Event sales manager in luxury hospitality

Our team needs you as our new Event Sales Manager – Planning (m/f/d). InterContinental Berlin has 558 rooms and suites and, with 55 event rooms and capacity for up to 3,000 people, is one of Germany’s leading and highest-revenue conference and event hotels. Wherever your personal interests and talents lie, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts and IHG will ensure that you can continue to be yourself, in keeping with our principle, “Room to be yourself.”

• Planning and execution of in-house events for up to 1,200 guests
• This includes exclusive bookings, congresses, events with and without exhibitions for our MICE existing clients, and day events for up to 800 guests
• You are responsible for the smooth running of the planned events
• Responsibility for the complete recording of all details discussed
• Creating and updating forecasts for each booking
• Close collaboration with the operational departments within the hotel
• Conducting meetings in preparation for events
• Primary point of contact for customers as well as internal and operational departments
• Conducting pre-convention meetings for large events

• You have several years of experience in convention / event sales in international luxury hotels, preferably in a comparable position at a hotel chain
• You have experience planning events for large congresses and events with 500 or more participants
• You are assertive and communicative, and have a very good analytical approach to work
• You can use your professional expertise to convince customers of our meeting expertise and the breadth of our services
• You are curious, highly ambitious, and success-oriented
• You have a confident and assured manner, with strong communication skills
• You are resilient and have a goal-oriented approach to work, a high level of initiative, and a strong willingness to contribute

• Permanent employment contract
• Attractive remuneration system in accordance with the collective agreement
• Holiday allowance of €15 per day
• Annual special payment of up to a 13th month's salary
• Corporate Benefits
• Comprehensive orientation and onboarding
• Regular development discussions
• Extensive training tools
• Transfer opportunities within IHG
• Provision and cleaning of work clothing
• Regular team events
• Balanced and varied buffet
• Electronic time-tracking system