Business Development Manager - Hotels National

Village Hotels; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Leisure club membership

Medical insurance

Dental discount

Life assurance

Pension match

Hotel stays discount

Food & drink discount

Birthday off

Wagestream benefits

Job summary

Village Hotels is seeking a National Business Development Manager to drive direct corporate business across the brand. You will hunter for new revenue, build key relationships, and partner with central desks to maximise group and M&E opportunities.

The role requires regular travel across the UK and a bold, proactive sales approach. You will lead with strategic outreach, write engaging proposals, and own the end‑to‑end sales cycle from prospecting to closing, while aligning with our commercial

Qualifications

• Tenacious, highly competitive sales professional with a track record in direct business.
• Strong ability to build corporate partnerships and write engaging proposals.
• Excellent communicator with the drive to hit revenue targets across markets.

Responsibilities

• The Hunt: Generate new direct business by targeting key industry sectors and securing Thursday to Sunday volume.
• The Relationships: Meet corporate clients, write proposals, and develop long‑term partnerships.
• The Team Energy: Collaborate with Central Meetings, Groups and Business Desks to celebrate wins.
• The Commercial Strategy: Operate within the rate plan, cross-sell non‑bedroom services, manage a portfolio.

Skills

Sales experience

Corporate relations

Proactive selling

Travel flexibility

Job description

The Role Outline: Your Week at a Glance

As a National Business Development Manager, you are the commercial hunter for our brand & work within a highly successful Central Sales Team. Based anywhere in the UK with regular travel, you will take total ownership of identifying, targeting, and converting brand new direct business. With our portfolio soon to be 36 hotels (including our massive new Sheffield opening!), you will focus relentlessly on driving accommodation, group and meeting revenue, seeking out white space opportunities, and building fantastic corporate relationships to help us smash our commercial targets.

Why Village?

At Village, we do hospitality a little differently. We are all about personality, genuine connections, and creating lively spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, and play.

How the Village Thrives

We live our culture through three simple commitments:

• We Can & We Do: We show up to make a genuine difference and do fantastic work every day, with purpose.


• We Will: Treat each other with respect and dignity. No ego, no drama. We try our best and look out for each other.


• We Care: We care about our impact on guests, the community, and each other.

Your Remit: What You Will Actually Be Doing

We do not just need a transactional seller; we need a proactive revenue driver who connects with people on a human level. We trust you to handle:

• The Hunt: Generating new business. You will proactively seek out and identify new direct business opportunities, targeting specific industry sectors and driving crucial Thursday to Sunday night volume across our 35 locations.


• The Relationships: You will meet with corporate clients face to face, write highly engaging proposals and develop long lasting corporate partnerships for the brand.


• The Team Energy: Winning together. You will work closely with our Central Meetings, Groups and Business Desks, communicating brilliantly and ensuring that when you win a big account, the whole team gets to celebrate the success.


• The Commercial Strategy: Maximising the spend. You will work within our defined commercial rate strategy, cross selling all non bedroom areas of the hotels, and managing your portfolio brilliantly before handing them over to a dedicated Account Manager.

How We Succeed Together

We do not micromanage. It takes a village, so we believe in Ownership & Integrity, giving you the autonomy to manage your diary, travel the UK, and hunt down the best business. We Empower & Elevate our people. If you want Room to Grow, we provide a brilliantly supportive, high energy sales culture where your commercial impact is recognised and celebrated loudly.

Selling Our Benefits - Business Development Manager

• The Compensation: A basic salary of £45,000 with excellent bonus scheme and a car allowance, because we want to properly reward the revenue you bring in.


• Health & Wellbeing: Complimentary full leisure club membership for you and a friend (worth £1,500 annually), a monthly well-being programme, and an Employee Assistance Programme.


• Health & Wealth: Eligibility for our Medical Insurance and discounted dental schemes, plus participation in the Company Life Assurance scheme. We also offer a 5% matched Aviva Personal Pension Plan (you put in 5%, we match it).


• Hotel Stays: Discounted stays from £35 based on two sharing across our soon to be 35 properties, plus a Holiday Purchase scheme.


• Food & Drink: 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel.


• Financial & Extras: Financial wellbeing support via Wagestream, High Street discounts, an Electric car salary sacrifice scheme, and your birthday off guaranteed.

Ready to Drive Our Sales?

We are looking for a tenacious, highly competitive sales professional who understands the Transient, Groups, and M&E markets inside out. If you are a brilliant communicator who loves the thrill of the pitch, thrives on team camaraderie, and wants to drive revenue for a brand you can actually be passionate about, we want to hear from you.

Bring your high emotional intelligence, your little black book of contacts, and your ambition.

Health & Wealth: Eligibility for our Medical Insurance and discounted dental schemes, plus participation in the Company Life Assurance scheme. We also offer a 5% matched Aviva Personal Pension Plan (you put in 5%, we match it).