SrMgr-Sales I

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for proactively soliciting and managing large group/catering related opportunities with significant revenue potential. Manages group/catering opportunities not handled by an Event Booking Center (EBC). Actively up-sells each business opportunity to maximize revenue opportunity. Achieves personal and team related revenue goals. Verifies business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for proper service delivery. Responsible for driving customer/guest loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer/guest experience. Provides service to customers in order to grow the account on behalf of the company.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED; 2 years experience in the sales and marketing, guest services, front desk, or related professional area.

OR

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; no work experience required.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Understanding Market Opportunities & Driving Revenue

• Targets group/catering accounts, markets, or segments with heavy emphasis on proactive solicitation and account saturation.

• Partners with group/catering counterpart to effectively manage the business opportunity.

• Responds to incoming group/catering opportunities for the property that are outside parameters of the .

• Handles all opportunities if property does not participate in an EBC.

• Identifies, qualifies and solicits new group/catering business to achieve personal and each property’s revenue goals.

• Focuses efforts on group/catering accounts with significant potential sales revenue.

• Develops effective group/catering sales plans and actions.

• Designs, develops and sells creative catered events.

• Maximizes revenue by upselling packages and creative food and beverage.

• Understands the overall market - competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against them.

• Closes the best opportunities for each property based on market conditions and individual property needs.

• Uses negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to close on business and negotiate contracts.

Providing Exceptional Customer Service

• Handles complex business with significant revenue potential as well as significant customer expectations.

• Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.

• Develops relationships within community to strengthen and expand customer base for group/catering sales opportunities.

• Supports brand’s Service and Relationship Strategy, driving customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience.

• Provides excellent customer service in order to grow share of the account.

• Executes brand’s Customer Service Standards and property’s Brand Standards.

• Executes and supports the business Customer Service Standards and property’s Brand Standards.

• Participates in and practices daily service basics of the brand.

• Executes exemplary customer service to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty by assisting the customer and ensuring their satisfaction before and during their program/event.

• Serves the customer by understanding their needs and recommending the appropriate features and services that best meet their needs and exceed their expectations, while building a relationship and loyalty to the property and brand.

• Gains understanding of the property’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solution both prior to, and during the program/event.

Building Successful Relationships

• Works collaboratively with off-property sales channels (e.g., , Market Sales, Strategic Accounts) to ensure sales efforts are coordinated, complementary and not duplicative.

• Manages and develops relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Uses sales resources and administrative/support staff.

Additional Responsibilities

• Utilizes intranet for resources and information.

• Conducts site inspections.

• Creates contracts as required.

• Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked (e.g., generating proposal, writing contract, customer correspondence).

 

 
메리어트 인터내셔널의 럭셔리 포트폴리오에 속해 있는 JW 메리어트는 전 세계 관문도시와 특색 있는 리조트에 위치한 100개 이상의 아름다운 호텔로 구성되어 있습니다. JW는 동료를 최우선으로 생각합니다. 직원이 행복하면 고객도 행복하기 때문입니다. JW 메리어트의 직원들은 자신감 넘치고, 혁신적이며, 진실함과 동시에 직관적입니다. 또한, 직원들은 메리어트 호텔 이름을 따온 설립자 J. 윌러드 메리어트(J.Willard Marriott)의 유산을 계승하고 있습니다.JW 메리어트는 다른 호텔과는 차별화된 업무 경험을 제공하고 있기 때문에 커뮤니티의 일원이 되면, 여러분은 다양한 동료 그룹과 진정한 유대감을 느낄 수 있습니다. JW 메리어트는 직원을 위해 교육, 개발, 인식을 위한 기회를 창출하며, 무엇보다도 총체적인 웰빙에 초점을 맞춰 럭셔리한 환경에서 열정을 추구할 수 있는 공간을 마련해 드립니다. 고객을 특별하게 모시는 것은 JW 메리어트가 직원을 케어하는 방식에서 비롯됩니다. 우리는 이를 JW 트리트먼트(JW Treatment™)라 칭합니다. JW 메리어트에 입사하면 메리어트 인터내셔널의 브랜드 포트폴리오에 합류하게 됩니다. 최선을 다해 일하고, 목표를 향해 달리며, 훌륭한 글로벌 팀의 일원으로 최고의 나를 만들고 싶다면 JW 메리어트의 문을 두드리세요.