Sales Manager

Job responsibilities

• Solicitation through effective oral and written communication while overseeing rate, date and space commitments for group room sales within the hotel.
• Collaborate with the hotel General Manager and team members to foster a holistic relationship to promote the hotel.
• Compile and/or direct the preparation of reports pertaining to the operation of the Sales Department to include, but not limited to the annual and monthly forecast, marketing budget, lead management system, group booking pace report, star reports and sales meeting minutes.
• Cook up ongoing research of the travel industry to detect market trends and related information for development of new marketing strategies. Make reasonable recommendations to improve potential from various markets.
• Develop and conduct persuasive verbal sales presentations to prospective clients.
• Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to the staff.
• Initiate preparation of computerized annual business plan and execute plans as outlined, critically examining and adjusting as deemed necessary by current market conditions.
• Organize and/or attend scheduled sales department, executive committee, and related meetings.

Qualifications

• Sales experience in the hospitality industry required.
• 2+ years of sales and marketing leadership in similar sized operation preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and gmail systems.
• Knowledge of computer accounting programs, math skills, as well as budgetary analysis capabilities required.
• Extensive knowledge of sales skills, revenue management, and motivation of team members.
• Ability to effectively listen, communicate and perform diplomacy with internal and external customers and staff in all situations.
• Ability to stand and move throughout the hotel property and continuously perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills. Ability to adapt communication style to suit different audiences, such as effectively communicating with supervisors, coworkers, public etc.
• Willing to work evenings and occasianly a weekend. (very rare)

Benefits

• Safe and stable work environment with an open-door policy.
• Paid vacation.
• Paid training.
• Discounted room nights when traveling in our family of hotels.

Culture

24-7 Hotel Management is a local company in the hospitality industry that maximizes our profit potential through training, support, and by creating a dynamic culture for our quality personnel. We have empowered our team members to execute their duties in a manner that ensures our Guests Come First, we sustain exceptional guest satisfaction by aggressively pursuing attention to detail and adding the “WOW” factor to every guest contact and adding TEAMWORK central to every endeavor.