Our client is an award-winning event caterer based near Guildford, Surrey specialising in providing delicious food and exceptional service to weddings and parties across the South of
England. Their reputation has been built on their attention to detail and by consistently exceeding their clients’ expectations.
They are currently looking to recruit a Junior Sales Executive to join their talented and successful team.
As a Junior Events Sales Executive your primary focus will be to grow revenue. Making connections, building relationships, identifying new markets, and chasing opportunities where the product has synergy, revenue growth will be at the heart of your role. There will be an expectation for you to be resourceful, analytical, and proactive in your approach, leveraging your existing relationships and networks to build their name in new markets.
Objectives:
-Increasing Event Sales & Maximising Revenue
-Motivate and guide events team towards improving conversion rates on enquiries
-Competitor research and ensuring company service and offering stands above all others
-Encourage and set in place strategies for upselling on confirmed events to maximise revenue
-Past and ongoing tracking and analysis of lost business, identifying opportunities to follow up with appropriate actions
-Proactively Seeking New Business
-Increase Corporate Clientele
-Direct contact to set up meetings
-Spread word via venue network and research which companies organise events there – Take on new venues that are more directed towards corporate/ Private Event clients
-Target event agencies that work with companies
-Possible in-house opportunities
-Target and build relationships with wedding and event planners/agencies
-Actively find and explore new business opportunities e.g. sporting event contracts etc.
-Maximising Business from Existing Venues
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Applicants should have some previous experience in a similar Events Sales role with proven success.
In this Event Sales Executive role you will be working predominately Monday to Friday.
This Junior Sales Executive position offers a generous salary plus commission and excellent company benefits.
This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to join and be part of a successful business.
Scattergood’s are acting as an agency on behalf of this vacancy. In line with UK Immigration and Employment Law, only applicants eligible to live and work in the UK need apply. For this position, and other live vacancies, please visit our website www.scattergoods.co.uk
