Senior Lead Creative Sales Events & Catering aka Senior Sales Manager Events and Catering

WE CONNECT WITH THAT AGELESS MILLENNIAL MINDSET AND BELIEVE THAT HOTELS CAN ENHANCE THEIR WORLD VIA ART, MUSIC, FASHION AND A DISTINCTIVE CONNECTION

Radisson RED Hotel sees things differently. We don’t have ‘staff’ we have ‘Creatives’. We don't have "manager” we have "LEAD".

WE ARE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR: SR. LEAD CREATIVE SALES EVENTS & CATERING aka Senior Sales Manager Events & Catering to join our Sales team here @ RED

The M&E Lead Creative Sales will be responsible for the strategic initiatives of the Sales Department tied to business expansion, growth, and the necessary cultural evolution to support both. The function should be supportive, proactive, analytical and entrepreneurial; creating memorable moments for our guests and fostering an empowered environment for the team whilst working closely with all key business partners in order to achieve quality results. The job incumbent acts as an ambassador for the brand, reflecting the company culture and values. All work is carried out in accordance with company corporate policies, procedures and service concepts according to local requirements and regulations.

TASK

·         Work closely with the sales, events and catering team towards achievement of aggressive annual goals for production and consumption.

·         Produce a Sales plan including rooms, catering, and food & beverage outlets.

·         Works with LEAD Sales on sales activities plan for variety of channels online and offline to ensure sales efforts are coordinated, complementary and not duplicative.

·         Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.

·         Develops relationships within community to strengthen and expand customer base for sales opportunities.

·         Provides accurate, complete and effective turnover to Event Management.

·         Participates in sales calls with and without members of sales team to acquire new business and/or close on business.

·         Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked (e.g., generating proposal, writing contract, customer correspondence).

·         Identifies new business to achieve personal and location revenue goals @ M&E, OSC, F&B and Groups.

·         Understands the overall market - competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against them.

·         Closes the best opportunities for the location based on market conditions and location needs.

·         Gains understanding of the location’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solution.

·         Ensure the smooth running of the sales department, where all aspects of the hotel’s pro-active sales initiatives are delivered and total revenue maximized, ensuring both property and company standards are attained and adhered to.

·         Working proactively to maximize guest satisfaction and comfort, delivering a positive and responsive approach to enquiries and problem resolution.

·         Develops and implements strategies where key sales metrics are identified, communicated and delivered where reports and tracking tools are effectively maintained in line with defined initiatives & targets.

·         Effectively manages the life cycle of the team within the department, fostering a culture of growth, development and performance whilst reflecting promoting the company culture and values.

·         Prepares and is responsible for the departmental budget, ensuring that costs and departmental inventory is controlled and that target productivity and performance levels are attained

·         Build and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders and partners both internal and external ensuring all communications/activities are controlled and undertaken in a timely manner.

·         Review and scrutinize the business performance, providing recommendations that will drive financial performance, including working with internal and external partners on adhoc projects.

·         Ensures adherence to all legislation where due diligence requirements and best practice activities are planned, delivered and documented for internal and external audit, performing follow-up as required

You should be innovative, creative, demonstrate a positive mind set and love a challenge. You are engaging, self-motivated and love guests, we all do. Be genuine, yourself, we love that and won’t change that, promise!

You love people’s interaction, you want to be yourself, you are passionate for Music, Art & Fashion, and we want to talk to you!

Come as you are, wear a big smile and become the one who greets like no other. Forget the script. There is no script. Forget traditional, be bold. Have a chat. Make RED the place to be!

Are you READY? So, tell us. Show us. Make us smile. Use your phone and send us a video clip/ a selfie/ photos/ an Instagram link… anything giving us insight into why you’re ready to welcome the world to the RED side.

Come join us and Make Every Moment Matter and make RED the place to be in the City.

WE CONNECT WITH THAT AGELESS MILLENNIAL MINDSET AND BELIEVE THAT HOTELS CAN ENHANCE THEIR WORLD VIA ART, MUSIC, FASHION AND A DISTINCTIVE CONNECTION

Radisson RED Hotel sees things differently. We don’t have ‘staff’ we have ‘Creatives’. We don't have "manager” we have "LEAD".

WE ARE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR: SR. LEAD CREATIVE SALES EVENTS & CATERING aka Senior Sales Manager Events & Catering to join our Sales team here @ RED

The M&E Lead Creative Sales will be responsible for the strategic initiatives of the Sales Department tied to business expansion, growth, and the necessary cultural evolution to support both. The function should be supportive, proactive, analytical and entrepreneurial; creating memorable moments for our guests and fostering an empowered environment for the team whilst working closely with all key business partners in order to achieve quality results. The job incumbent acts as an ambassador for the brand, reflecting the company culture and values. All work is carried out in accordance with company corporate policies, procedures and service concepts according to local requirements and regulations.

TASK

·         Work closely with the sales, events and catering team towards achievement of aggressive annual goals for production and consumption.

·         Produce a Sales plan including rooms, catering, and food & beverage outlets.

·         Works with LEAD Sales on sales activities plan for variety of channels online and offline to ensure sales efforts are coordinated, complementary and not duplicative.

·         Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.

·         Develops relationships within community to strengthen and expand customer base for sales opportunities.

·         Provides accurate, complete and effective turnover to Event Management.

·         Participates in sales calls with and without members of sales team to acquire new business and/or close on business.

·         Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked (e.g., generating proposal, writing contract, customer correspondence).

·         Identifies new business to achieve personal and location revenue goals @ M&E, OSC, F&B and Groups.

·         Understands the overall market - competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against them.

·         Closes the best opportunities for the location based on market conditions and location needs.

·         Gains understanding of the location’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solution.

·         Ensure the smooth running of the sales department, where all aspects of the hotel’s pro-active sales initiatives are delivered and total revenue maximized, ensuring both property and company standards are attained and adhered to.

·         Working proactively to maximize guest satisfaction and comfort, delivering a positive and responsive approach to enquiries and problem resolution.

·         Develops and implements strategies where key sales metrics are identified, communicated and delivered where reports and tracking tools are effectively maintained in line with defined initiatives & targets.

·         Effectively manages the life cycle of the team within the department, fostering a culture of growth, development and performance whilst reflecting promoting the company culture and values.

·         Prepares and is responsible for the departmental budget, ensuring that costs and departmental inventory is controlled and that target productivity and performance levels are attained

·         Build and maintain effective working relationships with all key stakeholders and partners both internal and external ensuring all communications/activities are controlled and undertaken in a timely manner.

·         Review and scrutinize the business performance, providing recommendations that will drive financial performance, including working with internal and external partners on adhoc projects.

·         Ensures adherence to all legislation where due diligence requirements and best practice activities are planned, delivered and documented for internal and external audit, performing follow-up as required

You should be innovative, creative, demonstrate a positive mind set and love a challenge. You are engaging, self-motivated and love guests, we all do. Be genuine, yourself, we love that and won’t change that, promise!

You love people’s interaction, you want to be yourself, you are passionate for Music, Art & Fashion, and we want to talk to you!

Come as you are, wear a big smile and become the one who greets like no other. Forget the script. There is no script. Forget traditional, be bold. Have a chat. Make RED the place to be!

Are you READY? So, tell us. Show us. Make us smile. Use your phone and send us a video clip/ a selfie/ photos/ an Instagram link… anything giving us insight into why you’re ready to welcome the world to the RED side.

Come join us and Make Every Moment Matter and make RED the place to be in the City.