About the Role
This position is accountable for proactively soliciting and handling sales opportunities. The role ensures that business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for effective service delivery. The individual will assist in leading day-to-day sales activities with a focus on building long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable the achievement of sales objectives, while also achieving personal sales goals.
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Candidate Profile
Education and Experience
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or a related major; with 3 years of experience in sales, marketing, or a related professional area.
OR
- 4-year bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or a related major; with 1 year of experience in sales, marketing, or a related professional area.
Core Work Activities
Building Successful Relationships that Generate Sales Opportunities
- Works collaboratively with off-property sales channels to ensure sales efforts are coordinated, complementary, and not duplicative.
- Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings through sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.
- Develops relationships within the community to strengthen and expand the customer base for sales opportunities.
- Manages and develops relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Provides accurate, complete, and effective turnover to Event Management.
Managing Sales Activities
- Participates in sales calls with members of the sales team to acquire new business and/or close on business.
- Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked, such as generating proposals, writing contracts, and customer correspondence.
Using Knowledge of Market Trends and Target Customer Information to Maximize Revenue
- Identifies new business to achieve personal and location revenue goals.
- Understands the overall market, including competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, and supply and demand, while knowing how to sell against them.
- Closes the best opportunities for the location based on market conditions and location needs.
- Gains understanding of the location’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves customers by understanding their business, business issues, and concerns to offer better business solutions.
Providing Exceptional Customer Service
- Supports the company’s service and relationship strategy, driving customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience.
- Services customers to grow the share of the account.
- Executes and supports the company’s customer service standards.
- Provides excellent customer service consistent with the daily service basics of the company.
- Sets a positive example for guest relations.
- Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.
Benefits
- Joining a global brand that values diversity and inclusion among its associates.
- Opportunities for training and development in a collaborative environment.
- A focus on the well-being of associates to ensure that they can provide exceptional service to guests.
