Sales Executive

GRAND HOTEL EULER BASEL; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Grand Hotel Euler Basel is seeking a motivated Sales Executive to drive commercial development for its three Basel properties. You will actively acquire new corporate clients and nurture existing relationships across the Basel market.

You will represent the hotels in business negotiations, build a strong local network, and collaborate with management and revenue teams to optimize sales opportunities. Fluency in German and English is required, with comfort using digital channels.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in hotel sales, B2B sales or tourism is ideal, with a proven ability to grow client relationships.
• Strong professional presence, independent, structured work style, and long-term relationship building.
• Excellent German and English communication skills, plus comfort with digital channels and social media.

Aufgaben

• Actively acquire new clients with a focus on corporate and business accounts.
• Manage and further develop existing Corporate Accounts and Key Accounts.
• Plan and conduct sales calls, client visits and site inspections.
• Follow up on leads, proposals and opportunities consistently.
• Identify new companies and business opportunities within Basel market.
• Develop cross-selling opportunities across three Basel hotels.
• Build and maintain a strong local and regional business network.
• Use LinkedIn, social media and digital channels for client acquisition and lead generation.
• Participate in client events, networking events and selected sales activities.
• Work closely with General Manager, Revenue Management and operational teams.

Kenntnisse

Sales

Communication

Networking

Entrepreneurial mindset

German

English

LinkedIn

Social media

Tools

LinkedIn

CRM

Jobbeschreibung

The Grand Hotel Euler Basel is a historic, first-class hotel that has embodied traditional Swiss hospitality for over 155 years, located directly at the SBB/SNCF train station in Basel. Originally built in 1865 by Abraham Euler-Brunner, the property has been owned by the Manz family since 1981 and is known for its enduring quality and service standards. The hotel offers 66 rooms, including 6 junior suites, designed for comfort and convenience. As well as Large Meeting Rooms possibilties for your Meetings, Banquets Events.

All rooms feature air conditioning, a laptop-size safe, minibar, direct-dial telephone, WLAN, and flat-screen TV, providing a modern guest experience in a classic setting. Applicants can expect to work in a well-established, centrally located hotel that serves both business and leisure travelers.

For our three centrally located hotels in Basel (Grand Hotel Euler Basel, Hotel Metropol Basel & Hotel City-Inn Basel), we are looking for a motivated and sales-driven personality who enjoys developing existing client relationships while actively acquiring new business partners for our properties.

As Sales Executive, you will play an important role in our commercial development and professionally represent our three hotels within the Basel and Swiss corporate market.

Your Responsibilities

• Actively acquire new clients, with a strong focus on corporate and business accounts
• Manage and further develop existing Corporate Accounts and Key Accounts
• Plan and conduct sales calls, client visits and site inspections
• Consistently follow up on leads, proposals and business opportunities
• Identify new companies, projects and business opportunities within the Basel market
• Actively develop cross‑selling opportunities across our three hotels
• Build and maintain a strong local and regional business network
• Use LinkedIn, social media and digital channels for client acquisition and lead generation
• Participate in client events, networking events and selected sales activities
• Work closely with the General Manager, Revenue Management and operational teams

Your Profile

You are a confident and communicative professional with an entrepreneurial mindset, a strong sales orientation and a genuine passion for acquiring new business.

Ideally, you have previous experience in hotel sales, B2B sales or tourism. You have a professional and convincing presence, work independently and in a structured manner, and know how to build and maintain long‑term client relationships.

You have a very good command of German and English, are confident using digital communication channels and social media – particularly LinkedIn – and ideally have a good understanding of the Basel business and hospitality market.

What You Can Expect

A varied and dynamic sales position covering three distinctive hotels in the heart of Basel, with short decision‑making processes and the opportunity to actively contribute to our commercial development.

You will benefit from a high level of responsibility and the freedom to develop new clients, expand business networks, introduce new sales approaches and bring your own ideas into the organisation.

Due to the high number of applications we receive, please understand that we will only contact candidates who are shortlisted.

If you have not heard from us within four weeks, unfortunately your application has not been selected for the next stage of the recruitment process.

Thank you for your interest in our hotels and for the trust you place in us.