Ogłoszenie numer: 1605551, from 2017-04-19
Complex of two hotels with 393 rooms, 16 multimedia conference rooms and premium wellness SPA no. 5, operating under brands from Hilton Worldwide in Krakow - Doubletree by Hilton hotel Krakow & Convention Center and Hampton by Hilton Krakow, are looking for the perfect candidate for the position:
Group, Conference and Event Sales Director
Location: Kraków
Job description
A Group, Conference, and Events (GCE) Sales Director manages the Groups, Conference and Events Sales office and the on-property Reservations Team to actively convert customer enquiries into confirmed sales.
What will I be doing?
As Group, Conference, and Events (GCE) Sales Director, you will manage the Groups, Conference and Events Sales office and the on-property team to actively convert customer enquiries into confirmed sales. The Group, Conference, and Events (GCE) Sales Director will interact frequently with customers and Guests to learn about their needs and develop relationships from which to earn repeat and expanded business. Specifically, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:
- Maximise all Group, Conference, and Event revenue opportunities
- Review business plans, identify gaps and ensure proactive efforts to fill capacity and meet set targets
- Contribute to the selling strategy of the hotel, and manage the departments' adherence to achieving that strategy
- Understand the competitive market place and implement approaches to ensure the hotel stays ahead in the local market
- Conduct weekly spot checks of five bookings carried out with a minimum of 90% achieved in any departmental and system audits for any Team Member
- Ensure the Group, Conference, and Events (GCE) Sales Team Members are developed effectively and generate a culture of high quality standards for relationship building, customer service, selling techniques, and billing and processing contracts
- Manage and develop the Group, Conference, and Events (GCE) Sales Team to ensure career progression and effective succession planning within the hotel and company
- Organise hotel promotional activities
Requirements
What are we looking for?
A Group, Conference and Events Sales Director serving Hilton brands is always working on behalf of our Guests and working with other Team Members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviors, skills, and values that follow:
- Demonstrated previous managerial or supervisory experience in a Reservations and/or Conference and Events Sales function in the hotel/leisure sector
- Strong leadership skills to effectively manage and motivate the team to achieve high levels of performance and exceed targets
- Strong analytical skills to understand key business indicators and competitive trends and develop approaches to these challenges
- Excellent selling capability and an ability and desire to coach selling techniques to their team
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Accountable and resilient
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to respond to a range of different work situations
It would be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:
- Knowledge of local market
- Knowledge of hospitality
- Passion for sales and for achieving targets and objectives
- Degree-level qualification in a relevant field
- English and Polish language fluency in speaking and writing is a must
- Knowledge of Opera PMS, Sales & Catering
- Relevant degree, in a sales or business discipline, from an academic institution