Director of Group Sales

Company Description

Fairmont Breakers is a beloved feature of the Long Beach skyline, a historic landmark with a character and soul of its own. Originally opened in the roaring twenties as a lavish hotel on the waterfront, Breakers was a sought-after destination for world-famous stars. Following an extensive renovation, Fairmont Breakers returns as Long Beach's only luxury hotel, restoring one of California's most storied properties to its original grandeur.

It offers 185 boutique rooms and suites; a rooftop pool and terrace; an open‑air rooftop lounge with views of the Pacific; a blissful two‑story spa, wellness and fitness center; dining venues and bars including a live jazz club; and 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor function space. Whether exploring the comforts of elevated coastal Italian cuisine in Nettuno or dining among the stars with champagne and caviar in Sky Room, Fairmont Breakers aims to delight all of your senses with artful surroundings and innovative offerings from our culinary team.

• Exceeds group sales goals as well as segment goals on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis
• Responsible for direct report's achievement of individual goals
• Solicits group through action plan preparation and execution
• Responsible for achievement of objectives, as outlined in the market team's action plans
• Identifies prospective customers and establishes revenue goals for existing key accounts and key prospects within their specific market segment
• Participates in the d.a.r.t. Referral Program with goal for referring business to sister hotels/brands
• Contracts room nights and reviews team member's contracts, considering the number of rooms, average rate and total revenue objectives of the hotel
• Oversees ongoing communication for market between property and the global sales network
• Participates in trade shows, conventions and promotional events within the hotel and trade related organizations
• Maintains positive relationships with all guests, vendors, colleagues and global sales network
• Maintains account, contact, activity and business details within Opera S&C according to Fairmont standards
• Ensures delivery of expected guest service through follow up and coordination with other hotel departments
• Manages referral response system and tracking of definite business - both inbound and outbound
• Prepares weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as required
• Assists in the preparation and re‑forecasting of hotel revenue objectives and compilation of market intelligence
• Champions sales technology systems and standards
• Involved in setting individual room revenue and/or room night goals
• Involved in alerting team of Distant Early Warning (DEW) signals
• Assists with development and/implementation of annual budget and marketing plan
• Improves communication through attendance at weekly revenue management, rate strategy meetings and regularly scheduled Sales Departmental meetings
• Provides ongoing sales direction to direct reports by conducting a minimum of two coaching meetings on a monthly basis in order to review skills, knowledge, techniques and Performance Management Goals (REACH)
• Reviews sales shop calls with individual managers
• Develops, energizes and leads a motivated, competent and cohesive team through the implementation of approved Sales reward & recognition programs and HR performance management programs
• Keeps a constant focus on identification of hi‑potential colleagues and succession planning opportunities and needs
• Oversees administrative colleague's workload
• Actively participates in prescribed sales training
• Participates in Hotel Manager on Duty program, if required
• Other duties, as assigned

• Bachelors degree and/or Hotel Management degree or diploma
• Six years of hotel sales experience, having had varied market mix experience
• Has established relationships with key industry contacts in the market segment
• Supervisory experience an asset
• Microsoft Office suite of software literacy an asset
• Opera S&C knowledge an asset

What is in it for you:

• Salary range: USD $120,000-$135,000 gross per annum
• Discounted hotel rooms and food & beverage rates to employees at our sister properties…