Business Development Manager

Department
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Business Development and Sales Professional to join our team to raise external awareness of our commercial facilities at the University of Essex.

Event Essex and Wivenhoe House Hotel offer dynamic and innovative event spaces and convenient on-site accommodation in both Colchester and Southend.

You will be joining an experienced team who knows how to deliver exceptional results and manages an exciting portfolio of events and conference services in a huge range of venues of up to 1000 in capacity.

We are looking for an individual who thrives on building relationships, generating revenue and who relishes the opportunity to help shape our future success.

Duties of the Role
As an integral part of the team, you will be leading from the front in identifying new business, nurturing key accounts, and driving revenue across multiple channels.

You will be responsible for:

• Building strong, lasting relationships with corporate clients and event partners.
• Proactively identifying and converting new business opportunities.
• Representing Wivenhoe House Hotel and Event Essex at trade shows, networking events, exhibitions, and open days.
• Collaborating with hotel teams to ensure seamless client experiences that turn into long-term partnerships.
• Supporting brand visibility by working closely with our Marketing Team and creating efficient sales campaigns.

Skills and qualifications required
As our Business Development Manager, you will have previous experience in the Hotel, Hospitality or Conferencing sector within a Sales or Business Development Role.

You will have a strong commercial outlook, be sales and revenue driven, determined to achieve results and be able to demonstrate your network knowledge.

Flexibility to meet clients onsite and offsite are key, along with great customer service, communication and negotiation skills.

Whilst we love experience, mindset is of equal importance. We are looking for someone who is committed with a natural ability to operate effectively in a fast moving, complex environment. Someone with the innate ability to establish and manage strong internal and external stakeholder relationships through strong influencing, analytical, negotiation, communication, and consensus-building skills.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here.

Our website http://www.essex.ac.uk contains more information about the University of Essex. If you have a disability and would like information in a different format, please email resourcing@essex.ac.uk.

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