Business Development Manager

Eden Hotel Collection; Highweek; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A hospitality industry leader is seeking a Sales Representative at Bovey Castle. This unique role combines networking and sales strategy, ideal for an innovative thinker passionate about the hospitality sector. Responsibilities include driving corporate introductions and identifying market opportunities in the Southwest. The ideal candidate will possess excellent people skills and a proactive approach to executing sales initiatives. Benefits include enhanced leave, discounts, and a commitment to employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Enhanced annual leave

Access to wellbeing resources

Cycle to Work Scheme

Discounts on stays and treatments

Free parking and meals on duty

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or within the hospitality industry.
• Ability to influence and excite team members.
• Good understanding of the sales landscape.

Responsibilities

• Drive Corporate and Leisure introductions to meet strategic goals.
• Identify market opportunities through face-to-face appointments and networking.
• Drive a modern sales strategy focusing on leisure and corporate segments.

Skills

Creative thinking

People skills

Sales initiative execution

Proactive learning

Resilience

Job description

We’re proud winners of the AA Small Hotel Group of the year 2024-25, rated as a Top 30 Best Place to Work in Hospitality 2025 by The Caterer, and recently crowned Best Employer at the 2025 Springboard Awards for Excellence

What you’ll be doing?

This role is based at Bovey Castle working as part of our wider Sales team as our ‘person on the ground’ and is the only role of this nature across our portfolio. It makes it a really exciting opportunity for someone to join us, to help shape the role and ultimately drive sales whilst identifying new business opportunities. The role is available on 3-4 days per week, which we can flexible on depending on the requirements of the successful candidate. Salary shown is the full-time equivalent; actual salary will be pro rata depending on hours worked.

You will be responsible for driving Corporate and Leisure introductions following the strategic goals set for Bovey Castle. Identifying market opportunities through direct face to face appointments, events and networking within key areas in the Southwest such as Bristol and Exeter.

Your focus will be on a proactive approach to driving a modern sales strategy which reflects the diverse offering of the hotel and its activities – focusing on both leisure and corporate to ultimately drive sales.

You will need to be highly collaborative, passionate to learn and able to inject new ideas to create and launch new sales initiatives.

This is not a role for someone who is ‘desk happy’ but someone who wants to be out, networking and securing business.

What you’ll need

• Most importantly…to be a ‘fresh thinker’, highly creative with a passion for the hospitality industry gained in a similar role or working within the industry; along with ability to bring new ideas and sales initiatives to the table.
• As important, is your ability to work with people; having the ability to influence and excite our team to generate future business.
• A good understanding of the sales landscape with a passion to learn more.
• Bring sales initiatives to life, being responsible for execution, engagement and measurement.
• A quick self-learner, with a pro-active calculated ‘give it a go’ attitude; equally someone who is resilient and recovers well when met with challenges.

What’s in it for you?

We are proud to offer great places to work with our teams at the heart of all we do – we lead with a values led approach towards based onHeart, Honesty, Spirit and Team, which were written ‘by our people for our people’.

Our bespoke Eden Extra’s benefits platform offers:

• Enhanced annual leave – 31 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with service;
• Fairly distributed Service Charge/Gratuities paid monthly;
• Discounts and cashback across 800 high street and food retailers, gyms, days out, restaurants/takeaways and utilities.
• Access to our wellbeing centre with Hello Fresh Recipes, fitness video’s and money management tools;
• Cycle to Work Scheme and Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme;
• Health plans for dental, optical, alternative health care + 24 hour GP access;
• Discounted stays, spa treatments, golf and leisure access across EHC properties;
• Support via our Wellbeing Strategy based on Money, Mind, Body & Heart; anything from financial wellbeing to domestic violence and family friendly policies; we genuinely CARE about our people;
• Access to Eden Engage – our employee portal with regular team news;
• Grow with us via apprenticeships and bespoke leadership programmes – RISE & THRIVE;
• You’ll also get free parking, meals on duty, uniform etc….but you already knew that, right?!!

Our culture focuses on collaboration so we regularly involve our teams in helping to shape this via:

• An opinion that counts….regular surveys and forums that ask YOU for YOUR opinion;
• A ‘You said, we did’ approach so that you know we’re taking your feedback seriously;
• A commitment to Sustainability & Wellbeing with employee champions in every hotel & HQ;

We are proud to be members of the Hoteliers Charter and are committed to providing a great place to work with our teams at the heart of all we do – we lead with a values led approach based onHeart, Honesty, Spirit and Team, which were written ‘by our people for our people’. Testament to this is our multi award wins in employee wellbeing and engagement.

Eden Hotel Collection is a passionate advocate of providing equitable workplace’s, as such we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to EHC.

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