Sales Manager - Leisure at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Job Description

Reporting to the Cluster Director of Sales, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:

• Exceed personal sales goals, monthly, quarterly, annually, through account development and maintenance, regular sales calls, entertainment and sales trips/tradeshows in the Leisure segment
• Support goals, objectives, and philosophies of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts and Accor Hotels.
• Develop lead sources through prospecting, solicitation, referrals, trace files, and cold calls.
• Conducts site inspections with prospective and existing clients.
• Develops and implements new sales strategies, tactics and action plans for account base.
• Coordinate and financially manage sales trips, including reports or activity pertaining to the specific market.
• Maintain active membership in industry related organizations and associations pertaining to the specific market.
• Assist other sales and catering managers and refer group and catering leads and other sources of business for hotel through active solicitation of account base
• Attend Sales Meetings, office events, and hotel-sponsored functions.
• Prepare for and attends daily sales meetings, weekly sales & marketing meeting and other meetings as necessary.
• Responsible to submit weekly sales report to the Director of Sales.
• Maintain and update current account information in Opera and hard files.
• Involvement in industry Functions and/or trade shows, FAM visits and Industry Events.
• Support and perform to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Company Sales and Marketing Standards.
• Assist with any other duties as requested by supervisors and management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or Hotel Management degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in 5 star hotel sales.
• Additional experience in the hospitality industry an asset.
• Good understanding of luxury market.
• Possess or attain affiliation with leading industry Association within three years of hire/taking position.
• Ability to travel on regular basis and work flexible hours and days.
• Knowledge of Opera, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook