Sales Manager (Saudi National)
IHG.com
Office
Saudi Arabia
Full Time
Your day to day
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• Solicit new and existing accounts to meet and exceed revenue goals through telephone
prospecting, outside sales calls, site inspections, and written communication.
• Maximize revenue by selling all hotel facets to current, potential, and past clients, both
verbally and in writing.
• Ensure account details are handled thoroughly, with all solicitation and closing activities
documented. Coordinate with various departments to service accounts.
• Develop and deliver persuasive verbal sales presentations to prospective clients.
• Prepare information for, meet with, and entertain clients as appropriate based on potential
business from their accounts.
• Communicate effectively with all hotel departments to ensure high high-quality service for clients.
• Maintain regular attendance and availability to work as needed.
• Prepare correspondence, internal booking reports, and file maintenance.
• Participate in daily business review meetings, pre pre-convention meetings, training, and other
sales sales-related activities.
• Attend trade shows, community events, and industry meetings to stay updated on market
trends and build relationships.
• Maintain knowledge of market trends, competition, and key customers for the hotel.
- What we need from you
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- 2+ years of past in the field of hospitality sales experience preferred. in catering sales.
- Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be able to speak, read,
- write, and understand English. Must possess computer skills, including, but not limited to.
- Knowledge of hotel features, benefits, and competing hotels within the market
- Ability to execute appropriate action plans.
- Knowledge of hotel operations, including marketing plans, preparation of business plans,
- budget forecasting, quality assurance programs, and long long-range planning.
- Leadership skills to motivate and develop staff and to ensure the accomplishment of goals.
- Able to set priorities, plan, organize, and delegate.
- Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines.
- How do I deliver this?
- We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True
- Hospitality each and every day. It’s what connects every colleague in all IHG ®hotels
- True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine
- connections with guests
- True Confidence : having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving guests the
- confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
- True Listening : focusing on what your guest is saying, picking up on body language that is
- often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
- True Responsiveness : is about providing guests with what they need, and doing so in a
- timely and caring manner
- There’s so much more to the job than we can capture here. It’s simply about creating great
- experiences, doing the right thing and understanding people
- What we need from you
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- 2+ years of past in the field of hospitality sales experience preferred. in catering sales.
- Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be able to speak, read,
- write, and understand English. Must possess computer skills, including, but not limited to.
- Knowledge of hotel features, benefits, and competing hotels within the market
- Ability to execute appropriate action plans.
- Knowledge of hotel operations, including marketing plans, preparation of business plans,
- budget forecasting, quality assurance programs, and long long-range planning.
- Leadership skills to motivate and develop staff and to ensure the accomplishment of goals.
- Able to set priorities, plan, organize, and delegate.
- Ability to work effectively under time constraints and deadlines.
- What we offer
- We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits
- – including a uniform, great
- room discount and superb training.
- Join us and you’ll become part of the family
- – and like all families, all our individual team
- members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust
- and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need
- to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as
- always looking for ways to improve -visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.
- IHG is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans.