Assistant Director of Sales - Leisure

Application Deadline: 30 June 2024

Department: Sales & Marketing

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Egypt - Cairo

Description

Ensure the yearly sales budget is achieved and surpassed by assisting to and cooperating with the Director of Sales.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Director of Sales in the Management of the Sales Team especially in the absence of the Director of Sales and occasionally the Director of Sales & Marketing.
• Attend internal Meetings and Conference Calls, and Client Appointments and Client Events in the absence primarily of the Director of Sales but also the Director of Sales & Marketing.
• Responsible for key account management on an assigned account (base or geographic area), ensuring revenue maximization, achievement of personal targets and increasing fair market share versus competitor set.
• Responsible for prospecting new accounts.
• Responsible for all segments of assigned geographical markets, which may include, but not be exclusively limited to European markets.
• Conduct site inspections.
• Adhere to the Corporate SOP's.
• Follow up of tentative bookings in the assigned markets.
• Detailed knowledge of competitor set.
• Detailed knowledge of all services provided by the Hotel and all relevant facts and figures of hotel.
• Responsible for timely contracting from the client base responsible for.
• SMART contracting to ensure optimum yielding during annual rate negotiations.
• Attend trade shows, sales blitz, workshops, etc. in the assigned markets.
• Assist the Director of Sales / Director of Sales & Marketing in defining an annual sales action plan and execute set actions accordingly.
• Assist the Director of Sales / Director of Sales & Marketing with the preparation of the annual budget by providing statistics and forecasts of account productions.
• Execute sales actions within set cost budget structure.
• Cross Sell other Kempinski Hotels.
• Aim to achieve the Company Sales Vision.
• Document all sales actions in SFA (S&C).
• Update OPERA contact database at all times.
• Understand, and follow the Company Sales Vision.
• Participation in Duty Manager rota.
• Understand and strictly adhere to the Rules & Regulations established in the Employees Handbook and the Hotel's policy on Fire, Hygiene, Health & Safety.
• Ensure that all potential and real hazards are reported and rectified immediately.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

Education: University degree

Experience: Minimum 5 years in a 4/5 star hotel.

Language: Ability to work and communicate in a multinational environment.

• Local language – excellent oral and written skills (as applicable)
• English – excellent oral and written skills
• Additional language - beneficial