Wedding
Sales Executive
The Wedding Sales
Executive is an exciting role at the Delta by Marriott Worsley Park Country
Club, needed as an addition to our busy on-property sales team. The successful candidate will specialise in
providing memorable special occasions and peace of mind to guests in knowing
that their event will be well organised and smoothly executed.
Summary
of the role
- To take responsibility for
Wedding enquiries, bookings and property presentations
- To act as one point of
contact for the client and to
provide a smooth and efficient service to the client at all stages of the
booking process including site visits
- To maximise all
opportunities to sell the hotel facilities, including golf course, and to ensure that every effort is made to
convert enquiries through proposal and negotiation to achieve targets.
- To ensure that all
administrative processes and system standards are constantly adhered to. Moreover that all enquiries are
accurately entered into company systems in line with set standards and
that company policy on credit checking and payment procedures is adhered
to.
- To be involved in
incentives, closing days, mail-shots, wedding fairs and other promotional
events to identify and secure new business. These may include off site events.
- To ensure that all guest
requirements are recorded accurately and to enable clear communication
with the Operational Teams.
Customer service
- To complete all event
documentation from initial enquiry through to co-ordination up until event
arrival and handover to operational teams.
- To produce proposals,
event contracts, Banquet Event Orders and any other booking related
documentation for each event in line with company standards.
- To work with the customer
during the pre-event stage collating all of the necessary information
regarding guest requirements, arranging guest requirements and ensuring
that all details are recorded accurately on the BEO.
- During the course of the
event to make personal contact with the organizer to ensure that
arrangements are running as planned and agreed in line with company
standards.
- To obtain and provide post
event feedback from the customer to ensure customer satisfaction and
repeat business and to co-ordinate future event follow up.
- To establish and nurture a
good relationship with regular bookers and high spend clients by
entertaining, attending FAM trips and upgrading as necessary.
Reporting
- To prepare accurate information
and critiques for the Senior Event
Manager
- To assist with writing
sales plans for Weddings and Social events.
- To monitor and track
enquiries and business levels.
- To attend sales strategy and
operations meetings where required
Product knowledge:
- To ensure full product
knowledge, including function room capacities, revenue optimisation and
ensure function room locations and event services meet company and guest
needs.
- To be fully conversant
with tactical promotions within the company and hotel before enquiries
commence.
- To regularly complete
competitor analysis and visits to ensure familiarisation with competitor
product and rate
Teamwork:
- To provide all relevant
information to operational departments to ensure the successful delivery
of all assigned events.
- To pro-actively identify
operational challenges and work with the hotel and customer to solve or
develop alternative solutions
- To carry out any other
reasonable tasks as requested by management
- To support other members
of the team where necessary
- To contribute, as part of
the team to the smooth running of the events office.
- To cover other aspects of
the sales office function as requested, such as conferencing
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Participate in training & development