Sales Executive (Ne) Jobs

Job Number 23110752
Job Category Sales & Marketing
Location JW Marriott Hotel Medan, Jalan Putri Hijau No. 10, Medan, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia VIEW ON MAP
Schedule Full-Time
Located Remotely? N
Relocation? N
Position Type Management
Job Summary
Handles customer inquiries and lead requests for locally driven groups with rooms (e.g., 10-300 peak room nights) within predefined group sales parameters outside the sales office. Works with customers to align preferences and actively up-sells each business opportunity to maximize revenues and drive customer loyalty. Verifies that business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for quality service delivery. Drives customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience. Processes business correspondence and creates contracts and other related booking documentation as required. Manages the transaction of group customer inquiries and lead requests and achieves revenue and booking goals for the team.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education And Experience
Required:

• 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.

Preferred:

• Group sales experience

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Managing Sales Activities

• Refers opportunities to sales associate if business is outside these parameters.
• Attends pre- and post-convention meetings to understand group needs, obtain feedback on quality of product (e.g., rooms, meeting facilities and equipment, food and beverage), service levels, and overall satisfaction.
• Creates clear expectations for customers throughout the sales process.
• Works collaboratively with other sales channels (e.g., Area Sales, Group Sales, on-property resources) to establish coordinated sales efforts that are complementary and not duplicative.
• Understands the importance of the destination sell as well as the overall market - competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and how to sell against them.
• Verifies that the property implements a seamless turnover from sales to operations and back to sales while consistently delivering high level of service.
• Monitors the effective resolution of guest issues that arise as a result of the sales process by creating mechanisms to channel issues to property leadership and/or other appropriate stakeholders.
• Assists with selling, implementation, and follow-through of group sales promotions.
• Performs other duties, as assigned, to meet business needs.
• Leverages other Sales resources and administrative/support staff to achieve personal and team related revenue goals.
• Handles customer inquiries and lead requests for locally driven groups with rooms (e.g., 10-300 peak room nights) within predefined group sales parameters outside the sales office.
• Actively up-sells each business opportunity to maximize revenue for individual properties.
• Understands and actively utilizes company marketing initiative/incentives to close on business.
• Conducts site inspections, as required.
• Implements process improvements and best practices.
• Provides accurate, complete, and effective turnover to Event Management/Local Social Management.
• Verifies that business booked is within hotel parameters.
• Processes business correspondence and creates contracts and other related booking documentation as required.
• Works collaboratively with hotel attractions and outlet teams on property to book outlet business at parameters for group opportunities.
• Leverages knowledge of resort amenities to close opportunities (e.g. destination attractions, golf, spa, recreation options).
• Closes the best opportunities for hotel based on market conditions and property needs.
• Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked (e.g., generating proposal, writing contract, customer correspondence, communicating with property attractions/outlet teams).

Building Successful Relationships

• Drives customer loyalty through excellent customer service throughout the sales process.
• Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• 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.
• Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings.
• Serves the customer by understanding their needs and recommending features and services that best meet their needs.

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