Senior Account Manager / BDM - Large Hospitality Expo

Media IQ Recruitment Ltd; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading media and events company is seeking a Senior Account Manager / BDM to sell exhibition and sponsorship solutions within the hospitality sector. The role involves managing existing client relationships while developing new business. Ideal candidates will possess strong sales experience, networking skills, and the ability to work from office in Crawley.

Qualifications

• Confident, articulate and outgoing.
• Strong at networking and relationship building.
• Stable career history.

Responsibilities

• Sell exhibition, sponsorship, and thought leadership opportunities.
• Account manage existing clients and develop new business.
• Work from Crawley offices twice a week.

Skills

Sales experience

Networking

Relationship building

Job description

Senior Account Manager / BDM - Large Hospitality Expo

Job Sector

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

Crawley (Monday/Tuesday) + working from home

Job Reference

Do you have professional sales experience?

Like the idea of selling exhibition and sponsorship solutions to clients targeting the hospitality sector?

Want to work for a leading media and events business?

Can you commute to Crawley 2 times a week?

If yes, please read on....

The Company

A global media and events business operating across the b2b food, retail and hospitality sectors. They have a friendly, dynamic and collaborative culture with plenty of opportunities for growth and development.

The Role of Senior Account Manager / BDM

As Senior Account Manager / BDM you will be selling exhibition, sponsorship and thought leadership opportunities across an annual large scale event for the b2b hospitality sector. You will be selling to any and every type of supplier who is targeting restaurants, caterers and similar.

These would include FMCG brands (such as Coca Cola), artisan food producers and manufacturers of specialist kitchen equipment through to delivery providers (such as Uber Eats).

You will account manage a number of the mid-large spending clients with 80% of your revenue coming from existing clients and 20% from new business.

Requirements for this Senior Account Manager / BDM position

• Confident, articulate and outgoing
• Strong at networking and relationship building
• Stable career history
• Able to work from Crawley offices twice a week
• Able to drive

If you think that you could be the Senior Account Manager / BDM we are looking for, please apply.