Sales Manager Cotswolds

Slaughters Manor; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Hotel Management Bonus Scheme

Perkbox discounts

Staff rate £25 B&B across the group

Job summary

The Slaughters Manor House, The Slaughters Country Inn and Buckland Manor, part of Brownsword Hotels, are seeking a Sales Manager to drive revenue across three luxury hotels in the Cotswolds. You will develop new business, nurture client relationships, and oversee weddings, private events and corporate functions, collaborating with General Managers and central Revenue/Marketing teams.

If you are a results-driven hospitality professional with strong sales, presentation, negotiation skills, and a

Qualifications

• Proven track record in hospitality sales.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience planning and delivering events and weddings.

Responsibilities

• Drive revenue across three hotels and lead sales strategy.
• Develop new business opportunities and nurture client relationships.
• Oversee planning and delivery of weddings, private events, and corporate functions.
• Collaborate with General Manager and central Revenue/Marketing teams to align campaigns and activities.
• Manage and audit hotel social media messaging to raise awareness.

Skills

Hospitality sales

Negotiation

Presentation

Relationship building

CRM software

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Sales Manager

Nestled in England's most beautiful villages, this is an exciting opportunity to lead the Sales & Events function across three exceptional luxury hotels in the heart of the Cotswolds: The Slaughters Manor House, The Slaughters Country Inn, and Buckland Manor.

Each property offers its own distinctive character while sharing a commitment to exceptional hospitality, outstanding dining, and memorable guest experiences.

The Slaughters Manor House is a stunning 17th-century manor house renowned for its elegant surroundings, attentive service, and one of the Cotswolds' most acclaimed restaurants. Awarded 4 AA Red Stars and 3 AA Rosettes, it delivers an exceptional luxury experience for leisure guests, private celebrations, and exclusive events.

The Slaughters Country Inn blends the timeless charm of a traditional Cotswold village inn with contemporary comfort and warm hospitality. Holding 5 AA Gold Stars for Guest Accommodation and 2 AA Rosettes, it is a sought-after destination for relaxing escapes, intimate weddings, and special occasions.

Buckland Manor is an elegant country house hotel surrounded by peaceful gardens and rolling countryside. Celebrated for its refined hospitality, tranquil setting, and exceptional dining, it offers an idyllic retreat for discerning guests seeking a truly memorable stay.

As Sales Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving revenue across all three properties. Working closely with operational teams, you will develop new business opportunities, nurture existing client relationships, and oversee the seamless planning and delivery of weddings, private events, corporate functions, and exclusive celebrations. Your commercial insight, creativity, and passion for luxury hospitality will ensure every guest experience reflects the exceptional standards for which our hotels are renowned.

If you are an enthusiastic and results-driven hospitality professional with a passion for building relationships and creating unforgettable experiences, we would love to hear from you.

Come and join our team as a Sales Manager and let yourpassion and personality shine

Our culture is important to us, and we encourage everyone in our teams toshow thoughtfulnesstowards each other and our guests.

As a Sales Manager your role will be focused on securing new incremental sales and business opportunities for the hotels.

Hours: Full time, permanent. Monday to Friday (some evening, weekend work may be required to meet with clients or for overseeing events).

Check out some of the key points about the role:

• You'll collaborate closely with each General Manager to create and implement a cohesive and agreed-upon sales strategy and vision for the hotel.
• It will be important that you work with the central Revenue and Marketing departments, knowing what campaigns and strategies are in place and aligning the hotels' sales activity to it is in sync when it needs to be.
• Ensuring robust sales planning at the hotel for key periods throughout the year will be vital, including agreeing suitable listings, regular internal sales activities and outreach actions.
• You will use knowledge of the market and competitors to identify sales messages for the hotels' unique selling propositions and differentiators.
• You'll oversee and manage the hotel’s social media accounts, using appropriate messaging to create awareness of the hotels and what they can offer.
• There will be key sales KPIs (delivered by your manager), to help drive profitability.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a strong background in hospitality sales.
• Be a naturally sales focussed individual, who is confident communicating to all types of people.
• Have outstanding persuasion, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Have great industry contacts (quality and volume) and uses their networks exceptionally well to achieve an overall goal of increasing sales (knowledge of the region and its tourism industry is a plus).
• Think through sales commercially, making sure planned activity drives profit as well as sales.
• Be happy to work with the wider group marketing and revenue team to coordinate activity to get the best results.
• Be able to travel regularly for the role, including overnight stays where needed.
• Be good with IT, being able to produce and analyse sales reports and data regularly.

To say thank you, we have many perks:

• Competitive pay – We are proud that everyone who joins our group gets a competitive a rate of pay, irrespective of age, plus you get service charge and tips on top.
• Hotel Management Bonus Scheme.
• Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform.
• Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too.
• We understand it's OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme.
• We sustain you physically too, meals when you are on duty are free.
• To be the best version of yourself, we encourage our teams tobe curious. Everyone can learn and develop - our development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business.
• We provide lots of opportunity to progress and move up – we have made hundreds of internal promotions, including to General Manager level.
• We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you.

About our family of hotels

We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable.

Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests.

We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look herewww.brownswordhotels.co.uk

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