Meetings & Events Executive

Be Yourself - Be a Bold Team Player - Be Dilly

As a Meetings & Events (M&E) Executive you'll be making all the difference to the business, so we want you to bring your dynamic personality to work with you every day. Take a deep breath because you'll be stepping into a busy role!

If you're our ideal M&E Executive, you will:

• Be yourself!
• Produce proposals for all M&E enquiries in line with customer requests
• Develop strong client relationships to increase enquiries and business opportunities
• Gather feedback from clients - we love repeat business!
• Produce contracts and issue invoices to customers
• Have a genuine passion for hospitality and delivering first-class customer service

Key Responsibilities:

• Process all incoming Meeting & Events enquires ensuring they are dealt with and processed in line with individual agent and company time frames.
• Produce proposals for all enquires ensuring there is sufficient detail which is in line with the spec of each event.
• Increase conversion of enquiries by developing client relationships and maximizing sales leads
• Use the provided demand calendar and pricing structure when quoting for all enquires.
• Liaise with M&E Enquiry Team Manager and Pro Active sales on all high value enquiries.
• Arrange and conduct site inspections ensuring the inspections are fulfilled professionally, efficiently and effectively and mirror the requirements of the visiting client
• Produce, issue and chase the return of contracts for events.
• Work with M&E Enquiry Team Manager to ensure revenue targets are achieved.
• Ensure Sales & Catering/Opera are updated with accurate and relevant information ensuring all revenue is loaded in line with event contract and final detail requirements.
• Arrange and conduct final details meeting/calls with organiser prior to event. Ensuring they are fulfilled professionally, efficiently and effectively and mirror the requirements of the visiting client
• Produce function sheets for all events ensuring all necessary detail is noted
• Ensure all rooming list details and requirements are gathered.
• Arrange post event debrief for all clients on the last day of their event, ensuring debrief contains discussion regarding future requirements/rebook and completion of venue verdict feedback form which will be issued by email post event.
• Identify new sales leads, chase and secure the lead with the guidance of the Sales Manager.
• Knowledge of competitor set facilities and offering to be up to date at all times.

Why come join us?

We look after our colleagues just as well as we look after our guests. Once you're part of the team, you're part of the Leonardo community. We have support on tap, so expect top-notch L&D programmes, practical training and clear progression within our vibrant and dynamic team.

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels across the UK & Ireland and have plans for major expansion over the next few years'; there's never been a more exciting time to join us!

Some of the perks you could enjoy include:

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK & Europe: get planning that city break you've been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Free hot lunches in the employee canteen
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression