Sales Coordinator
Job Introduction
We have an excellent opportunity based at Knebworth House, where our team manages conferences, dinners, events, weddings and exhibitions. This role will sit within the sales team and manages enquiries, converting these into bookings and will play a key role in growing the business through securing new clients and business on an on-going basis.
Our heritage is built on catering and hospitality experience and fuelled by our passion for exceptional food and service. For over 40 years we have been providing bespoke catering and hospitality services for sports stadia, racecourses, visitor, attractions, historic venues, major events and premium airline lounges. Recognised across the globe for hospitality, we help create exceptional moments at extraordinary events such as Royal Ascot, Tour de France and RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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Role Responsibility
This is an extremely varied role, focusing on generating business for this fantastic venue; you will be involved in working with customers every day, ensuring they receive an excellent level of service. Managing enquiries, you will take bookings, prepare contracts and issue invoices. Building up your knowledge of the market you will research the industry, understand the competition and send out marketing material. Taking calls you will keep the system updated, build lasting relationships and encourage repeat bookings. You will also be involved in proactive sales to increase bookings at the venue. This is an excellent opportunity for a confident, motivated individual who wants to work within events and hospitality.
The Ideal Candidate
- Excellent level of communication skills
- Ideally experience in a sales or customer service role.
- Experience of working in a busy and exciting office environment
- Be a team player
- Flexible to work evenings and weekends when required.
Package Description
Up to £21,000 + bonus
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 36,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the energy, corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.
At Sodexo we are committed to a leading role in promoting equality opportunities and valuing diversity and inclusion. We seek to create a work environment based on mutual respect for all individuals, building a culture that appreciates and values the experiences and skills brought by each person to benefit our organisation and work hard to ensure that all people, whatever their race, colour, sex, gender identity disability, nationality, national or ethnic origin, religion or belief, marital/partnership or family status, sexual orientation, age, social class, educational background, employment status, working pattern, are welcome to and included within our organisation.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.
