Revenue Manager - Pullman Chennai Anna Salai

Pullman Chennai Anna Salai offers 232 stylish rooms, a swimming pool, fitness center, spa, two signature dining venues, versatile banquet spaces, boardrooms, and social lounges-ideal for business and leisure travelers. The hotel is perfectly equipped to host a wide range of MICE events, featuring versatile modular venues that can accommodate up to 400 guests, from intimate meetings to grand celebrations.

• Support the hotel Management to define the hotel strategy (in terms of business mix  and pricing by season and type of day) for the future periods. Ensure that a “RM culture” is spread in the hotel, through regular coaching and training sessions for the hotel teams. Is responsible for the implementation of multi-brand RM methods in a dedicated region in order to maximize the turnover in accordance with brand’s marketing, country, area, hotel strategies and customer’s needs. 

• Is responsible for having all the revenue management processes in place in his/her perimeter. He/she implements the GM’s strategy on a daily basis, updates the planning, quotes the groups and alerts the GM, when market deviates from the strategy. 

• Is in charge of helping the hotels to reach and beat their operational turnover budget. 

• Support the GMs in the creation of the strategy (with proper analysis) and to work effectively with the implemented revenue management system. Furthermore, to implement the strategy, based on the daily recommendations in the distribution channels, as well as the daily check of the system recommendations for sense and provide complementary or revised proposals for optimization. 

• Analyze the hotel(s) results and performance (average rates, occupancy rates,  

• RevPAR..). Survey the market and competitors in terms of performance (RevPAR  

  Index, market penetration…), pricing and availability as a basis for future tactical  

  decisions with the Hotel(s) GMs.  

• Ensure an accurate and dynamic forecast for the future dates (by room and revenue by segment and day) based on the RM referenced systems recommendations and a daily monitoring of the data (portfolio, booking pick-up, events, calendar events).  

• Take daily decisions to optimize the hotel turnover. Decisions in terms of pricing,  

• inventory management (RMLs open/close), group quotation, distribution channels. 

• Ensure that his recommendations are implemented in reservation and reception, and that systems (PMS, TARS, RMS) are updated accordingly.  

• Ensure that a “RM culture” is spread in the hotel, through the animation of weekly  

• yield meetings (gathering the GM and the key hotel managers) and regular coaching and training sessions for the hotel team. 

• Degree in Hotel Management school or Business school. 
• Reception/Reservation experience preferred  
• At least 5 years of experience in a full-time RM position.  
• High proficiency with MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook  

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