In person
Skills:
Attention to detail people's skills Hospitality Sales
