Job Ref: DAL3617 Branch: Maldron Hotel Croke Park Location: Maldron Hotel Croke Park, Dublin Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Posted date: 12/12/2025 Closing date: 13/01/2026 Sales Manager Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for hospitality? At Dalata Hotel Group, we believe that great teamwork and leadership are at the heart of hospitality. Dalata Hotel Group are currently looking for an experienced 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 Dalata Hotel Group. As Sales Manager, you will report to the General Manager. You will guide and manage hotel operations effectively, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, strategic growth, and high-performance standards while fostering a positive work environment and driving financial success. Benefits 50% Off F&B in all properties €/£60 employee rate on rooms for all Dalata hotel 30% off Friends & Family rate SAYE (Save As You Earn Scheme Pension access (Ask your HR Manager for local pension information) Performance-related bonus plan Development Opportunities through our Dalata Academy to support your career journey Free employee meals on duty Extra AL day for every year worked (5 days to a maximum of 5 days) Employee Assistance Programme Cycle to Work Scheme/Transport Schemes Staff Appreciation Initiatives, fun team-building activities and regular charity events Your Key Duties and Responsibilities: Building and maintaining strong relationships with corporate and meeting and event clients, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Support & adopt a culture of lead generation across the hotels. Represent the hotel at sales team meetings, internal & external customer led events as appropriate. Adoption of all available tools to support efficient ways of working including CRM, BI Tool, Market Intelligence Tools, and Solver. Develop and nurture relationships for the hotel with national & global corporate accounts through ongoing account management. 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 hotel strategy and across the wider Dalata portfolio. Collaborate with Account Management Team to nurture existing, and secure new opportunities following the Dalata sales process. Undertake monthly corporate tracking of corporate accounts in the hotels to monitor production and more importantly to identify any decreases and take necessary action to remedy. Analysis of GDS production reports & market intelligence information to develop this business channel for the hotels. Timely production of monthly & ad hoc reports. Execute activity from quarterly activity plans. To work with the Group Marketing Team on monthly checklists, website updates, collateral design, social media updates. Develop and manage the sales of meetings and events. Build and maintain strong relationships with corporate and private clients. Prepare proposals, contracts, and event plans to meet client needs. Collaborate with operations to ensure seamless event delivery. What You Will Need: Minimum 3 years' experience working as Corporate Sales / Business Development Manager / Meetings & Events Sales Manager Experience of the Dublin North/Airport area is a distinct advantage. Strong leadership skills Effective communicator Be commercially aware with strong analytical skills, be able to understand key business indicators and competitive trends. Excellent organisation and planning skills. Sales focused and results driven. 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. Dalata Hotel Group Plc is an Inclusive Employer. We actively encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply to be part of our team. 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