Events Sales Manager at Accor Hotel

About the Job

Job Description

Event Sales Manager

As an Event Sales Manager you responsibilities and essential job functions as follow:

• Assisting to conduct extensive competitor research and maintaining excellent product knowledge of the Hotel
• Understanding client needs and providing a proposal which best suits their requirements
• Overlooking and optimizing the utilization of rooms inventory and event spaces
• Ensuring correct booking procedures are applied in relation to group room allocations, meeting set-ups, catering terms and contractual agreements.
• Ensuring that all events are carried out in an innovative and appropriate manner
• To be conversant in all sales related activities and undertake such responsibilities as and when required, dictated by business levels.
• To have a strong hotel product knowledge and be well versed in up-selling techniques.
• Liaising and working closely with the related operation departments ensuring guest's requests and expectations are being met.
• Ensuring all employees maintain an updated awareness of Hotel product knowledge, current promotion, policy changes and appropriate internal communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in related field
• Experience in South Africa is preferred.
• Pro-active, self motivated, loves challenges
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience in a 5 star Hotel
• Excellent communication skills
• The ability to achieve sales targets and work in a highly pressurized environment
• Passion to lead and a desire to succeed