Director of Sales

Village Hotel - Reading; Reading; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Village Hotel - Reading seeks a dynamic Director of Sales to drive brand strategy and engage the local community. Emphasizing creativity and strong attention to detail, this role offers numerous employee benefits and opportunities for growth in a vibrant working environment.

Benefits

Complimentary leisure club membership

Employee discounts on overnight stays

Up to 50% discount on food and drink

Exciting training platform

Financial wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Fun work environment

Regular team events

Anniversary rewards

Birthday day off

Electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Qualifications

• Creativity to identify new business opportunities.
• Strong attention to detail for contracts and quotes.
• Understanding of guest needs and services.
• Capability to deliver sales strategy for commercial returns.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver a sales strategy.
• Conduct show-arounds and promote services.
• Ensure contracts are issued correctly and competitively.
• Engage with local developments and competitors.

Skills

Imagination

Attention to Detail

Strategic Thinking

Networking

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Our hotels are truly awesome! Where else can you go and get an amazing burger, have a workout, attend a tribute night or use the collaborative working space? Let alone sleep in a comfy bed and watch TV on a giant screen? Our hotels are up there with the best offering and technology in the market and so can easily sell themselves! However, we need an amazing DOS to drive brand sales strategy and work with this to create a local activity sales plan. You will get out and about in the local community, secure corporate business, and work with local networking events to bring in the people who haven’t heard about us yet! You must be confident in our product and truly believe in our brand so passion and a great personality are a must!

Work, Grow, Play! Here at Village Hotel Club we are all about embracing personality, individualism, and fun. Forget stuffy hotels built around formality, pomp, and ceremony. We create lively, modern spaces for our guests to work, eat, relax, play, and exercise. With hotels and leisure clubs from Aberdeen to Bournemouth and more opening soon, we rely on you to deliver service that puts us head and shoulders above the competition.

Join us and we can offer you benefits* such as…

• Complimentary full leisure club membership for you and a family member or friend worth £1500 annually.
• Employee Discount on overnight stays at Village Hotels starting from £35 based on 2 sharing.
• Up to 50% discount on Food and Drink purchased on or off shift at any Village Hotel.
• Exciting training platform with gamified learning.
• Discounts and cashback offers on many High Street Brands.
• A range of Well-being and Healthcare benefits.
• Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• A fun, supportive, and inclusive work environment with loads of Development opportunities.
• Regular team events with our BIG People days monthly.
• Excellent Reward and Recognition Incentive schemes.
• Monthly well-being programme for all employees to support your mental health.
• Anniversary rewards for key milestones of service.
• Birthday day off.
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
• *T&C’s apply based on your contract.

But what we need from you…

• Be imaginative, identify new business, and be aware of local developments and competitors to define and deliver a sales strategy.
• A good eye for detail, ensuring contracts and quotes are issued correctly and competitively.
• Deliver the Sales strategy in order to achieve budgeted commercial returns.
• Ability to understand guests' needs, conduct show-arounds, and promote all the services we have to offer.

Come and be part of something new & something special - Work, Grow & Play the Village Way!