group sales manager City of Westminster, England
Job description
Position: Cluster Sales Executive
Location: Covent Garden & Greenwich, London
Full time permanent
Staycity Group is Europe’s premier Aparthotel provider. A fast-growing company, with an average of 10 new aparthotels opening annually. We have 32 fantastic properties across the continent including London, Dublin, Berlin, Edinburgh, Paris, Venice and many more cities.
We are looking for a Cluster Sales Executive to join our successful Sales Team, based at premium Aparthotels in Covent Garden and Greenwich. This is a full-time permanent position within our Sales department.
Benefits: Working for Staycity means you are joining an international company and that comes with numerous benefits, such as:
What we can do for you
- Paid Maternity, Surrogacy, Adoptive & Paternity leave
- Annual leave: 25 days (plus Bank Holidays)
- Employer-contributed pensions.
- Quarterly bonus.
- Staff rates: From £25 per night
- Education: Role-relevant higher-education expenses, including tuition and books
- Volunteer days: 2 paid volunteer days with registered charities
- EAP: Support for you and your family when you need it with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Long service reward
- Refer and earn scheme
Ideally, you will have experience in:
- Reservations, Hotel/Aparthotel Sales and/or Account Management
- New business generation
- Corporate Business Travel, Group and Extended stay segments
- Knowledge of Sales Force/Opera/IDEAS/Agency360/LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- Local market and GDS knowledge is preferred
- Assist with the administration of the day-to-day property mgmt. systems (e.g.
- Opera/Ideas/SiteMinder/Salesforce – training provided).
- Providing timely, accurate, competitive quotes on all corporate and long-stay enquiries while striving to maintain maximum profit margin.
- Maintaining accurate records of all pricings, sales, and activity reports.
- Securing and managing corporate accounts, and group agencies by building and maintaining professional relationships with key bookers.
What will you be doing?
Social: You will assist in planning local and national sales activities, network and socialise with the wider teams, and attend trade shows and presentations to promote Staycity, Wilde and the group portfolio.
Communication: A really important part of our sales teams is communication. Meeting and speaking with new and existing clients, securing and managing new corporate accounts by building and maintaining professional working relationships.
Promotion: Actively and dynamically promote the Staycity Group through sales and marketing activity including promotional road shows and presentations undertaken by the company.
The Ideal person for the position will have a keen interest in, and or experience in the following areas:
- Customer-facing sales experience (preferably in hospitality).
- Fiercely proactive with a can-do attitude
- Relationship Management
- Customer and local market dynamics/trends
- Willingness to travel
- Driving sales activity to generate new business and grow existing business
Staycity is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe that everyone is unique and that these individual differences are valuable. We welcome your application whatever your background, situation or identity. As long as you are passionate about making guests happy, you are strongly encouraged to build a career with us.
If you feel you are the right fit for this exciting role, then please click "apply" now! We’d love to hear from you!
