Director of Sales - Group

The Director of Sales is responsible to strategize and implement a successful business plan to targeted both corporate and social group clients in order to meet and/or exceed group revenue goals while importantly providing overall leadership, training, and mentoring of the group sales team.

Requirements

• Achieve and exceed total group budgeted room nights and revenue goals annually.
• Analyze and estimate total value of each piece of corporate / social group business and negotiate best situation for achieving optimum revenue for the hotel while ensuring excellent customer service.
• Develop and utilize the marketing plan in order to uncover new and potential business.
• Ensure accuracy for forecasting of revenues with most updated information.
• Recruit, direct, manage, train and counsel group sales staff.
• Assist Sales/Catering/Conference Services in obtaining necessary customer information and closing business, as requested.
• Professionally represent the hotel in community and industry organizations and events.
• Participate as a team player with fellow managers.
• Provide constructive feedback to all departments and to hotel sales and marketing associates.
• Be a leader and role model to all Associates.
• Additional duties as necessary and assigned.