### Description
**About The Role
**
As the National Sales Manager for Conferences and Events, you are responsible
for driving sales growth across our three Resorts and leading the sales
strategy for conferences, meetings, and events. This involves developing
strong client relationships, identifying new business opportunities, and
working collaboratively with internal teams to ensure the successful execution
of events, achieving same year and advanced sales targets.
Your key responsibilities include developing and implementing a national sales
strategy to increase revenue for conference and event services across the
three resorts. You will need to identify new business opportunities and
markets while maintaining a pipeline of potential clients. Working closely
with the marketing team, you will create campaigns that attract event
organisers and corporate
clients. Client Relationship Management is crucial in your role. You will need
to build and maintain strong relationships with corporate clients, event
planners, agencies, and other key stakeholders. Hosting presentations and
meetings with prospective clients to showcase the companys full proposition
will be part of your responsibilities. You will also work closely with the
Yield team to negotiate contracts and pricing agreements with clients,
ensuring profitability while delivering value.
You will collaborate with operational teams and build great relationships to
ensure the seamless execution of sold events. Working with finance and legal
teams to manage contracts, invoicing, and other administrative tasks will also
be part of your role.
Reporting and analysis are key components of your responsibilities. You will
monitor and analyse sales performance data, adjusting strategies as necessary
to meet revenue goals. Preparing regular reports on sales activity, client
feedback, and market trends to share with the wider team.
### About You
We’re looking for a National Sales Manager with previous experience of working
within the events, hospitality, or similar industry. You should enjoy a fast-
paced environment and have a strong background of meeting and exceeding sales
targets, whilst also being able to keep up to date with industry trends,
competitor activities and emerging activities within the conference and events
industry.
As you will be working with various areas of the business, and meeting new and
existing clients, you should be able to demonstrate excellent negotiation,
communication & presentation skills.
This role does require regular travel including to our Hemel Head Office,
hosting Resort tours, visiting agency partners, attending industry events, and
visiting clients both nationally and locally.
### Interested?
If this sounds like the perfect role for you, we would love to hear from you.
To apply, we will ask you to submit your CV and tell us in a few words why you
would like to work for Butlin’s, what about this role excites you, and what
you could bring to the position if successful. You can also upload a letter if
you prefer.
### About Butlins
At Butlin’s, we’re all about fun, excitement, and adventure by the bucketload!
For over 80 years we’ve been delighting hundreds of thousands of guests each
year, whether on a non-stop action family break or our epic Adult only Big
Weekenders.
Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things they’ll say
about working at Butlin’s is our culture! We’re all about providing our guests
with an Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break, brought to life through
our three mighty values.
So, if you want a role where you Create Smiles, where you aren’t afraid to Get
Stuck In and where the team genuinely Cares For Each Other – this could be the
perfect fit for you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Butlin’s!
