Sales and Events Manager - San Carlo - Liverpool, Merseyside

Sales and Events Manager - San Carlo - Liverpool, Merseyside

San Carlo Liverpool are hiring a Sales and Events Manager!

Our story

The Distefano family, spanning two generations, started San Carlo over 30 years ago and seen it grow to twenty-five authentic Italian restaurants across the UK - from Covent Garden, Piccadilly and Knightsbridge in London to Bristol, Leicester, Liverpool Leeds, Cheshire and Manchester and with a growing number overseas - including Kuwait, Bangkok and Qatar and with new sites set to open in Bahrain, Dubai.

Colleague Benefits:

• You will be joining, one of the world's leading family-owned companies - which means global opportunities
• Delicious, healthy Meals whilst on duty - all free
• 30% discount in our restaurants, for you and your friends & family
• Gym discount scheme
• Squadra - our very own people platform offering you free discounts and rewards at thousands of companies worldwide from groceries to holidays.
• Support in training and continuing Professional development
• Online development training with our San Carlo App 'lacademia'
• Wagestream - giving you flexibility to access, track, build and better manage your pay.
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with a 24/7 helpline for you and your family.
• Free confidential counselling sessions to help with you and your families wellbeing
• Free online health portal - giving you resources at your fingertips to help you reach your goals.
• Access to Hapi-life - a platform to help you live your life healthier covering Mental, Financial, Social & Physical wellbeing.
• Bring your friends and take part in our generous 'Refer a Friend' programme and earn up to 1000 per person!

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with restaurant GM's in your region to plan and organise events
• Build a strong network of businesses and local communities, to maximise sales opportunities
• Build relationships with new, existing and regular guests
• Ensure new guests are continually fed into the business, using a proactive sales approach to market the San Carlo current offering
• Continually drive sales through private bookings and events
• Marketing of the restaurants trough social media accounts - LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok
• Ownership of inbound sales and the booking system, maximising sales opportunities
• Regularly attend networking events and sales opportunities to stay informed about market trends

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• 2 year's experience in a similar role
• Team management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail, highly organised and capable of handling multiple tasks
• A proactive self-starter who can work independently with good judgement and minimal direction