Sales Manager

- Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
- Exceed personal sales goals, monthly, quarterly, annually, through account development and maintenance, regular sales calls, entertainment and sales trips/trade shows.
- Support goals, objectives, and philosophies of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.
- Develop lead sources through prospecting, solicitation, referrals, trace files, and 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.
- 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 and marketing meeting and other meetings as necessary.
- Responsible to submit weekly sales report to the Director of Sales.
- Support and perform to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, Company Sales and Marketing Standards.
- Assist with any other duties as requested by supervisors and management.

Requirements

Your experience and skills include:

- Previous Sales experience required
- Bachelors degree and/or Hotel Management degree preferred
- Minimum of 3 years experience in hotel sales.
- Additional experience in the hospitality industry an asset.
- Candidate must have valid drivers license
- Ability to travel on regular bases and work flexible hours and days.
- Knowledge of Opera, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook.