This family-owned Irish hospitality group is currently recruiting a Group Sales Director to head up all aspects of sales planning, co-ordination and implementation for the Group, overseeing four properties.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop relationships with key clients across multiple market segments to grow revenue – Corporate, MICE, DMC, Tours.
• Lead and co-ordinate sales activities across four hotels.
• Develop and implement selling strategy to grow business levels for each hotel across all markets Develop and manage relationships with stakeholders both within the hotels and external activities.
• Recognise and capitalise on opportunities for PR & media exposure for the hotels.
• Ensure commercial and effective yield management is applied for all sources of business and strong understanding of the same.
• Attract, retain, motivate, coach and develop the Sales teams in high performance and achieving business targets.
• Be familiar with the customer database and maintenance of the sales IT infrastructure.
• Maximise benefits of International Franchise Agreements in place.
• Manage and control annual sales budget with directors.
• Assist at Board level in the formulation of commercial strategy and expansion of the group.

The ideal candidate will have at least five years’ experience as Director of Sales & Marketing (or equivalent title) within quality hotel establishments with group and franchise experience. Must be a dynamic self-starter with very strong commercial acumen and judgement. Further candidate attributes include:

• High level of drive and enthusiasm
• Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Strong leadership and people skills
• Ability to present and interpret sales content and analytics at a board level

If you are ready for a senior sales role with significant contribution to group strategy, send in your CV today!