Senior Business Development Manager (Meetings & Events) - Chichester

Senior Business Development Manager (Meetings & Events) - Chichester Our Business Development team have a varied and exciting role to play in proactively selling and building long term relationships with local, regional and national clients, delivering revenue across the Goodwood estate for Meetings, Events, Celebrations, Venues and Golf.
We are now looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to join our close-knit team.
You'll create and deliver strategies that drive new business from all sectors, especially focussing on SMEs, HNWIs and C-suite clients.
You'll work to a team target and your own personal KPIs.
You can certainly expect no two days to be the same, as you could be networking in London one day, and working at one of our event days the next.
Flexibility is therefore required with regard to working hours.
Excellent negotiation and influencing skills across all levels are key for this role and you'll be a natural at creating detailed sales plans that deliver revenue.
If you enjoy networking, are commercially astute and enjoy seeking sales opportunities, this could be the perfect job for you.
What you'll need: Proven experience of working within a fast-paced commercial sales environment Clear evidence of targeting, creating and closing sales in the Entertaining & Hospitality sector Ability to research, create, identify and close sales opportunities Strong commercial acumen proven in the broader Entertaining & Hospitality environment Excellent proactive networking experience What you'll get: A competitive package which will include: Discounted products from across the Estate Free Gym and Health Club Membership A health cash plan Event tickets to our motorsport and horseracing events A sales focussed bonus scheme A beautifully unique environment