Rothamsted Enterprises are looking to appoint a Sales and Marketing Manager to proactively develop their commercial business in Rothamsted Conference Centre and Rothamsted Manor. Events delivered include corporate events, conferences and weddings, as well as specific Ag-tech industry events.
The successful candidate will have ideally worked in a similar role in Hospitality or Conferencing and Events, for at least three years and will have a strong knowledge of the industry and existing relationships within the sector. A solid understanding and passion for the relationship between Sales and Marketing is essential and experience in improving outputs will be key.
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, a creative edge and have a talent for not only selling but maintaining strong relationships and delivering high quality customer service. An enthusiastic, genuine and consultative approach will be essential to success in this role, as well business and financial acumen. Market presence and brand awareness is key, as well has having a creative flair when it comes to creating marketing campaigns and also events to attract prospective clients (e.g. open days, networking events).
Salary from £32,000 per annum depending on experience.
The vacancy will close on Wednesday 9th November 2022, 23:59.
First round interviews via Microsoft Teams week commencing 14th November 2022.
Second round in-person interviews week commencing 21st November 2022.
Rothamsted Enterprises was established in 2015 with four key business areas in our portfolio: Rothamsted Agri-Tech Business Centre; Rothamsted Manor; Rothamsted Conference Centre and Rothamsted Restaurant.
We have a variety of office and lab spaces for rent as well as a newly refurbished hotdesking hub, a superb, spacious conference centre, a popular local café, and a Grade 1 listed weddings and events venue.
Rothamsted Enterprises is built on a strong, diverse, and financially sound platform that capitalises on the facilities on site and our excellent transport links.
We are proud to be part of the Rothamsted family – a campus steeped in agricultural science history thanks to the discoveries of our founder Sir John Lawes and all that have followed in his footsteps.
Our team culture is supportive, friendly, honest, hardworking and ambitious.
Our commitment to learning and development, equality and diversity enable a welcoming environment for all prospective employees. We have an attractive benefits package including 28 days annual leave (incl bank holidays), free lunch and hot drink daily from the café, discounts on other food and drink purchases, a generous pension scheme and an attractive campus close to nature, offering walks and recreational activities – such as tennis courts, and a small gym.
Rothamsted Enterprises is a commercial entity owned by the Lawes Agricultural Trust, Rothamsted Research and BBSRC. The income generated is gifted back to the partners to ensure long-term financial sustainability for science and research. Our role:
To ensure financial sustainability
To foster relationships
To facilitate opportunities for collaboration and deliver impact
Our Core Values
Our values are extremely important to us all and it’s no coincidence that the acronym for our values is RARE.
Relationships
Relationships are one of the four pillars of the Rothamsted Enterprises brand. We actively develop and nurture internal relationships. We feel proud of Rothamsted Enterprises as a great place to work. We are a supportive team, both onsite to clients, tenants and staff, and externally to new prospects and referrers. We thrive on building new partnerships with tenants, external businesses, internal stakeholders and staff. We facilitate and enable collaboration, through the Incubation Centre and Innovation Hub, through the conferences we deliver, through our close relationship with Rothamsted Research, and through being a business meeting point locally.
Acceleration
Rothamsted Enterprises enables innovation and collaboration, to drive forward agritech research from agritech businesses, which will ultimately deliver new science. We can support these businesses by providing them with access to world-class scientific facilities and services. We are an integral part of the Rothamsted Campus, to change the world together. As an organisation, we accelerate learning and facilitate business growth by giving our tenants access to strategic partners and investors as well as extensive training opportunities.
Results
The financial results of Rothamsted Enterprises are a key focus for the whole team. We enable and create impact on society through innovation and collaboration. We create employment in the local community and provide excellent career opportunities and job satisfaction for our people. We aim to achieve occupancy rates of 80% in our event venues. We want to achieve growth across the portfolio, increased brand awareness and enquiry numbers. Importantly, this growth should be via us securing the right type of business and clients. We are each of us developing successful relationships with staff, clients, tenants, local, regional and national businesses, and the international agritech community. We want happy customers internally and externally. As a business, we will deliver on clients’ needs, get things done and be a solutions provider. We will exceed expectations through a strong attention to detail and ensure Rothamsted Enterprises is valued by all stakeholders and target audiences.
Excellence
Excellence flows throughout Rothamsted Enterprises offerings. Whether that’s our state-of-the-art conferencing and events facilities, the experience that clients and tenants have when they choose us, our gold standard customer service provided by our highly-experienced team of experts. Our facilities are of the highest standard – cleanliness, food, customer service, flexibility of use of our space, using the latest technology. Our excellent staff training ensures this. Our people show integrity, always. Our clients enjoy an excellent return on investment when they choose us and that drives customer retention and repeat business. We represent good value across all our offerings. Our people focus on attention to detail, understanding and delivering according to clients’ bespoke needs and requirements. We pride ourselves on individual attention.
Agritech Business Centre
Conference Centre
Restaurant
Manor
