Corporate & Diplomatic Sales Manager
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Sofitel Washington DC-Lafayette Square
Washington, DC

Una propiedad de: Accor Publicado hace alrededor de 7 horas

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Corporate & Diplomatic Sales Manager

Through your passion and motivation, you sell memorable experience to guests who stay in your property. You are professional and knowledgeable about your property, and you build strong relationships and create bond with your guests.

What you will be doing:

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

  • Consistently offer professional, friendly and engaging service
  • Responsible for growing business in the corporate negotiated and diplomatic segments, Consortia/Leisure (including any focused programs where a Hotel is accepted), and Wholesale/FIT segments.
  • Identify areas of opportunity with travel professionals, manage and service existing relationships to optimize revenue. Procure new business while being responsible for meeting assigned monthly sales goals.
  • Develop strategic business action plans in accordance to Sofitel Standards to drive measurable incremental Business and Transient Sales Revenue. 
  • Candidate will develop strategic business relationships with key segment buyers/agencies with the purpose of growing market share and driving revenue to the hotel.
  • Additional responsibilities include, participating in tradeshows, conventions and promotional events to identify new opportunities to grow business revenue. Organize business activity, accounts, and business contacts.
  • Maintains a high level of exposure for the hotel in major market areas through direct sales solicitation, telephone, fax, written communication.
  • Maintain close business relationships with existing clients through key sales activities.
  • Cultivate and develop new business relationships through key sales activities.
  • Closely follows up on all business leads within a 24-hour response timeline to clients.
  • Adapts to client's needs by tailor fitting hotel services to fit client's requests.
  • Communicating client requirements in a timely and accurate manner to all internal departments as required, ensuring delivery of superior guest service.
  • Ensure accurate follow up and communication both internally to reservations and accounting departments, and confirmation to client.
  • Other tasks as assigned
Qualifications

Your experience and skills include:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational and problem solving skills that allow you to manage and maintain business relationships.
  • An ability to work under pressure while maintaining a sense of poise and professionalism. 
  • A can-do, positive attitude that enables, empowers and inspires others.
  • An ability to naturally engage with guests and show empathy; have genuine care and concern for both the well-being of our guests and fellow team members.
  • A desire to learn and grow and a fast paced, challenging, exciting environment
Additional Information

Additional Information

Your team and working environment:

  • Opportunity to work with a diverse group, representative of over 20 countries worldwide
  • Experienced group of individuals to train and hone innate skills and abilities

Visa Requirements: Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S.A. Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square is unable to assist with work authorization.

Sofitel Washington DC-Lafayette Square

Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square offers exclusive luxury accommodations in the nations capital. Discover Sofitels art de vivre within our elegant hotel marked by distinctive style superb cuisine and incomparable service.

Enjoy the best of everything in DC at our downtown hotel situated at the corner of Lafayette Square bordering the White House. Savor a contemporary twist on traditional French cuisine at ICI Urban Bistro or relax in our chic lounge Le Bar.Enjoy the best of everything in DC at our downtown hotel situated at the corner of Lafayette Square bordering the White House. Savor a contemporary twist on traditional French cuisine at ICI Urban Bistro or relax in our chic lounge Le Bar.Select from 237 rooms on 12 floors including 16 suites and one presidential suite all featuring Sofitels luxurious feathertop and duvet sleep system - SoBed.

Indulge your taste at ICI Urban Bistro offering French comfort food using the best local ingredients.

Dirección 806 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
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