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Verkaufsleiter*in Veranstaltungen I Exklusive Event Location FFM
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Experience
3 years
Job description
Lead the convention and event sales team at a top event location in Frankfurt, driving event sales and optimal venue utilisation.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Languages
- German – fluent, English – fluent
What you'll do
- Lead the sales team in all event sales and ensure optimal utilisation of the event location (conference and convention service, event catering)
- Actively acquire new customers and continuously build and expand existing customer relationships / key accounts
- Develop and implement new event concepts and sales and growth strategies, including marketing and communication of the event portfolio
- Advise and support customers from first contact to follow-up: concept, quotation and presentation, contract negotiation through to closing and analysis
- Accompany customers through events and support operational colleagues in execution when needed
- Coordinate closely with internal departments to continuously improve and ensure quality standards
- Lead, coach and develop the sales team
- Regularly report sales activities / sales pipeline to the operations management
What we're looking for
- Vocational training or degree in gastronomy / hospitality / event sector, e.g. hotel specialist, event management specialist or comparable qualification
- Several years of professional experience in event sales, ideally in upscale gastronomy / hospitality or the exclusive event sector
- Engaged personality with very good communication skills and a pronounced customer and service orientation
- Passion for events, high customer understanding combined with presentation and negotiation skills and the necessary sensitivity for a successful close
- Business management competence, affinity for numbers and confidence in calculations
- Role model and team player who leads cooperatively, motivating and appreciatively
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a pronounced hands-on mentality and a structured, independent, results-oriented way of working
- Confident use of PC and common MS Office applications
- Very good German and English skills in writing and speaking
- Driving licence
Nice to have
- Practical knowledge of digital gastronomy tools (event software, merchandise management, etc.)
Your team
Convention Sales-Team
Team responsible for event sales and optimal utilisation of the event location (conference and convention service, event catering)
Benefits
Attractive conditions: solid annual salary plus a variable, performance-related bonus, company pension subsidy, 30 days holiday, mobile work equipment, free staff meals, discounted job ticket
Security and a long-term perspective with an innovative catering service provider with an appreciative and motivating corporate culture
- Varied and diverse leadership role in event sales at a top event location
- Professional and private security through a permanent employment contract
- Regulated, plannable working hours (Mon-Fri, free weekends / holidays) for better work-life balance
- Very good public transport connections and free parking at the location
- Trust in your abilities and plenty of scope for shaping things
- Qualified onboarding and diverse opportunities for professional and personal development
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About Hoffmann.Recruiting & More
Recruiting and more
Recruiting agency supporting a food service provider in filling a leadership role in convention sales.
Key facts
- The role is at a top event location in Frankfurt am Main
- The employer is an innovative catering service provider
What they value
- Appreciative and motivating corporate culture