An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Lowry Hotel - Manchester’s Iconic five-star hotel for an Events Sales Manager. 

Working within the Conference & Events Sales department, the Events Sales Manager will collate, co-ordinate and distribute Conference & Event information between clients and hotel departments, whilst ensuring the highest standard of service achieved.  

Some of your duties will

• To be responsible for the day to day management of the C&B Events department and display a pro-active and innovative approach to skills development and standards enhancement with your team.
• To develop alongside the Commercial Director the annual budgets for the department & continue to monitor performance compared with budget and to create a marketing plan and implementation of all sales strategies.
• To control, develop and monitor the current Event departments account base with the Event planners.
• To monitor business trends and ensure an accurate revenue forecast is produced and maintained.
• To ensure that the Events team deliver an exceptional and efficient service from enquiry stage to arrival.

The ideal candidate must have a comprehensive knowledge of the requirements within Conference and Banqueting events sales team including a clear understanding of the operation. An ability to motivate a team in a fast paced environment with a clear focus on converting enquiries into contracted sales. Strong analytical skills are required to analyse the business and its trends with the output being a clear strategy for the department with a detailed C&B Events revenue forecast. You must be able to meet deadlines, have good computer skills and an excellent telephone manner including the ability to provide seamless service delivery with a nothing is too much trouble, attitude. Excellent organisation skills and the ability to multi-task are essential and previous experience of using Opera, Sales & Catering, SmartSpace, ResDiary etc. is desirable.

The hours of work are predominantly during the week, office hours however flexibility is required to attend functions as and when required, which may include weekends. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Lowry Hotel - Manchester’s Iconic five-star hotel for an Events Sales Manager. 

Working within the Conference & Events Sales department, the Events Sales Manager will collate, co-ordinate and distribute Conference & Event information between clients and hotel departments, whilst ensuring the highest standard of service achieved.  

Some of your duties will

• To be responsible for the day to day management of the C&B Events department and display a pro-active and innovative approach to skills development and standards enhancement with your team.
• To develop alongside the Commercial Director the annual budgets for the department & continue to monitor performance compared with budget and to create a marketing plan and implementation of all sales strategies.
• To control, develop and monitor the current Event departments account base with the Event planners.
• To monitor business trends and ensure an accurate revenue forecast is produced and maintained.
• To ensure that the Events team deliver an exceptional and efficient service from enquiry stage to arrival.

The ideal candidate must have a comprehensive knowledge of the requirements within Conference and Banqueting events sales team including a clear understanding of the operation. An ability to motivate a team in a fast paced environment with a clear focus on converting enquiries into contracted sales. Strong analytical skills are required to analyse the business and its trends with the output being a clear strategy for the department with a detailed C&B Events revenue forecast. You must be able to meet deadlines, have good computer skills and an excellent telephone manner including the ability to provide seamless service delivery with a nothing is too much trouble, attitude. Excellent organisation skills and the ability to multi-task are essential and previous experience of using Opera, Sales & Catering, SmartSpace, ResDiary etc. is desirable.

The hours of work are predominantly during the week, office hours however flexibility is required to attend functions as and when required, which may include weekends.