Hotel Sales Manager

Our busy hotel is looking for an enthusiastic salesperson with great selling skills and a customer-focused approach to be our next sales manager. You will add passion and creativity to our sales team, as well as build a strategy to reach and exceed revenue targets through outside sales calls, on-site visits, sales tours, and community networking. You will also be able to increase sales by monitoring local market trends and competitor activity in order to find and close business leads.

We are searching for someone with at least 2 years of hotel sales expertise, as well as a love for meeting new people and providing exceptional customer service.

• Establish and grow market share by developing and maintaining relationships with major group and catering clients.
• Conduct yourself as a professional representative of the hotel at various industry trade shows, conferences, and adhere to the guidelines of the budget and marketing plan.
• Support the director of sales and marketing in preparing the department budget as well as the hotel’s overall sales goals and strategy.
• Increase new business and accelerate revenue generation by cold calling, on-site visits, and sales tours, as well as engaging your local community network.
• Analyze local market trends and competitor activity to identify business leads.

• High school diploma or GED; bachelor’s degree in business or related field preferred.
• Outstanding organizational skills and time management.
• Previous work experience in a hospitality role.
• 3 or more years of experience in sales management or in a leadership role in the sales department, preferably in hospitality.
• Understanding of how to communicate, negotiate, and network effectively.

$65,000 - $70,000 yearly