Corporate Sales Manager - London

Your role

As our Corporate Sales Manager, you will work in partnership with our Director of Sales and Global sales teams to oversee our key Corporate market for the hotel. Initially your focus will be getting the hotel back up and running with a focus on UK domestic business along with any other corporate markets including Groups & Transient. As our first international property outside the USA, you will help develop the sales and business development strategy to target key corporate accounts travelling inbound to London [in addition to any local corporate accounts].

You will of course meet and entertain all of our key corporate VIP clients, partners and travel managers, through individual dinners, or larger fam-trips (once restrictions allow) which will allow you to showcase our property. As your clients will expect to be wowed [It’s The Standard after all] you will coordinate requests, itineraries, and services with other Heads of Departments to ensure delivery of exceptional guest service; that will not only delight your clients, but create the ultimate guest experience in London, that is anything but Standard!

The Covid19 pandemic has severely restricted international travel, however once it is safe and permitted your role will involve international travel in order to develop key corporate feeder markets; from within the UK and Europe. This may include roadshows, sales calls and international travel trade fairs to promote not only The Standard, London but also our wider group. This is not a ‘Standard’ Sales Manager job so you will need to have miles and miles of personality and stamina, be highly social, upbeat and friendly; confident and can handle pressure well; thrive in a high volume, high energy environment and able to work equally well both independently and as part of a team.

Do you have what it takes to be our Corporate Sales Manager at The Standard....

While we take every detail of design and guest experience seriously, we do not take ourselves too seriously. ‘Standard People’ are at the heart of our brand; vivid, dynamic and engaging. You will need to be a confident and proactive self-starter and are ideally seeking an individual with a number of years’ experience gained in a Corporate Sales role gained within the UK or International Hospitality industry. In addition to this you will also need…

• Minimum of 5 years Sales experience ideally gained in a similar senior role in the Luxury, ‘Lifestyle’ or boutique hotel sector
• Have prior experience of developing account leads, contracting accounts, RFP proposals and account management to increase production
• Prior experience of working with the financial, pharma, legal, automotive, telecommunication industries.
• Highly motivated and pro-active; acting with professionalism and positivity in all interactions
• Sound decision making; the calm in the storm
• Expert abilities in Opera, Delphi, Salesforce and Microsoft Office

We are defined by our richness of personality and diversity of background and lifestyle so if you think you have what it takes to be our Corporate Sales Manager we’d love to meet with you.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates. as