Director of Sales and Marketing

The Blackstone Autograph Collection

$135K — $150K *
Hospitality & Recreation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of Director of Sales & Marketing experience required.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to perform in a team leadership role with minimal supervision.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Delphi.
  • Solid understanding of revenue management and sales skills.
  • Basic computational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Achieve annual budgeted room nights and revenue goals.
  • Analyze business value to negotiate optimal revenue for the hotel.
  • Utilize marketing plans to identify new business opportunities.
  • Ensure accurate revenue forecasting with updated information.
  • Recruit, train, and manage sales staff effectively.
  • Assist in gathering customer information to close deals.

Benefits

  • Dynamic work environment with opportunities for community involvement.
  • Participation in industry organizations and events.
  • Leadership role with potential for professional growth.
  • Collaborative team atmosphere among key executive members.
  • Opportunity to provide feedback across departments.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

JOB SUMMARY

Implement a successful solicitation strategy to targeted guests in order to meet and/or exceed revenue goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Achieve and exceed budgeted room nights and revenue goals annually.
  • Analyze and estimate total value of each piece of business and negotiate best situation for achieving optimum revenue for the hotel while ensuring excellent customer service.
  • Utilize the marketing plan in order to uncover new and potential business.
  • Ensure accuracy for forecasting of revenues with most updated information.
  • Recruit, direct, manage, train and counsel sales staff.
  • Assist Sales/Catering/Convention services in obtaining necessary customer information and closing business, as requested.


SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the manager based upon the particular requirements of the hotel:
  • Professionally represent the hotel in community and industry organizations and events.
  • Participate as team player with other key executive members.
  • Provide constructive feedback to all departments and to hotel sales and marketing staff.
  • Be a leader and role model to all employees.
  • Additional duties as necessary and assigned.


Requirements

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of knowledge, skills, and abilities:
  • Requires 5 or more years of Director of Sales & Marketing Experience.
  • Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
  • Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.
  • Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Most tasks are performed in a team environment with the employee acting as a team leader. There is minimal direct supervision.
  • Must possess basic computational ability.
  • Must possess computer skills, including, but not limited to, use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Delphi.
  • Knowledge of computer accounting programs, math skills as well as budgetary analysis capabilities required.
  • Extensive knowledge of sales skills.
  • Ability to assess/evaluate employees' performance fairly.
  • Extensive knowledge of revenue management.
  • Ability to recruit, supervise, train and motivate multiple levels of managers.
  • Knowledge of hotel and competitive market.
  • Ability to analyze data and establish appropriate action plans.


AVAILABILITY

This company operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Generally, the position works Monday through Friday with hours varied based on business demand. At times it may be necessary to move you from your accustomed work day, to include Saturdays and Sundays, or time of work if business or task assignments demand. In addition, it should be understood that business needs determines the amount of hours that you work.

Salary Description

$135,000 to $150,000

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