Business Development Manager

Bovey Castle, Devon; North Bovey; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A prestigious hotel in North Bovey seeks a passionate salesperson to drive corporate and leisure business initiatives. The role requires creativity and a proactive approach to developing a modern sales strategy while driving sales initiatives. Ideal candidates will have experience in hospitality and possess exceptional networking and collaborative skills. Benefits include enhanced annual leave and health plans among others, embodying a values-led culture focused on teamwork and employee wellbeing.

Benefits

31 days annual leave

Health plans for dental, optical, and more

Employee wellbeing support

Contribution to sustainability initiatives

Grow with apprenticeships and leadership programs

Free parking and meals on duty

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within the hospitality industry.
• Ability to influence and inspire teams.
• Good understanding of the sales landscape.
• Proactive and resilient in facing challenges.

Responsibilities

• Drive corporate and leisure introductions to meet strategic goals.
• Identify market opportunities through face-to-face appointments and events.
• Execute and measure sales initiatives.
• Collaborate with the team to generate new business.

Skills

Creativity

Sales strategy development

Networking

Team collaboration

Self-learning

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**

*Please
note: our hotel is in a very remote location and is not accessible by public
transport.*

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.

This role is 4 days per week - 32 hours per week

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 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
on Heart, Honesty, Spirit and Team, which were written ‘by our people
for our people’.

Benefits

• Enhanced
  annual leave - 31 days annual leave entitlement, rising to 33 days with
  service;
• 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 on Heart, 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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