Sales Manager Holiday Inn Express Gurgaon Sector 50

our day to day
Financial returns
• Monitors competitor’s activities
and assists in marketing intelligence
• Aware of sales strategy and goals
when selling to negotiate optimum rate for the benefit
of the business
•
Sells all facets of the hotel with a view to optimizing opportunities
for revenue growth
• Monitors existing business and inputs into sales
strategy meetings to maximize
opportunities
• Grows existing business
and establishes and pursues all appropriate leads
• Assesses sales
and marketing data
• Stock control of collateral
• Works with Leadership
team in the preparation and management of the Sales &
Marketing
budget

The Sales Manager is responsible for all local sales
activities, accounts, and meetings in
line with the annual sales
and marketing plan. They work in a Smart and savvy way to
achieve hotel
budgets. They are creative in their approach and work towards
a successful
hotel sales strategy
People

•
• Manage key accounts
and their hotel history
• Travel when required to promote the hotel
and develop potential business
• Maintain regular contact with the IHG hotels
in the immediate region and regional

reservations

• Travel when
required to promote the hotel and develop potential business.
• Interfaces
with operations on a timely basis regarding future and existing needs
for
customers
• Work with other department managers to ensure proper
staffing levels based on guest
volume.
Guest experience
• Provide
guests with information (example: loyalty programs, programs, area attractions,
area attractions,
restaurants, facility information) to enhance guest
experience.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key clients
•
Follows Holiday Inn Express behaviors behaviors when working with internal
and external when working with internal and external customers

• Develop
and maintain a regular pattern of sales calls, meeting with principals
of target
market
• Provides direction on, and conducts market research
and analysis

• Develops and maintains contact business generators,
meeting, and convention planners,

visitors/convention bureau, travel
agents, tour operators, airlines, corporate accounts,

Government
Departments and other producers closely aligned to hotel business

•
Schedule conventions and/or business group activities at the hotel
and coordinate with

other hotel--level departments to facilitate services
agreed upon by the sales office and level departments to facilitate services
agreed upon by the sales office and
prospective clients.

• Builds
profile within local market place through attendance at appropriate
events

• Entertain clients with a view to maximizing business
opportunities

• Liaison with advertising agency if and when
required

What we need from you

• Bachelor’s degree / higher
education qualification / equivalent in marketing or related field,

•and
three or four years’ experience in a hospitality or hotel sales and marketing
setting or and three or four years’ experience in a hospitality or hotel sales
and marketing setting or

•an equivalent combination of education and work
experience. Must speak fluent English. an equivalent combination of education
and work experience. Must speak fluent English.
•
•Other languages
preferred.