business development manager Chagford, England
Job description
An opportunity to join our family where work is a pleasure.
Location: Set on the upper reaches of the River Teign, the 24-bedroom Gidleigh Park enjoys an exquisite location on the very edge of Dartmoor National Park in Devon. With 5 AA red stars, a stunning quality led 1 Michelin starred restaurant and a member of Relais & Châteaux, Gidleigh Park is widely recognised as one of the best hotels and restaurants in the UK, and can offer learning and development opportunities few others can.
Gidleigh Park is open Tuesday to Saturday each week- which means for most employees they are guaranteed Sunday and Monday off each week! :) The hotel may also be able to offer on-site staff accommodation, in order to help the newest members of the team re-locate and settle in, and has free on-site parking.
Tips range from £200 to £350 per month, and there is a putting green, tennis court and croquet lawn to help pass the time on your days off too!
Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to +44 7782 822774 to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you!)
Hours: Full time
Bonus: That's right- we have a management bonus scheme at our hotels- for all Heads of Department positions and above. We'll let you know all about this at the interview!
Role: Reporting to the hotel General Manager, we need a strong Business Development Manager who’s great with people, loves sales and is target driven.
Key areas focus:
Develop an overall sales strategy for the hotel & support the hotel to implement that strategy.- Be articulate & confident in public speaking
- Have strong commercial understanding of business aims and sales planning
- Be accustomed to and enjoy being field based and supporting the hotels in a practical and proactive way.
- Have excellent communication and negotiating skills, and experience training and developing a sales team.
- Work well and efficiently under pressure, whilst being self-motivated
- Attend relevant industry functions and provide feedback and information to the business
- Oversee and manage the hotel’s social media accounts, using appropriate messaging to create awareness of the hotels and what they can offer.
Our dream candidate:
- A naturally sales focussed individual, who is confident communicating to all types of people.
- Have a proven sales record and an extensive “black book” of contacts
- Able to travel regularly for the role, including overnight stays where needed.
- Be good with IT, being able to produce and analyse sales reports and data regularly.
- Has outstanding persuasion, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Has a good level of management experience, including ability to manage multiple projects and achieve sales target
To say thank you, we have many perks:
- Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our family gets rewarded a rate of pay above the National Living Wage, irrespective of age, plus you get tips on top.
- Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
- Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
- We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
- We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
- Everyone can learn and develop - our ‘Family First’ development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
- We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
- We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.
About our family of hotels
We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.
Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.
We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk
One click apply to become part of our family that works hard & plays hard too, inspires and supports each other and has a load of fun along the way.
