Conference and Events Executive

7 months ago


Brisbane, Australia SOFITEL Full time

Company Description
**Your team and working environment**

The Sofitel Brisbane Central is centrally located within the heart of Brisbane City. The hotel’s 416 elegantly appointed rooms and suites are complemented by the finest personal luxuries to make this one of Brisbane’s best accommodation experiences. The hotel features a number of exquisite and extravagant food & beverage outlets, two fitness centres, a Day Spa and fully flexible event spaces for up to 1100 delegates.

**Job Description**:
As an experienced Conference & Events Sales Executive, you live up to your passion for Sales by focusing on driving enquiries and preparing proposals to effectively secure new business while managing an existing account profile.

In this role you will collaborate with Sales and operational teams to ensure memorable and unique guest experiences while maximising sales and revenue for the hotel. You are professional and knowledgeable about the product, the local area and the luxury experience, and you are well connected and can build strong relationships and bonds with your clients.

**What you will be doing**:

- Work with the Director of Sales and Assistant Director of Sales to maximise performance, drive RGI and profitability
- Work with the BDM to drive sales enquiries for the department
- Represent a luxury product and communicate and liaise at all levels, ensuring guest expectations are exceeded
- Prepare proposals, contracts and other correspondence to effectively secure new and repeat business for the hotel
- Nurture a guest focused and performance driven culture among the Sales team

**Qualifications**:
**Your experience and skills include**:

- Relevant and recent Sales experience in a luxury brand
- Motivated and driven to succeed
- Able to work independently
- Guest focused and committed to providing exceptional service at all times
- Highly responsible and reliable, being able to achieve tasks efficiently, accurately and promptly
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
- Outstanding personal presentation and style

Additional Information
**Benefits and perks**

Sofitel Brisbane Central provides ambassadors career development opportunities within the hotel and wider Accor Group. We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

We live by our Heartist principles, that is, the heart and art of human connection. Understanding people is our business and putting people at the heart of our organisation is how we make decisions. We want every ambassador to feel valued, inspired and to strive for greatness every day.

**We offer our Heartists**:

- The opportunity to Work Your Way and build a career with the largest hotel group in the Pacific
- Laundered uniforms
- Secure parking in the centre of Brisbane for $10 per day
- Direct access to Central train station
- Complimentary hotel stay package for your work anniversary
- Worldwide employee and family and friends benefits at Accor Hotels.



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