Event Sales Coordinator

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About us

The Westin Sydney is an award winning deluxe hotel set in the heart of Sydney's fashion and finance district. Part of the redevelopment of Sydney's historic General Post Office on Martin Place, this luxurious hotel is surrounded by Sydney's most exclusive designer shopping, best restaurants, theatres and nightlife. Uniquely combining Sydney's original General Post Office building with a modern 31-storey tower, the hotel has 416 rooms and suites. The hotels offers impressive event and banquet facilities featuring a highly flexible and sophisticated pillar free hotel ballroom which can accommodate up to 1,000 guests for a seated event, as well as a Victorian style ballroom and eight smaller function spaces.

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The Role




We are looking for a confident, self-motivated applicant who has great attention to details, excellent communication skills, is well presented and interested in an event or Sales career.

The Event Sales Coordinator is responsible for providing administrative support to the Catering & Conventions team. This includes being a co-champion for the Sales & Catering database (ISAC), preparation of proposals and contracts, answering all incoming general phone line enquires and being accountable for a specific task list relating to reporting, administration support and client interaction.

Areas of responsibility include:

·  Be the first impression of The Westin Sydney events team, handling all phone enquires
·  Support the Sales Executives with all administration tasks including, proposal preparation, floor plans, event orders and billing
·  Promote the hotel to potential customers via phone and in person on site inspections delivering an on-brand interaction
·  Coordinate signage, complete reports and provide timely and accurate communication to operation teams
·  Manage the sales and catering database

This role provides an opportunity for development in both administration and sales skills and scope to work towards handling and converting small meeting enquiries – a true evolve and grow position.

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