Maxine Curry
Dayjob.com
The Big Peg
120 Vyse Street
Birmingham B18 6NF
England
T: 0044 121 638 0026
E: info@dayjob.com
PERSONAL SUMMARY
A confident, enthusiastic and well presented Events Sales Manager who has the ability to sell commercial events by ensuring that propositions are compelling, competitive and well communicated. Maxine is a clear and confident communicator with highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire others. She has a long track of effectively promoting events and more specifically dining spaces within restaurants, hotels and other hospitality establishments. In her current role she has been commended for ensuring that show-rounds are handled professionally, and that potential clients are provided with comprehensive quotations. As a true professional she has a strong desire to give her guests a memorable event or dining experience every time. Right now, she is looking for a suitable role with a company that has a culture where success is recognised and where she will get to work with interesting, talented and fun people.
CAREER HISTORY
EVENTS SALES MANAGER – Start Date – Present
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Responsible for growing and developing the hospitality, conference and private events business of the company.
Duties;
- Promoting, selling and then hosting high profile summer events, Christmas parties, weddings and private get togethers.
- Constantly reviewing the events being offered to clients to ensure they are in line with local benchmarking, market trends and customer needs.
- Identifying sales staff of the highest calibre and then cultivating them.
- Effectively handling all customer enquiries in a professional manner.
- Meeting with prospective clients and showing them around the events facilities.
- Working closely with the Sales Manager and assisting them with all marketing, planning and forecasting duties.
- Establishing multi-level contacts with the company’s client base to promote events.
- Acting as the first point of contact for all corporate clients as necessary.
- Assisting other managerial colleagues in producing annual sales and marketing plans.
- Overseeing the invoicing process to ensure that payments are properly processed.
- Giving talks to and motivating Sales Executives assigned to sell events.
- Collating and distributing information packs and other sales materials to potential clients.
- Actively seeking and supporting marketing opportunities for events and venues.
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KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Professional
- Optimizing the occupancy of private dining spaces.
- Can recognise opportunities to maximize revenue.
- Up-selling products, services and add-ons.
- Prepared to undertake any relevant training and development that may be required to keep abreast of my field of expertise.
- Comfortable and competent in working with new technology and databases.
Personal
- Keen eye for detail on those small things that make all the difference.
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
- Relaxed by nature and never getting stressed by deadlines.
- Using initiative to resolve problems.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Event documentation
Enquiry management
Negotiating contracts
Diary management
Client feedback
Cross selling
Event budgets
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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REFERENCES
Available on request.
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