Event Coordinator
Job Introduction
Sodexo Live! have a fantastic, exciting opportunity for an Events Sales Coordinator to join our amazing sales teams based at Hampden Park Racecourse.
At Sodexo Live! we bring people together; we create exceptional moments and lasting memories. We are a unique community of people mobilized to create live experiences that are unforgettable.
This exciting role will manage the end-to-end enquiry from researching the opportunity through to proposal, quotation and booking. As part of the Sodexo team, you will work with this fantastic venue, where we offer an exceptional level of hospitality and events. This is a great opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive.
We are looking for someone who enjoys working in a dynamic sales environment; someone with a good understanding of administration and events selling. You will deal with event admin so key to your success will be your great communication, organising and planning skills too.
If you have experience in hospitality or events and have good attention to detail, this could be your perfect role. It is a great opportunity to join our first-class team and really belong; you will get the chance to develop within a global organisation where the sky really is the limit!
When you join Sodexo Live! you truly belong, you will have the opportunity to thrive with career and learning opportunities available across the organisation - we can’t wait for you to join us!
Role Responsibility
- Develop existing accounts and engage with them to increase their commitment.
- Manage sales enquiries through the system and the venue client bookings inbox
- Prepare and issue contracts and invoices for all sales
- Manage debt through collecting payments in a timely manner
- Maintain an up-to-date CRM system, logging all enquiries and cleansing data
- Understand the local & regional market in order to sell effectively against the competition from both the venue and catering perspective.
- Assist with entertaining, sales missions, networking and exhibitions and at all times act as an ambassador
- Achieve personal KPI's to be agreed with Line Manager
For a full list of responsibilities please view the attached job description
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience of working in a busy office environment
- Possession of strong communication and administration skills
- Proven experience within the Hospitality Industry and sales
- A proven track record in a proactive sales role
- Excellent telephone manner
- Excellent business relationship building skills and understanding of customer needs
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver measurable sales targets
- Excellent time management and organisational skills in order to prioritise various job demands
Package Description
£21,000pa + great bonus & benefits (Depending on experience)
Location: Hampden Park Racecourse
Permanent
Work Pattern – 40 hrs pw Mon – Fri with flexibility for occasional evenings and weekends
We also offer Sodexo Discounts site promoting discounted mobile phone tariffs, savings across restaurant chains and days out, where you and your family can save money on everything from your weekly food shop to the latest cinema blockbuster and much more!
We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities, and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be natural, and be the best versions of themselves. We recognise that we’re on a journey with regards to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.
About the Company
In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.
Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.
Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.
Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.
We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.
We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process
