Sales |amp| Events Manager |Nottingham |amp| Grantham|

Job description
Hallo! Let us introduce ourselves…

The Bierkeller is a multi-site hospitality brand with locations in Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham and Grantham. We’re famous for our long benches, two-pint steins and Bavarian bierhaus buzz!

The Bierkeller venues (Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and Liverpool) are our larger venues, consisting of The Bierkeller Lodge, a space for cocktails, food and live music, Shooters Rack 'n' Roll, our American-themed sports and games bar, and the heart of our venues, The Bierkeller Hall.

Earlier this year, we launched "Klubhaus by The Bierkeller" - a new type of venue, offering the different elements of a larger Bierkeller venue in a smaller space. We opened our first Klubhaus in Grantham earlier this year and might be opening another one before the year is out - but that's our secret for now!

Our venues are incredibly versatile and can adapt to almost any event or occasion - we’ve held conferences and corporate events, birthday parties, weddings, comedy nights, live music, fashion shows, bingo, networking, games tournaments, podcast live recording, talent show auditions, Sky Sports broadcasts - the list goes on and on!

Your new role

We’re looking for a full-time Sales & Events Manager to join our Nottingham and Grantham team. You will be responsible for outbound sales and event management within both these venues, working closely with our centralised marketing team and the on-site operations team.

Responsibilities:
• Establish a network of clients for new and existing events and bookings.
• Attend networking, trade exhibitions and conferences, to help expand our network and drive sales.
• Use LinkedIn to network, drive bookings and develop partnerships.
• Convert outbound and inbound sales leads by developing event proposals and conducting show-arounds
• Use our Collins/DMN system and complete event sheets/venue fills to ensure the operations team are aware of upcoming events
• Co-ordinate and attend major events and bookings as the first point of contact for clients and event organisers.
• Manage sites Social Media activity to increase engagement and grow following - including paid promotions
• Commission photography and videography for events and for use across website and Social Media
• Share ideas and collaborate with Sales & Events Managers from our other sites and our centralised marketing team
• Line management of a part-time Sales & Events Co-ordinator
• Ensure site business listings are kept up to date (Google My Business, Bing, Trip Advisor
• Respond to online reviews and customer feedback and report customer feedback to site and senior management.
• Monitor the stock of all relevant marketing material and POS ensuring this is in date and displayed in the venue.
• Manage partner relationships including external promoters, student societies and sponsored organisations
• Provide training and mentoring to members staff developing their sales and customer experience skills
• Additional tasks appropriate to the role as requested by site or sales management.

Our ideal candidate will have:
• 2+ years experience working in a sales role or an events role with a outbound sales element.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A confident and outgoing personality
• A great network of contacts across Nottingham
• Strong organisational skills
• A passion for hospitality!
• Knowledge of Collins/DMN system is advantageous