Bookings and Events Manager
- Birmingham
- £34,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
Excellent basic salary
35 hour working week
Bonus potential
Pension scheme
Free Shares & Sharesave Scheme
Discounted food whilst working
33% discount in all Mitchells & Butlers businesses
Other flexible benefits including high-street discounts, bike to work scheme etc.ABOUT THE ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES...As a BOOKINGS & EVENTS MANAGER, you will be responsible for the effective management and conversion of all incoming enquires and bookings (group, tables, hire, space) – using the booking and enquiry platforms within the venue.
- Have a proactive approach to increasing booking enquiries and conversion of private bookings, exclusive hire and day to day customer bookings
- The generation, creation and application where required of bespoke events
- The key point of contact for all booking enquiries
- Working to predefined Key Performance Indicators
- The generation of new events and activities via both corporate group enquiries and guest direct enquiries - channels that lead to incremental sales and profit for the venue
- The coordination and utilization of key dates in order to maximise revenue and exceed prior year and budget sales
- Selling all brand and venue specific products and packages to both new and existing customers and other pre-defined products/services
- To generate a network of corporate clients to maximise corporate hire and xmas bookings
- Selling and promoting all venue/s function space, room hire and under-utilized areas to drive new revenue streams
- Organised approach to balancing the need to be business facing and available for new contact to be made
- A proven track record in face-to-face sales and/or tele-sales and effective use of digital booking platforms
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of outreach/lead generating activity in previous work
- The ability to understand KPI’s and proactive lead generating.