Director of Sales

Job Ref: DAL5583

Branch: Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport Central

Location: Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport Central

Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Shift pattern: Flexible

Hours per week: 39

Posted date: 31/07/2026

Closing date: 31/08/2026

Director of Sales

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for hospitality? At Dalata Hotel Group, we believe that great teamwork and leadership are at the heart of hospitality. Dalata Hotel Group are currently looking for an experienced Director of Sales who is eager to take ownership, elevate their teams, and drive outstanding performance while continuing to grow professionally.

In this role, you will enjoy the unique opportunity to shape the culture and success of your team and contribute to the strategy of this hotel. If you are looking for the next opportunity or move in your career in a supportive environment that values innovation and excellence, we invite you to be part of our thriving community at Dalata Hotel Group.

As Director of Sales, you will report to the General Manager. You will guide and manage hotel operations effectively, ensuring exceptional guest experiences, strategic growth, and high-performance standards while fostering a positive work environment and driving financial success.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Build and inspire a dynamic sales team, motivating and empowering them to achieve and exceed sales targets.

Building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Lead the hotel strategy in the planning and forecasting of owned business segments.

Support adopt a culture of lead generation across the hotel.

Represent the hotel at sales team meetings, internal external customer led events as appropriate.

Adoption of all available tools to support efficient ways of working including CRM, BI Tool, Market Intelligence Tools and Solver.

Customer Facing- Owned Segments

Develop and nurture relationships for the hotel with key national global clients through ongoing account management.

Strategic approach for key segments of owned segments and identify opportunities to drive revenue and reduce costs.

To participate fully in all sales activities including telesales, sales calls, corporate entertaining, fam trips, social events, and overseas sales trips, as necessary.

Identification and management of new opportunities in your market in line with hotel strategy and across the wider Dalata portfolio.

Collaborate with Account Management Team to nurture existing, and secure new opportunities following the Dalata sales process.

Planning Forecasting

Collaborate with General Manager Revenue Manager on rate strategy, budget planning, forecasting for owned segments including meetings and events. Identifying analysing opportunities to ensure they fit with the hotel business strategy.

Undertake monthly corporate tracking of corporate accounts in the hotels to monitor production and more importantly to identify any decreases and take necessary action to remedy.

Analysis of GDS production reports market intelligence information to develop this business channel for the hotel.

Timely production of monthly ad hoc reports.

Write quarterly activity plans to create focus for the hotel team and adapt activity to support business needs.

Team Management

Regular engagement with team on their performance

Mentor and coach hotel sales and ME teams and develop talent pipeline

Ensure Sales team resources are appropriately distributed across the area to meet the demands of the business

Represent the sales team at agreed internal meetings

Requirements:

Minimum 3 years’ experience working as an Assistant Director of Sales/Sales Manager

Strong leadership skills experience of managing a team

Effective communicator

Be commercially aware with strong analytical skills, be able to understand key business indicators and competitive trends

Excellent organisation and planning skills

Sales focused and results driven

Knowledge of the Dublin market essential

Benefits:

50% Off FB in all properties

€/£60 employee rate on rooms for all Dalata hotels

30% off Friends Family rates

Pension access (Ask your HR Manager for local pension information)

Performance-related bonus plan

Development Opportunities through our Dalata Academy to support your career journey

Free employee meals on duty

Extra AL day for every year worked (5 days to a maximum of 5 days)

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme/Transport Schemes

Staff Appreciation Initiatives, fun team-building activities and regular charity events

About us

Dalata Hotel Group – We bring the heart of hospitality to every hotel we own and operate. We see our growth and expansion plans as a way of spreading our unique way of caring for our guests further around the world, bringing better experiences to more people. Currently, the Dalata difference can be felt at each of our hotels in Ireland, the UK, Germany the Netherlands, and we’ll keep expanding this further, focusing on key UK cities, Dublin and Continental Europe.

Helping our people to grow and develop their careers is vitally important to us and is one of our highest priorities. We have many exciting and unique internal development programmes, each crafted to make sure our employees get the learning they need to be able to take the next step in their careers.

Dalata Hotel Group is an Inclusive Employer. We actively encourage people from all backgrounds and abilities to apply to be part of our team. However, we understand everyone's needs are different; therefore, if you require any accommodations with this application process, please highlight your needs when you are completing your application.

At The Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport Central , we are driven by our brand promise: Yes I Can! – delivering exceptional service with every guest interaction. As part of the globally trusted Clayton Hotels brand, we embody a culture of professionalism, hospitality, and integrity. Our team takes pride in creating memorable moments through warm, genuine, and thoughtful service. If you're passionate about hospitality and want to grow with a brand that values people, purpose, and performance, Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport Central is the right place for you.