Assistant Manager, Real Estate and Administration (Hotels and Meetings)
- African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)
- Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
- Full-time
وصف الوظيفة
- Oversee hotel arrangements for Bank staff, ensuring compliance with the Bank’s travel policy and travel plans as directed by management.
- Ensure cost-effective negotiations and partnerships with hotel service providers to optimize pricing, service quality, and availability.
- Maintain and update a preferred hotels database, ensuring strategic partnerships with local and international hotels.
- Address staff accommodation needs for business travel, long-term stays, and high-level delegations.
- Oversee contract negotiations and SLAs with hotel service providers to ensure service standards meet Bank expectations.
- Coordinate with internal teams, security, and logistics to ensure smooth check-ins, transportation, and accommodations for guests and staff.
- Monitor hotel service quality and gather feedback from Bank employees, ensuring continuous improvement.
- Support planning and execution of high-level events, conferences, and meetings, ensuring seamless coordination of logistics, travel arrangements, and on-site management.
- Work closely with event organizers, protocol teams, and travel coordinators to ensure flawless execution of Bank-related events.
- Develop a systematic approach for event planning, ensuring that all operational, financial, and logistical aspects are well-coordinated.
- Manage vendor relationships with conference venues, event planners, and exhibition service providers.
- Oversee accommodation and travel logistics for VIP guests, board members, and speakers at corporate events.
- Monitor the success of events by collecting post-event feedback, analyzing effectiveness, and implementing improvements for future occasions.
- Support the rollout of the ATC Hotels Brand, ensuring alignment with the Bank’s hospitality strategy and service standards.
- Assist in pre-opening activities for ATC Hotels, including market research, vendor negotiations, operational planning, and stakeholder coordination.
- Work with real estate, marketing, and hotel management teams to ensure smooth execution of pre-opening projects.
- Monitor operational readiness and hospitality service levels of ATC Hotels, ensuring they meet Bank and guest expectations.
- Total Years of Experience is 10 years in the same field.
- Masters’s degree in Business Administration or any relevant field.
- Fluent: Arabic, English.
- Intermediate: French (preferred).
- Software Proficiency:
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Excellent data entry and typing skills.
- Technical Skills:
- Corporate travel management experience.
- proven experience in event planning or event coordination in a caproate environment.
- Knowledge of international travel regulations.
- Certifications/Licensure (Preferred but not required):
- Specialized training in corporate travel management.
- Training in travel and tourism.
- IATA & Geographic Advanced Course (preferred).
- Amadeus Course (preferred).
