Assistant Director of Sales - Corporate / MICE

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• Leads and supervises the corporate Sales Team.
• Oversees the day to day sales activities, implements action plans and accomplishes goals and targets set forth in the Business Plan and the Director of Sales.
• Assist strategically in implementing, driving and managing all hotel related sales initiatives to pro-actively generate and maximize business and revenue.
• Ensure that the sales team drive, manage and maintain robust positive relations with all key accounts and business partners of  the hotel.
• Manage expenses of securing business, making it cost effective and within budget guidelines, i.e. travel, entertainment and use of material expenses.
• Ensure that revenues and / or cost controls are maximized through proactive actions rather than reactive management.
• Maintain an up to date account and contact database and details in property management system.
• Actively involved in the preparation of the Marketing Plan as requested by Director of Sales.
• Actively participates in achieving hotel’s budgets especially rooms budget.
• Responsible for achieving personal and departmental sales targets.
• Plays a major role in motivating and training the Sales Team to ensure their best performance.
• Establishes good working relationships within the department and with other departments.
• Assist in setting up detailed orientation plans for new team members and ensure that comprehensive company, market and portfolio knowledge is acquired.

Minimum of 5 years of experience in the same position
Proficient in MS Office, detail-oriented and well-organized.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Expertise of performance and operations management strategies.
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration 

Directly opposite to The Dubai Mall, the iconic Burj Khalifa, 10 minutes walk to the Dubai Metro Station and within a few minutes’ drive to DIFC, World Trade Centre and just 15 minutes’ drive from Dubai International Airport, Swissotel Al Murooj is located in downtown Dubai, one of the city’s favoured destinations for business or leisure.