SALES MANAGER (MATERNITY COVER)

Hinckley, England, United Kingdom

6/9/2025

Here at Leonardo Hotels we have an opportunity for you to join our Management Team as a Sales Manager.

You will become an integral member of the Proactive Sales Team to deliver excellence to all our valued customers in our Sales Department. You will have previous experience within the M&E industry in a similar role.

Sales Manager Key Responsibilities

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the local hotel markets based on intelligence and knowledge of competitor activity and rates, resulting in increased revenue generation through focused sales activities for Local and National Accounts.
• Ensure we maintain and grow revenue and market share via existing and new customers, developing a network of contacts to help to cross sell the group.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships.
• Negotiate new business contracts and close agreements to maximise profits.
• Host corporate nights at the hotel to reward current clients and explore new leads
• Maximise the company reports to identify new local corporate leads
• Forecast and track key account metrics (e.g. monthly sales results and annual forecasts).
• Produce accurate and timely, weekly, monthly and annual reporting that meets the needs of the Director of Sales, Regional Sales Manager and General Manager.
• Complete and execute hotel/s sales plan, review and update in line with strategy and hotel business needs.
• Managing a portfolio of local accounts and territory accounts
• Using data and market research conduct telesales and campaigns to identify opportunities for hotels.
• Support the conversion of key business Group and M&E Enquiries.
• Attract new M&E enquiries for the hotel and wider group
• Attending Industry events and client appointments
• Maintain an up to date Pipeline of target accounts
• Ensure the use of the CRM system, is in line with the minimum standard of use for self and team as required.
  
  

This is a role, where we engage with you; give you practical training, development and progression within a dynamic and rapidly expanding company, knowing that promotion will not be too far away if you want a fun and exciting career in hospitality. If you are flexible, well organised, possess excellent communication skills, can work on your own initiative as well as motivating others, have a genuine desire to work in the hospitality industry and are looking for a structured career path then apply online today.

Some Of The Perks Our Colleagues 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
• Meals on duty
• 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
  
  

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we operate over 270 hotels across the United Kingdom and Europe. We look after over 55 hotels across the UK & Ireland, and being one of the fastest growing hotel groups, we have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to come join us!

About Leonardo Hotel And Conference Venue Hinckley Island

Off the M69, this modern hotel is 6.9 miles from Nuneaton and 9.8 miles from Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre. The stylish rooms have contemporary furnishings and decor, and come with free Wi-Fi and TVs, while suites add separate lounge areas. 24-hour room service is available. Breakfast is provided (surcharge), and there are multiple other dining options including a sports bar, a bistro with an outdoor terrace, and a conservatory restaurant serving a modern European menu. Other amenities include 5 function rooms, a pool, a sauna and a gym, along with free parking.

About Leonardo Hotels

At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.

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 here in the UK & Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993! With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.

As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing.

At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations!

We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off!