Meeting & Events Sales Manager

Hospitality Jobs Africa; Ballito; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury hospitality company in KwaZulu-Natal is seeking a Meeting & Events Sales Manager to oversee the client journey for events, ensuring seamless execution. The ideal candidate will have solid experience in hospitality sales, strong organizational skills, and the ability to maintain client relationships. Responsibilities include generating business for events, conferences, and weddings while managing logistics and operations with attention to detail. Competitive salary of R25,000 – R35,000 per month plus commission offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in hospitality sales, events, or wedding management.
• Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.
• Established network within the corporate, events, or wedding industries advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Proactively sourcing and converting enquiries for meetings, conferences, events, and weddings.
• Managing direct wedding client relationships, from initial enquiry to confirmation.
• Maintaining a forward-looking sales pipeline and achieving agreed revenue, room-night, and profitability targets.

Skills

Hospitality sales experience

Event management

Organizational skills

Relationship building

Attention to detail

Job description

Overview

The Meeting & Events Sales Manager will be responsible for generating profitable business across all conferencing, events, and wedding segments. You will act as the single point of contact for clients and wedding couples from initial enquiry through to handover to the operations teams, ensuring seamless execution.

Key responsibilities

• Proactively sourcing and converting enquiries for meetings, conferences, events, and weddings
• Managing direct wedding client relationships, from initial enquiry to confirmation
• Building and maintaining relationships with corporates, NGOs, facilitators, planners, and suppliers
• Conducting site inspections and representing the properties professionally
• Full pre-event and pre-wedding planning, including schedules, room allocations, catering, AV, décor, and special requests
• Delivering structured handovers to operations teams for flawless execution
• Maintaining a forward-looking sales pipeline and achieving agreed revenue, room-night, and profitability targets
• Reporting on performance, pipeline, and conversion metrics

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: R25,000 – R35,000 per month, with exceptional candidates considered above
• Commission on confirmed meetings, events, and weddings revenue
• Opportunity to work with luxury hospitality properties in a dynamic, high-end environment
• Proven experience in hospitality sales, events, or wedding management
• Strong organisational and planning skills with high attention to detail
• Commercially astute, with clear understanding of yield, margin, and profitability
• Ability to manage multiple events simultaneously
• Confident, calm, and emotionally intelligent
• Established network within corporate, events, or wedding industries advantageous
• Fully referenceable with stable work history
• Between 3 - 5 Years