Location: Hybrid / Wicklow, Co. Wicklow, Ireland
Job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Sales | Event Sales
Salary: Negotiable salary
Druids Glen Hotel & Golf Resort is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Business Development Manager to join our 5‑star team. If you are passionate about driving sales, building relationships, and contributing to a luxury hospitality experience, we want to hear from you!
Job Purpose
To develop new business and be responsible for managing the relationship of major accounts in an effort to increase revenue for corporate & conference business. Manage all aspects of sales activities, ensuring sales resources are used to maximize revenue channels for the hotel.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop & identify new business for the hotel – local corporate and conference market.
Work towards a set weekly target of appointments.
Manage an agreed list of accounts, responsible for the development and revenue levels of these accounts.
Conduct market research and understand transient and group strategies of competitors.
Competition shopping for rates, benefits and key account activity in competitor hotels.
Maintain current business relationships and network for new business accounts both in Ireland and overseas.
Track all leads lost and turned down for potential business.
Site inspections
Corporate hospitality
Tradeshow attendance
Ideal Candidate
Must have 2+ years previous experience in a similar sales role in a hotel.
Hold a full clean driver’s licence and have own transport.
Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have a positive outlook.
Standards driven and customer focused.
Self‑motivated and able to demonstrate strong leadership skills.
Experience of setting annual sales budgets.
Employee Benefits
Career development and training
Competitive management salary with excellent benefits
Mileage, corporate mobile phone and laptop
Staff discounts on accommodation in our sister properties
Complimentary health club and pool membership
Discounted spa treatments & products
Complimentary golf in Druids Heath
Bike to work scheme & other commuter plans
Achievements of the year / leaders of the quarter / achievers of the month (recognition programmes)
The success of any hotel comes, not with the decor and elaborate rooms, but from the friendliness and courtesy of the team it employs. The success of Druids Glen, we believe, depends on the commitment of each and every member of the team to practice teamwork, mutual respect, responsibility and professionalism.
All applicants must be eligible to live and work in Ireland full time. You will be asked to provide documented evidence of eligibility.
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