Senior Sales Manager – Meetings & Events

The Aquincum hotel, a 310 bedrooms and suites hotel, part of Corinthia Hotels, is looking for an ambitious, experienced, customer and revenue-oriented Senior Sales Manager. The person in this position would be responsible for the business groups and events and significantly contribute to the hotel’s revenue-driving efforts in line with overall business mix objectives.

Your main responsibilities:

• Management of business groups and events from quotation to invoicing
• Active participation in achieving the segment’s planned annual room and banquet revenue
• Continuous contact and cooperation with DMCs, event organisers, companies
• Acquire new partners, identify and generate sales leads from all available channels
• Organise and conduct sales calls, site inspections, partner events
• Answer customer inquiries within 24 hours in a professional and timely manner
• Processing FUPs, emails, sending BEOs and Pro-forma invoices
• Use negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to convert business
• Cooperation with all other departments, especially with the F&B Manager and the Chef
• Attend foreign sales trips, workshops, fairs, domestic events and professionally represent the hotel
• Keep up to date with market trends and conditions, competitor developments and customer performance

Our ideal candidate has

• Minimum three years professional experience in sales, event and food & beverage management, preferably in a 4*+ hotel or in an Event Agency
• Strong knowledge of the MICE segment and the hotel market in Budapest
• Relevant existing partner relationships
• Excellent verbal and written skills in Hungarian and English
• Knowledge of OPERA Sales & Catering and Cvent software is an advantage
• A strategic and forward-looking way of working as well as strong analytical skills
• High customer and service orientation, attention to detail
• Positive attitude, flexibility at work
• Willingness to travel a few times per year
• Professional appearance and excellent manners

Why join us?

• Discounted accommodation in our hotel chain
• Free of charge catering at colleague restaurant
• Free of charge Aronia Wellness and Spa usage in our hotel
• Free guarded parking
• A stable background provided by an international hotel chain

If you would like to be part of a professional team of an international hotel chain, please send us your CV in English and Hungarian.