The posting
Basic Function: Responsible for creating revenues through direct sales efforts necessary to achieve or exceed budgeted expectations, via maintaining existing accounts, prospecting new accounts, and handling customer inquiries.
Essential Duties:
- Maintains contact with all existing accounts in each market segment.
- Continually qualifies and re-qualifies new and existing accounts.
- Places follow-up phone calls on all leads within 48 hours.
- Maintains a minimum of 50 sales calls per week including 25 personal calls, 5 property tours, and 20 telephone calls.
- Maintains booking activity in accordance with established goals.
- Completes Daily Call Report, Weekly Activity Report and Weekly Call Plan and submits them to the Director of Sales.
- Documents all sales calls or client correspondence using correct forms.
- Participates in weekly Sales meeting on property.
- Maintains Account file information and trace systems as assigned.
- Schedules clients for on-site tours/visits.
- Solicits and books banquet day events food and beverage business (social and corporate). Assists clients by offering suggestions with regard to set-up, menus, decorations, etc.
- Books Social Room Blocks including Weddings, Family Reunions and Religious.
- Ensures proper use of the Sales System.
- Reviews all upcoming functions on a weekly basis with appropriate department heads. Ensures distribution of upcoming function sheets to appropriate department heads.
- Adheres to all of AFP Management’s policies and procedures. (i.e., verifies banquet contracts, methods of payment, deposits, guarantees, etc.)
- Greets customer contact prior to the start or at first break, for each function and maintains contact with operation team &/or contact throughout the function to ensure that all arrangements are satisfactory.
- Follows-up on all completed banquet functions and solicits for future business.
- Sends thank you emails or notes as appropriate to clients at completion of all banquet functions.
Other Duties:
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Essential Requirements:
- High School Diploma
- Minimum of one year of previous Sales experience (preferably hotel sales).
- Successful record of outside sales solicitation and productivity.
- Strong organizational skills to facilitate the coordination of all departments in fulfilling the clients requests. Must possess ability to handle large amounts of paperwork and to set reasonable priorities.
- Assertive, innovative personality with a high level of initiative to solicit new business and assure that the client’s needs can be met by the particular facility.
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal enabling one to communicate with other hotel associates, guests, and business clients.
- Requires sitting and typing regularly and mobility enabling one to personally visit existing or perspective clients frequently and to escort clients/guests to all parts of the hotel, as appropriate.
- Valid driver’s license to facilitate personal visits to new or existing clients.
Other Requirements:
- Associate degree in hotel and restaurant management is preferred, but not required.
- Team orientation facilitating interaction with all departments ensuring the achievement of overall property and company goals as well as individual goals.
Training Needs:
- Professional sales training techniques.
- Computer skills training.
- In-depth training of reservation system and the Sales and Marketing Manual.
- Familiarity with AFP Management properties, locations, facilities, etc.
- Training in providing quality guest service.
- Must complete all brand required training in the prescribed time frame.
Career Opportunities:
- Director of Sales
