JOB SUMMARY
Milan, renowned for its rich history, stunning architecture, and thriving fashion and design scene, offers an unparalleled backdrop for your professional journey. Our beautiful properties, including the Sheraton Milan Malpensa, Sheraton Milan San Siro, and The Westin Palace, Milan, provide the perfect setting for you to showcase your sales expertise and drive our business forward.
Responsible for proactively soliciting and managing sales (rooms, group& catering – corporate segment) opportunities. Actively up-sells each business opportunity to maximize revenue opportunity. Proactively uncovering new prospects for the cluster and maximizing conversion of business in line with the Hotels’ budgetary goals. This position is considered to be an important role within the Sales structure, and requires a high degree of self-motivation and the ability to work unsupervised using own initiative. He/she must be flexible and move to any hotels of the Marriott Milan Market (The Westin Palace, Sheraton San Siro, Sheraton Milan Malpensa). Representing Marriott International world-wide, promoting the quality image of the company at every opportunity. Achieves personal and team related revenue goals. Ensures business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for proper service delivery. Responsible for driving customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience. Provide service to our customers in order to grow share of the account on behalf of the company. Assists in leading all day-to-day activities related to sales with a focus on building long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education and Experience
• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 3 years experience in the sales and marketing or related.
Must be proficient in writing, speaking and negotiating in local language and English.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
Using Knowledge of Market Trends and Target Customer Information to Maximize Revenue
• Identifies new room/group/catering business to achieve personal and property revenue goals.
• Understands the overall market – competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against them.
• Closes the best opportunities for the property based on market conditions and property needs.
• Gains understanding of the property’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solution both prior to, and during the program/event.
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