- Educate customer on sales transformation organization.
- Achieve sales objectives and goals as set by the management.
- Build rapport with key corporate accounts.
- Complete assigned sales calls on a daily basis.
- Conduct site inspections.
- When required attend/schedule lunch entertainment for key corporate accounts.
- Share with team in sales briefing once a week pertaining to the corporate business environment in the markets.
- Ensure that all accounts profile and all sales reports and any other relevant information are updated.
- Schedule calls to be made one week in advance and share this information in the daily sales briefings.
- Coordinate sales blitzes in the designated areas of growth potential in city, industrial area with immediate supervisor.
- To develop a practice of weekly sales call plan in order to help better planning in terms of time management, sales objectives and who we want to see.
- Organize business entertainment to include: luncheons, dinners, cocktails to know the client and giving them confidence in the hotel management team. Introduce the director of sales, director of marketing and general manager whenever possible.
- Track and share information regarding new business trends.
- Understand factors that affect the market, inform management accordingly and come with the solution.
- Check market share and performance of the competitive hotel revenues.
- Keep track of the competitors regarding special promotions and rate packages.
- Ensure that company’s SOPs and property LSOPs are in place and adhered to.
- Carry out administrative duties.
- Monitor monthly results and performance of corporate accounts.
- Communicate effectively to ensure that the sales function is carried out smoothly and commitments are met.
- Submit sales activities reports on a monthly basis outlining:
+ Total number of calls with details
+ Past month activities
+ Corporate production against budget and goals
+ Major business leads for that month and for the future
+ Entertainment report
+ Your top twenty accounts
+ Any competitor information
+ Upcoming projects
- Check and implement the mailing system to make sure that everybody updates and check the accounts.
- Build up good rapport with the other hotel departments.
- Liaise with the corporate sales office on business leads and corporate sales programs relating to that market and the use of travel partners.
- Performs sales and marketing functions or related duties and special projects as assigned and directed by the director of sales.
- Make sales calls weekly on the accounts in the assigned areas; of which has to include new accounts every week.
- Dress in a manner which is conductive to a business environment whereby first impressions reflect on the hotel image.
- Other task by DOS
