- Full-Time
- Permanent
- Sales & Marketing
- ACCOR
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Rixos Premium Dubai JBR, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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REF54475J
Director of Sales
Region
Luxury & Lifestyle
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- PROSPECTIVE ACCOUNTS: Identifies prospective accounts and establishes goals for Key Accounts by analysing historical data and other statistical information and also by conducting accounts interviews and preparing customer action plans
- FAIRS (domestic/International) : Attends fairs in order to represent the Hotel and/or region within a both according to the action plan within the Business/Marketing Plan of the Hotel. The fairs are attended in co-ordination with the Regional or Corp. Sales
- DOMESTIC MARKET: Priority in sales activities are to be given to this market, for the local travel trade as well as for the corporate accounts
- INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Has to be worked on in close co-ordination with the Director of Sales(GCC) and Director of Sales(GCC) and General Manager according to internal regulations
- ROOMS: Regarding the availability and the co-ordination of rooms for high booking periods the final approval of availability is taken always by the Hotel operation’s management.
- MARKET MIX: Emphasis on right market mix to maintain the quality of the product and to minimize market dependence on long term
- CO-ORDINATION: Regular meetings with the hotel operation (Rooms Division, Reservation and Food & Beverage) have to be held to exchange information and problem solving
- Reduces administrative work to achieve a minimum of 5-7 personal sales/courtesy calls per day as well as 10 telephone sales/courtesy calls per day, without affecting promptness of flow of correspondence to accounts
- Ensures that all incoming correspondence (inquiries, requests, offers, confirmations, etc.) are attended to and replied in due time
- Reporting: Prepares and transmits the Call Reports on a weekly basis to the supervisor and/or the Director of Sales(GCC) and General Manager. Establishes a Monthly Report which includes the summary of the past activities, prospection and trends, and analyses competitor’s sales and promotion efforts, forecast for all sales activities & production/conversion figures. Attends once a month hotel’s Sales/Rooms Division and Credit meeting
- Business Plan / Budget: Targets to achieve key figures from key accounts / key markets through preparation and execution of proper action plan for his/her field of responsibility
- Accounts Receivable: Is co-responsible for the settlement of outstanding, respectively the follow up on a regular basis towards local Travel Trade to match credit policy in close co-ordination with the Credit Manager / Rooms Division
- Establishes and signs contracts with local In-bound Operators/Travel Agents /Corporate considering the official Rate Policy in co-ordination with the Director of Sales(GCC) and General Manager
- Conducts rate market surveys to advise management of actual market trends
- Establishes and co-signs contracts with Inter-national Tour Operators/Corporate respecting the Rate Policy and Contract Policy together with the Director of Sales(GCC) and General Manager. He/she conducts prior discussions with the partners to prepare final contracting
- Special deals (out of guidelines and rate policy) must in any case be discussed, co-ordinated and approved prior to offer with the hotel’s management
- Ensures all staff are thoroughly familiar with the Hotel’s emergency procedures and is in a state of preparedness for any emergency which may occur
- Execution of regular technical/skills training. Is responsible for setting up and maintaining ongoing training programs in the department in conjunction with the Director of HR & the L&D Manager
- Maintains a monthly overview of vacation- and public holiday balance of all his/her staff and delivers a monthly consolidated summary to the Director of HR
- He/she is familiar with all related company documentation and especially with the relevant Operational Standards Manual for his/her field of responsibility
- Assumes responsibility of Duty Manager when scheduled to do so.
- Other duties as assigned
- Press Releases, PR activities, Advertisements etc. are executed and co-ordinated by the GM’s Office
- Electronic Distribution Systems are up-dated by the hotel operation on regular basis
- Assist in Task Force Teams for new openings
- Carry out any other reasonable task (which may not be stated here) as requested
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