Meetings & Events Sales Manager

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for hospitality? At Clayton Hotel Galway, we believe that great teamwork and leadership are at the heart of hospitality. Clayton Hotel Galway is currently looking for an experienced Meeting & Events Sales Manager who is eager to take ownership, elevate their teams, and drive outstanding performance while continuing to grow professionally. In this role, you will enjoy the unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of your team and contribute to the strategy of this hotel. If you are looking for the next opportunity or move in your career in a supportive environment that values innovation and excellence, we invite you to be part of our thriving community at Clayton Hotel Galway. As Meeting & Events Sales Manager, you will report to the Area Director of Sales effectively ensuring exceptional guest experiences, strategic growth, and high-performance standards while fostering a positive work environment and driving financial success. Benefits

• Free employee meals on duty
• 50% Off F&B in all properties
• €/£60 employee rate on rooms for all Dalata-owned hotels
• 30% off Friends & Family rate
• Extra AL day for every year worked (5 extra days to a maximum of 5 days)
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme/Transport Schemes
• SAYE (Save As You Earn Scheme)
• Pension access (Ask your HR Manager for local pension information)
• Development Opportunities through our Dalata Academy- support your career journey
• Staff Appreciation Initiatives, fun team-building activities and regular charity events

Your Job

• Effectively manage a team of two executives to support business needs.
• Collaborate with ADOS on proactive sales strategy and identifying & analysing opportunities to ensure they fit with the hotel's business strategy.
• Collaborate with Account Management and Business Development Teams to nurture existing and secure new opportunities following the Dalata sales process.
• Collaborate with Sales & Revenue on any new group or residential opportunities.
• Actively promote awareness and lead conversion of corporate conferences, small and large meetings, weddings, and special events.
• Collaborate with both proactive and reactive sales teams to achieve the budgeted revenue for meetings and events on a weekly and monthly basis.
• To participate fully in all sales activities, including telesales, sales calls, corporate entertaining, fam trips, social events, and overseas sales trips, as necessary.
• Identification and management of new opportunities in your market in line with the hotel strategy and across the wider Dalata portfolio.
• Work closely with Galway Convention Bureau and key Partners & DMCs for any Meeting or Group opportunities.
• Finalize prospects as confirmed bookings and maximize revenue potential by upselling in all revenue-generating areas.
• Contribute ideas and activities to boost revenue for the quarterly and annual sales and marketing plan.
• Conduct site inspections of the property with potential clients.

What You Will Need

• 2 to 3 years of experience in a sales or meeting & events role, preferably in a hotel or customer-focused environment.
• A creative thinker with an outgoing personality, capable of building new relationships and maintaining existing ones.
• Proven experience in effective people management within a team environment.
• Meeting & Events Sales-focused, target-driven, and results-oriented.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to provide clear reports to clients and colleagues.
• Confident, ambitious, and proactive in approach.
• Experience with Opera System advantageous but not essential

About Us Dalata Hotel Group – we bring the heart of hospitality to every hotel we own and operate. We see our growth and expansion plans as a way of spreading our unique way of caring for our guests further around the world, bringing better experiences to more people. Currently, the Dalata difference can be felt at each of our hotels in Ireland, the UK, Germany & the Netherlands, and we’ll keep expanding this further, focusing on key UK cities, Dublin and Continental Europe. Helping our people to grow and develop their careers is vitally important to us and is one of our highest priorities. We have many exciting and unique internal development programmes, each crafted to make sure our employees get the learning they need to be able to take the next step in their careers.