About the role

  • Sales Manager at Hyatt Place Milwaukee Downtown driving hotel sales and maximizing revenue. Establishing strong client relationships and overseeing sales targets to enhance financial performance.

Responsibilities

  • The Sales Manager at Hyatt Place Milwaukee Downtown is primarily responsible for driving the hotels’ sales efforts to achieve maximum revenue results and delivering exceptional service to the guests.
  • Increase room night sales and improve market penetration while delivering exceptional financial results.
  • Create solid business relationships with local corporate clients and network with local business associations and chambers of commerce to increase hotel’s visibility in the local communities.
  • Consistently achieve and surpass revenue-driven sales targets by utilizing a profitable, solution-oriented sales approach that benefits both the company and the client.
  • Maintain hotel relationships with key accounts to increase customer satisfaction and account revenue.
  • Capture competitor's accounts through networking, research, and reader board surveys in order to target and solicit those most probable to generate new business.
  • Acquires referrals from existing accounts.
  • Continually targets and prospects for new business through telemarketing, creativity, community involvement, relationship building and innovation.
  • Utilizes yield management techniques by profitably negotiating room rates and function space commitments to enhance the hotel's financial performance.
  • Use professional sales techniques to negotiate the best possible terms and conditions that satisfy customer (internal and external) requirements while upholding sales guidelines for the hotel.
  • Maintains well-documented, accurate, organized, and up-to-date file management system to serve client and employer in the most expedient, organized, and knowledgeable manner.
  • Develops strong customer relationships through frequent communication and the use of professional, courteous, and ethical interpersonal interaction.
  • Promptly follows-up on all customer needs and inquiries in an efficient and expedient manner.
  • Focuses on revenue-producing activity and maximizes selling time by self-managing dedicated time on direct sales efforts.
  • Represents themselves and the hotel with the highest level of integrity and professionalism, a service-focused approach, and a caring, sincere attitude always.
  • Exhibits a positive and involved team attitude to all hotel departments and maintains open communications with all co-workers for the best overall performance of the hotel.
  • Assist in generating quarterly action plans for assigned market segment to drive success for the hotel.
  • Actively participates in those community and trade organizations that most benefit the hotel's exposure to the community and the hotel's bottom line.
  • Identify customer business requirements and craft customer offers via proposals and contractual documents.
  • Travel locally to conduct outside calls, promote the hotel and review competition.
  • Collaborates with the Director of Sales (DOS) to support the hotel's overall sales strategy and planning by providing valuable research and informed insights.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Strong and effective sales skills.
  • Highly developed customer service skills.
  • Effective business writing and presentation skills.
  • Reliable transportation and ability to make outside sales calls.
  • A minimum of 1 year of hotel sales experience with a proven track record of success.
  • A degree preferably in Sales and/or Hospitality Management is desirable.
  • Hyatt operating system experience preferred but not required, such as Opera, Envision, and PrO.
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Full benefits package, including 401K with matching and paid time off from Day 1
  • Growth company focused on expansion through strategic acquisition and development
  • Hotel discounts at locations worldwide.

Job title

Sales Manager

Job type

Experience level

Junior

Salary

$60,000 - $65,000 per year

Degree requirement

Associate's Degree

Location requirements

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