CEME Conference Centre is recruiting...

JOB ADVERTISEMENT – EVENT SALES COORDINATOR

Title: Event Sales Coordinator

Location:         CEME Conference Centre, London Borough of Havering RM13 8EU

Sector: Conference & Events (Sales, Marketing & Administration)

Job role:         Administration of enquiries and bookings in busy Conference Office

Salary: £23000.00 Basic (with annual staff bonus)

Working:         Full time 

Overview

CEME Conference Centre is a modern, purpose built conference centre with 23 meeting rooms including a POD Theatre, large exhibition space, boardroom and a variety of contemporary meeting rooms. CEME provide conference, meeting and event facilities for training and business seminars, team building, product launches, corporate hospitality, weddings and private functions. CEME is a Gold accredited venue with the MIA – the only one in East London or Essex, a World Host venue and a member of Conference Centres of Excellence.

We are now seeking an experienced, professional Event Sales Coordinator to support the busy conference office in the areas of conference enquiry handling, the production of financial information for charging and supporting the marketing activities within the conference centre. You must possess substantial knowledge and experience within the events and conference market, preferably with London experience, and have worked in a similar role in a comparable venue. 

Your main responsibilities will be to deal with new event enquiries and promptly submit proposal to clients and agents, produce the weekly financial figures from the event management system for charging and support the marketing manager across a number of marketing activities, specifically digital and e-marketing, e-mail distribution, CMS, SEO maximisation and social media and attending exhibitions and MICE industry events. The position is office based, mainly Monday to Friday with some requirement for support to the operations team in the supervision/management of evening and weekend events 

You will be directly responsible for taking sales enquiries and putting bookings onto the Rendezvous event management system and extracting sales information and developing the CRM system. Exceptional customer service and communication skills are critical to the role as is the ability to work under pressure, to organise and prioritise effectively, be flexible and do everything that is required to get the job done. 

You will have a strong sales focus in winning and growing business. You will conduct show-rounds and be well presented. You will have financial acumen and be able to produce weekly sales reports and financial information. You will be able to demonstrate a good operational knowledge of hospitality and conference services for up to 800 delegates and of the wider London events market. 

This is an unprecedented opportunity with an excellent benefits package to join a new events team in the development of one of East London’s most impressive Conference venues that has grown business by over 125% in just two years and play a substantial role in the ongoing success and growth of the operation. 

For more information please contact Debbie Beckett, Marketing Manager at debbie.beckett@ceme.co.uk