Assistant Business Development Manager/ Business Development Manager

Negotiable
Experience
1-3 years
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Singapore, Singapore
Job Description

Join us as a Assistant Business
Development/Business Development Manager
in Hotel Indigo
Singapore Katong
. You’ll have ambition, talent and obviously, some key
skills. We’re looking for someone who can develop and implement sales
and marketing strategies for the hotel to ensure revenue and room night sales
goals are achieved, sales and marketing strategies are set, tactical plans
are created and implemented, and results are monitored and achieved.

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Duties
and responsibilities

Financial
returns:

  • Assist in producing
    the Annual Revenue Plan

  • Analyse current
    and potential markets/trends, coordinates all activities to maintain
    and increase revenue through added business volume and increased rate


  • Procure new and repeat business for the hotel
    by monitoring contact with travel agencies and corporate clients, within local
    and international companies. Maintains contact with planners, corporate
    accounts, and incentive buyers, through personal sales calls, telephone contacts
    and written communications

  • Assist
    in the preparation of the annual budget

  • style="margin-left:0px">Monitor, analyse and report variations from
    the budget

  • Make group pricing decisions
    upon consultation with Revenue team & Director/Assistant Director
    of Sales

  • Secure new corporate account
    to the company

style="margin-left:0px">People:

  • style="margin-left:0px">Work with Assistant Director of Sales/Director of Sales
    & Marketing to ensure the departmental performance of staff
    is productive.

  • Maintain
    a comprehensive, current and guest focused set of departmental standards
    and procedures and oversees their implementation

  • style="margin-left:0px">Ensure training needs analysis of sales staff is carried
    out and training programmes are designed and implemented to meet needs


  • Coach junior colleagues by providing
    constructive feedback to enhance performance

  • style="margin-left:0px">Regularly communicate with staff and maintain good
    relations

Guest
experience:

  • Oversee
    the selling and servicing of group business

  • style="margin-left:0px">Meet with guests from major producers/organizers of big
    events staying in the hotel to ensure customer satisfaction

  • style="margin-left:0px">Establish and continuously updates mailing
    lists

Responsible
business:

  • Manage key
    accounts

  • Monitor competitor
    activities

  • Plan and execute sales trips
    to major market areas

  • Produce monthly
    Sales reports and forecasts

 


Accountability:

style="margin-left:0px">Responsible for sales activities and events including
direct sales, sales solicitation, sales administration, public relations
and management of the Sales Team. May manage professional level
and administrative sales team members.

You will also help to create a desired work culture around our Winning Ways
of the InterContinental Hotels Group and embrace the IHG Commitment.

 

Qualifications
and requirements

  • Diploma
    or equivalent in Business Administration, Hotel Management or related
    field

  • At least 2 years of related
    experience

  • Possess good market
    knowledge

  • Proven sales track
    record

  • Strong interpersonal
    skills

  • Team player and excellent
    written and spoken communication skills

  • style="margin-left:0px">Positive attitude and self-motivated

  • style="margin-left:0px">Ability to thrive in a fast and dynamic
    environment

  • Flexible to respond to
    a range of different work situations

  • style="margin-left:0px">Proficient in Microsoft Office
     


In return for your hard work, you can look forward
to a highly competitive salary and benefits package, including

  • style="margin-left:0px">Meal Allowance

  • style="margin-left:0px">Birthday Off

  • style="margin-left:0px">Medical Benefits

  • style="margin-left:0px">Dental Benefits

  • style="margin-left:0px">Insurance Coveraege

  • style="margin-left:0px">25-50% F&B Discount at restaurants within IHG
    Hotels

  • Special Employee Rate at all IHG
    Hotels Worldwide

  • Room to Grow
    Opportunities


What’s more,
because your career will be as unique as you are, we’ll give you all
the tailored support you need to make a great start, be involved and grow.


And because the Hotel Indigo brand belongs to the IHG
family of brands, you’ll also benefit from all of the opportunities that come
from being part of a successful, global hospitality company with over 6888
hotels in over 100 countries around the world.