• Make personal visits, when necessary to target areas and call on Companies and associations located in a specific market or area.
• Book meetings, conferences, and social guests from assigned areas.
• Dedicate majority of time to direct telephone sales.
• Rework and maintain old account files and solicit new accounts.
• Respond to all correspondence from assigned areas and trace dates for reworking and follow up.
• Set-up site inspections and follow through.
• Attend trade shows pertinent to assigned areas and attend meetings, seminars, and functions through membership in association.
• Maintain a constant contact with Corporate and Association meeting planners; maintain membership and contacts in hotel industry associations.
• Maintain a working relationship with departments interacting with convention groups.
• Develop new accounts
• Stay abreast of industry trends and make recommendations of changes, which would affect operations.
• Maintain accurate forecast and recap information.
• Set-up and conduct site inspections for entire property.
• Meet sales goals as outlined by the Director of Sales and Marketing on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Job requirements:

• Minimum of 2+ years hotel group sales experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite, internet and email
• CI/TY proficiency highly preferred

The ideal candidate:

• Corporate, Education, and Association markets sales experience
• Demonstrated ability to achieve and exceed sales goals by effectively negotiating and closing business
• Excellent team player and innovator fostering a culture of performance, accountability, trust and credibility
• Ability to identify, target new accounts, and sell concepts and ideas to clients
• Ability to create and deliver high quality experience that meets or exceeds our guests' expectations
• Effective time management and organization skills
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

Physical requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, talk or hear, use hands and/or reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, at least 20" or less; distant vision at 20' or more and color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and own or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), depth perception (three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships), and the ability to adjust focus. Finger dexterity is required to operate a computer keyboard, calculator and other office/IT equipment.