Management eventcampus baselland (100%)

About the job

The House of Economy (HDW) is a modern meeting place for companies, associations and people who want to make a difference. With its attractive infrastructure, diverse services and strong ties to the regional economy, it offers ideal conditions for conferences, seminars, meetings and events.

Under the brand eventcampus baselland, we market the modern meeting, seminar and event rooms of the HDW. Together with the other service areas in the house, we offer our customers a versatile range from room rental to catering and event technology to event organisation.

For the management of this area, we are looking for a sales-strong, entrepreneurial-minded personality to start immediately or by arrangement.

Your mission

You take responsibility for the successful marketing of our meeting, seminar and event rooms. You maintain existing customer relationships, develop new customer groups and continuously develop the business with joy in personal sales.

In doing so, you benefit from attractive infrastructure, a strong network in the regional economy and the diverse services under one roof. Together with your team and the other partners in the HDW, you ensure satisfied customers and economically successful events.

The focus of your activity lies in active market development and personal sales.

Your tasks

• Sales and acquisition: You systematically work the regional market, actively approach potential customers, conduct personal sales talks and accompany prospects from the first contact to successful conclusion.
• Customer development: You maintain existing customer relationships, identify new business opportunities and win companies and organisations for recurring events.
• Marketing and profitability: You ensure attractive utilisation of our rooms, design market-appropriate offers and prices and keep an eye on the profitability of the business.
• Sales management: You systematically process target customers and sales opportunities in the CRM, consistently follow up your offers and manage your sales activities based on clear goals and results.
• Leadership and operation: You lead a small team of two employees and, together with the other service areas in the HDW, ensure smooth rental operations.
• Collaboration: You work closely and straightforwardly with catering, event technology, event management, facility management and communication and use the diverse possibilities of the house in the interest of our customers.
• Offer and quality: You specifically develop our offers based on concrete customer needs and market experience and ensure high customer satisfaction.

Your profile

• You have several years of experience in active sales and can demonstrate concrete successes in acquiring new customers and closing deals, ideally in the seminar, conference, hospitality or event business.
• You enjoy personal customer contact, like approaching people and know how to develop long-term business relationships from contacts.
• You think entrepreneurially, recognise market opportunities and have a good sense for customer needs, market-appropriate prices and economically attractive offers.
• You bring hosting qualities and understand the requirements of a professional event operation.
• You know the Basel and Northwestern Switzerland economic region and ideally have a corresponding network.
• You work independently, structured and result-oriented and are familiar with CRM systems and digital booking tools.
• You have experience in leading small teams or bring the appropriate aptitude. You see yourself as part of the team and appreciate collaboration with independent partner areas.
• You are a pragmatic, solution-oriented personality who takes responsibility and likes to advance things straightforwardly.
• You have commercial or industry-specific training and further education. Your experience, personality and sales successes are decisive.
• You are willing to work evenings or occasionally at weekends as needed during events and hold a category B driving licence.

What we offer you

• A versatile and responsible management position with great scope for design and direct influence on business success.
• An attractive, modern event infrastructure with an established customer base and great potential in the regional economy.
• A small, committed team and collaboration with experienced specialists from catering, technology, communication and event management.
• Short decision-making paths, an entrepreneurial environment and the opportunity to implement your own ideas directly in the market.
• A modern workplace in the House of Economy in Pratteln, just a few minutes’ walk from the station.
• Attractive employment conditions with above-average social benefits, additional paid leave and bridge days, meal discounts, free use of the HDW fitness centre and other employee benefits.

Workplace

House of Economy HDW
Hardstrasse 1, 4133 Pratteln

Application

Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to your application.

Please send your complete application documents (cover letter, CV, work certificates and diplomas). Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered.

Thomas Früh
Member of the Executive Board
VBS Verband-Services AG