Sales and Events Manager

Hand Picked Hotels Ltd; Redhill; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job description

Hand Picked Hotels

Sales & Events Manager – Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa

Location: Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4EL

Salary: Highly competitive salary + service charge + excellent colleague benefits

Job Type: Full-time | Permanent | 5 days out of 7

Come and join our Team...

We are currently seeking a passionate and driven Sales & Events Manager at Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa, part of Hand Picked Hotels.

Perched high above the Surrey Hills, Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa offers an extraordinary setting to develop your hospitality career.

As part of our team, you’ll help shape the luxurious experiences that define the hotel. Whether supporting the award‑winning spa, as guests unwind in thermal suites and tranquil pools, or helping deliver refined dining in the Cloisters Restaurant, where modern British cuisine is served, your contribution will be central to creating unforgettable moments.

At Nutfield Priory, every detail is curated for comfort, pleasure, and genuine connection and our team embodies those same values. If you’re passionate about thoughtful, high‑quality hospitality and want to grow in a setting rich with character, beauty, and calm, Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa offers a truly exceptional place to thrive.

What will the role involve?

As our Sales & Events Manager, you will lead and inspire a team of Sales and Events Executives, ensuring exceptional service standards and outstanding attention to detail throughout the guest journey.

You’ll play a key role in delivering memorable, bespoke events, supporting event bookings and contributing to the budgeting and forecasting process to drive commercial success.

Maintaining a positive and driven working environment will be essential, alongside championing team development through training and upselling initiatives. By building strong relationships and making confident, well‑informed decisions, you’ll create a collaborative, high‑performing team.

Most of all we will want you to be inspired, have fun and enjoy being part of our Hand Picked Team.

This is a full‑time role working 5 days out of 7, 40 hours per week, which may vary depending on business.

What’s in it for you?

• A Highly competitive salary package.
• An opportunity to be part of an exciting and dynamic team that celebrates diversity and inclusion, making lifelong friendships along the way.
• Ongoing investment in your career progression, with access to our in house and external training programmes, including apprenticeships up to level 7, which are all supported by our learning and development team.
• 28 days holiday per year including bank holidays, increasing to 33 days including bank holidays with length of service.
• Uniform and meals on shift provided.
• Complimentary spa and gym access (*restrictions apply).
• Free onsite parking.
• Colleague assistance program to support you with whatever life throws at you.
• Company sickness scheme benefit.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Online retail discount platform offering thousands of savings with high street retailers and restaurants as well as a health and well‑being platform.
• Discounted stays in our hotels and on food, drink, spa treatments & products.
• Annual loyalty awards (like afternoon teas and overnight stays).
• Introduction bonus for new colleague recommendations.
• Colleague of the Month awards, which leads to our annual awards ceremony.
• Regular team gatherings and appreciation events.

Are you Hand Picked?

• We are looking for a passionate and driven individual with a willing attitude and a welcoming and friendly nature. We work as a team to ensure our hotel operates smoothly and our guests are receiving a high‑quality, personalised, and magical experience that they remember, recommend and return to time and time again.
• To be considered, you will have current Sales & Events Management experience within a 4 or 5 star luxury hotel environment.
• You will be commercially driven, motivated by targets, and thrive in a sales‑focused role.
• Highly organised and methodical, you’ll take a structured, systematic approach to your work.
• With excellent leadership and communication skills, you’ll be confident in coaching and developing others to reach their full potential.
• Strong knowledge of Opera, diary management, and Meetings & Events sales is essential, along with solid event planning expertise.
• Above all, you’ll bring a professional, approachable manner, anticipating guests’ needs and creating truly memorable experiences.
• We want people that are passionate, showing the ability to go above and beyond naturally, that take pride in delivering consistently high standards and pay attention to all the details.

Who we are…

Hand Picked Hotels was founded in 2001 by owner and Chairman, Julia Hands MBE, and today still remains a family‑owned group which has 21 unique luxury country houses and coastal retreats, each hand picked for their individuality. Architecturally distinctive and quintessentially British, every hotel boasts an extraordinary location from Scotland to the Channel Islands, offering breathtaking views from vast countryside to expansive beaches, to lush woodlands.

Dedicated to creating unique and enchanting stays, curated personalised service runs through the heart of every hotel. Whilst each hotel is individual, each property fulfils the company values of family, individuality, community and care, with a team commitment to aiming higher and delight their guests with magical experiences that offer a true escape from the every day.

Hand Picked Hotels are committed to protecting the environment for a sustainable future, and all of our hotels have received the ‘Green Tourism’ accreditation. A Recognition of our progress in reducing energy use and waste, supporting biodiversity, and sourcing responsibly from local and ethical partners.

Apply Today

If you're an experienced Sales & Events Manager looking to work in a luxury hotel, take the next step in your career with Nutfield Priory Hotel & Spa and apply now.

Hand Picked Hotels is an Equal Opportunities employer. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.