TRIBE Manchester Airport. Manchester’s biggest, newest hotel and the gateway to Britain’s second City!
Offering a modern feel and experience aimed at the 'Gen Z' market, this new build lifestyle branded hotel is ideally located at the entrance Manchester airport and is the second of its kind in the UK under the TRIBE brand. This nine-storey, 12,300m2 hotel features 412 rooms and suites, a feature restaurant, bar and a gym.
We’re looking to recruit a pro-active, driven sales professional based in Manchester for a role that will give you access to the UK’s newest lifestyle hospitality brand whilst working with a huge range of stakeholders to set the standard when it comes to hospitality.
Who are we?
Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA are a division of the global Aimbridge Hospitality brand. We’re passionate about connecting great people to great experiences in exciting destinations, working with brands such as Hilton, IHG, Accor, Marriott and everything in between. From the rich diversity of our people and locations to our “people first” approach to business, the Aimbridge experience is like no other.
What is in it for you?
As part of the Aimbridge team, you will have access to industry leading benefits that include:
* Exposure to diverse properties up and down the country and exposure to a range of brands
* Industry leading training and leadership development opportunities
* Hotel discounts portfolio wide – Staff rates and up to 50% discount on food & beverage and spa
* Wagestream – Stream up to 40% pay as it is earned and set automatic savings to support your financial wellbeing.
* 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme
* Access to industry leading sales referral schemes
* Flexible working opportunities
* Access to competitive bonus schemes
A day in the life of…
* As our proactive Business Development Manager, you’ll be tasked with driving sales across food and beverage and events sales for the hotel
* You’ll establish a base of clients who you’ll need to proactively account manage to drive business growth and spot opportunities for new revenue generation.
* You'll be responsible for identifying potential clients and hunting out new business opportunities, with a ‘go get it attitude’ focused on driving business at Manchester’s hottest property, whilst always thinking about the bigger picture and working towards clear revenue centred KPI’s
* You’ll ‘Plug into our matrix’ of existing Aimbridge colleagues, brand partners and internal hotel stakeholders to gain maximum exposure for the hotel
What do we need from you?
This role will see you planning and attending visits across a range of exciting new and existing clients, so it’s essential you can drive and have access to transport.
* Sales Experience: For this role, it's essential that you have prior proactive sales experience. You should be familiar with the sales process, including identifying leads, creating proposals, and closing deals. You’ll be comfortable explaining new concepts in a simple and persuasive manner.
* Communication Skills: As the face of our hotel you should have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and able to articulate our hotel's value proposition clearly and confidently to potential clients. We're looking for someone who can build create relationships, build rapport with clients and develop longstanding relationships with them. When it comes to internal connections, you’ll look to utilise our comprehensive list of internal stakeholders to help leverage deals and create opportunities
* A Self Starter – this role offers a range of existing leads and opportunities, but you’ll need to be a driven self-starter who can look at the bigger picture to spot key opportunities that will help you leverage deals with new and existing stakeholders and clients
* An influencer – whilst this role has no direct reports, you’ll need to be a keen influencer of people, able to spot new opportunities within existing and new business and client groups
If you’re passionate about all thing’s hospitality, focused on the bigger picture and want to take the next big step in your hospitality career, We want to hear from you. So, click apply today, we’d love to welcome you to our inclusive team shaping the future of hospitality.
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