Meetings and Events Planning and Sales Executive.
Love providing great service and being part of uplifting moments? Take the next step in your Event Planning and Sales career with us as Meetings and Events Planning and Sales Executive. Park Plaza is the ideal location for you to develop your skills and shine in a collaborative team environment.
Description of the Company:
At Park Plaza we love to celebrate the individual. We believe every one of our team members has a contribution to make and personal touch to share with our guests and colleagues. We’re always striving for excellence and know that if we invest in our team members, they’ll invest in us. For an engaging work environment where the little things are celebrated along with the major milestones, you’ve come to the right place.
Main role and objectives:
As Meetings and Events Planning and Sales Executive you will have a key position in the booking and planning experience of our Events clients. You will support our guests through the booking, contract and planning process.  Ensuring they receive a high quality, personalised service.
Your responsibilities:
- Drive revenue through effective sales, negotiation, yield management and conversion to maximize the most profitable opportunities.
- Create and maintain strong working relationships with prospective, new, and existing clients.
- Deliver the highest level of customer service, adhering to PPHE and client service level agreements in terms of proposals and event agreements.
- Resolve any client issues and turn them around with a positive close.
Deliver the highest level of customer care incorporating PPHE shared values.
- Build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of an exceptional event.
- Attend and contribute to meetings, training and assist with departmental reporting.
- Ensure deposits and billing that are contractual are met by client and hotel.
- Be the main point of contact for the client to liaise with as they coordinate all elements of their event using the hotel’s services.
What we are looking for:
- Someone who is great at creating and maintaining positive and productive working relationships across the business, communicating effectively in a range of situations.
- Strong and confident communication and presentation skills with all audience levels, with strong attention to detail.
- IT literacy with experience of packages such as Opera Sales and Catering, MS Word, Outlook and Excel.
- Be motivated to work on their own and be actively involved with the team.
Park Plaza isn’t just a great place to work - it’s a great place to take your career to the next level! We love seeing our team members fulfil their potential and always work together to achieve more with our learning and development offering, enhanced training and competitive salary and benefits.
You will be invited to an “Inspiring Stay” in your hotel, so that you can live the experience and you will also benefit from our Employee and Friends and Family rates available in all Park Plaza and Carlson Rezidor hotels worldwide!
From the everyday uplifting moments to huge achievements and everything in between, we’re there every step of the way. Park Plaza. Be part of it.