Premium Sales Manager

YTL Live at Brabazon is an ambitious project aimed at transforming the historic Brabazon hangars and surrounding area into Bristol's premier live entertainment district. It will boast a 20,000-capacity indoor arena, a 10,000sqm conference and exhibition centre and a new social hub.

Set to be the South West's top destination for music, comedy, sports, and entertainment, YTL Live promises unforgettable experiences for everyone. This project is part of a larger £3 billion investment in the Brabazon neighbourhood, projected to boost the local economy by £1.5 billion.

Join us now as our Premium Sales Manager and you'll apply your commercial knowledge and creative flair to establish and maintain exciting and engaging client relationships. Ours is a dynamic, high-energy environment where you can shape success on stage and across the South West.

What you'll do

Ideally, you will know Bristol and the South West of England, and you'll use your network to deliver your premium hospitality sales targets. Confident in our exceptional offering and passionate about live entertainment, you'll also be excited about looking ahead to see how you can help shape the ideas that create unforgettable live experiences.

You will play a key role in selling annual memberships for suites and premium hospitality for YTL Arena, with a key part of your future role being to lead and motivate the sales team in establishing the kind of competitive sales culture in which they will thrive.

Your core experience will allow you to identify new key corporate and community relationships, which will assist you in developing new sales opportunities, as well as prospecting and fully engaging with key decision-making executives and high net worth individual buyers.

Your personality and experience will drive you to meet and exceed assigned sales goals for a menu of premium hospitality products, while managing, motivating, and providing leadership to the sales team.

You will represent us at various events, with the purpose of gathering leads, networking, and selling.

What you'll need

Whether you've built your career in entertainment, sports or a broader sales role, you will be a top performer.

You will be a confident and capable people person who is excited by the opportunity to deliver our vision: putting Bristol on the world stage for live music and entertainment.

You will have a track record for influencing, negotiating, and closing high value deals, through pitching and presenting to key stakeholders.

You will have experience closing annual five to six figure premium hospitality deals and expertise in identifying opportunities and developing sales strategies.

What you'll receive

• Combined pension contributions up to 20%.
• Career progression and professional development opportunities. 
• 25 days' holiday rising to 28 with length of service.
• Performance related bonus.
• The opportunity to buy up to ten days' holiday and sell up to five every year.
• A healthcare package that allows you to claim back healthcare costs.
• Life assurance of up to eight times your salary. 
• A new electric car in exchange for part of your gross salary, subject to conditions. 
• Cashback and discounts from more than 3,000 retailers.
• One paid volunteering day each year. 
• Enhanced family leave and pay arrangements. 
• An interactive health and wellbeing platform.
• Support from mental health first aiders.
• A £1,000 referral fee if you recommend someone to work for us

Who we are

YTL UK is part of the international YTL Group based in Kuala Lumpur. The UK companies include:

• Wessex Water – one of the top-performing water and sewerage companies in England and Wales, serving 2.9 million people across the South West
• YTL Developments – a major UK developer currently redeveloping a 350 acre former airfield into an award winning, exciting mix of houses, apartments, schools, commercial space, restaurants and hotels, to make a truly sustainable new community
• YTL Construction UK – a top 20 UK contractor providing fully integrated services to infrastructure, residential, commercial, industry, energy and environmental sectors
• YTL Arena – the development and operation of an entertainment complex that includes a 20,000 capacity arena, conferencing and exhibition space
• plus a number of other retail, environmental and specialist businesses.

Our people tell us that YTL UK is a great place to work, which is why so many of them stay with us! You will have a unique opportunity to develop and progress your career within such a diverse group.

We are passionate about diversity and inclusion – with that in mind, all applicants are welcome. We are delighted to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and are a Disability Confident Employer.  

If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process, please inform a member of our Recruitment team.