Benchmark, Pyramid Luxury & Lifestyle · 1 day ago
In-Market Sales Manager
Maximize your interview chances
HospitalityMarketing
Insider Connection @Benchmark, Pyramid Luxury & Lifestyle
Get 3x more responses when you reach out via email instead of LinkedIn.
Responsibilities
Book definite and tentative group business to meet and exceed budgeted group room revenues and personal booking goals.
Daily prospecting for new business to meet weekly outbound activity goals.
Visits the home property minimally twice per month for site inspections with customers or to attend certain team meetings and training.
Travel locally for outside sales visits and occasionally outside the local area for sales visits, client entertainment, trade shows and training.
Attendance at major industry functions on a monthly basis.
Sends correspondence to follow up on sales activities on a regular basis.
Plans and executes familiarization trips or client entertainment events on a local and national basis as prescribed by the Marketing Plan or directed by Director of Sales & Marketing.
Reviews weekly activity reports for the Director of Sales & Marketing.
Must complete pre/post sales calls reports weekly.
In the process of soliciting and booking group business for property, sales manager will uncover business for other Benchmark hotel and resort locations. A cross sell program is utilized to share leads and encourage leads to be sent back to property.
Builds group bookings in sales system following guidelines.
Produces contracts and negotiates each opportunity until client has signed agreement.
Provides clear, complete details of booking in a turnover process to the operations team.
Follows up with confirmed clients throughout planning and on-site events to develop repeat business.
Performs additional duties as outlined by the Director of Sales & Marketing.
Assists the Director of Sales & Marketing on special projects, as required.
Professional and ethical behavior in dealing with clients and fellow staff members.
Is a team player, seeking to support others in their goals and contribute ideas.
The remote locations sales manager is expected to maintain regular hours in alignment with proper sales office.
Required to perform other tasks and duties as assigned.
Scheduled hours may vary on business needs and may or may not include holidays, weekends, various shifts.
Interface positively and assist with other departments as required.
Respond to any reasonable task as assigned by Director and/or Senior Leadership and/or Executive Team.
Any time out of the office should be approved by the Director of Sales & Marketing.
Qualification
Find out how your skills align with this job's requirements. If anything seems off, you can easily click on the tags to select or unselect skills to reflect your actual expertise.
Required
Three years’ experience in hotel sales required
Requires excellent communication skills, both verbal and written of the English language.
Must possess excellent inter-personal and sales-related skills.
Ability to act independently with minimal or no supervision.
Desire to participate as part of a team.
Preferred
Prefer a Bachelor’s Degree
Located in Chicago area preferred
Experience in Delphi, Amadeus Advance, Salesforce and/or CVent a plus
Assertive, outgoing and self-motivating individual with pleasant personality
Benefits
Comprehensive health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
On-site wellness programs
Local discounts
Employee rates on hotel stays
Property discounts in the Waterfront Shop, Waterfront and 240 West Restaurants, Café Latte, Avani Spa and Salon
Discounted room rates for friends and family
On the job training
Uniforms
Recognition programs
Housing options
Free parking
Free employee meals through our Employee Galley
Company
Benchmark, Pyramid Luxury & Lifestyle
Benchmark, Pyramid Luxury & Lifestyle, a division of Pyramid Global Hospitality, features the finest in lodging, dining, recreational and meeting accommodations.