We have an exciting opportunity
for a Director of Sales to join the team at the Delta
Hotels By Marriott Northampton.
The Role:
As Director of Sales, you will
play a key role in maintaining and building strong relationships with our key
clients, be accountable for proactively soliciting and managing special
corporate accounts, group and catering-related opportunities along with total
account management of the existing account portfolio. Your focus is to build
long term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of hotel
sales budgets to promote brand loyalty and increase market share.
You will be responsible for, but
not limited to:
* Building and strengthening relationships
with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities
include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.
* Developing relationships within the
community to strengthen and expand customer base for sales opportunities.
* Managing and developing relationships
with key internal and external stakeholders.
* Providing accurate, complete and
effective turnover to Event Management.
* Identifying new business to achieve
personal and location revenue goals.
* Understanding the overall market -
competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand
etc. and knowing how to sell against them.
* Ensuring that the Senior Event Manager
and their team are working effectively and efficiently to deliver an
exceptional customer experience
* Assisting other departments wherever
necessary and maintaining good working relationships within the whole
hotel
* Complying with hotel security, fire
regulations and all health and safety legislation
Our Ideal Candidate:
You will have a proven track
record in a similar role within a hotel environment. Experience in coaching and
developing team members, driving sales and delivering financial results.
You will have a warm people orientated demeanour, a gift for paying attention
to the smallest details and a positive outlook and outgoing
personality.
Perks you deserve:
We’ll support you in and out of
the workplace by offering:
* Complimentary gym Membership because your
wellbeing is important
* Tasty and Varied Meals in our Associate
Dining Facility
* Enrolment in Perks at Work - Access to
unlimited deals from retailers to restaurants, cinema’s and more
* Discounted Hotel Accommodation Worldwide
for you and your Friends & Family
* 20% F&B Discount, 30% Retail Discount
& 20% Spa Discount in Marriott Hotels Worldwide
* 23 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays
* Annual Performance Related Pay
Review
* Cycle to work scheme
* Pension & Life Assurance
* Access to our Take Care Emotional
Wellbeing Resources & Associate Assistance Service
* Comprehensive Training and Development
programme
* Company Pension scheme
* Complimentary Carparking
This role offers a competitive
annual salary as well as a bonus plan allowing you to earn up to 20% of your
salary.
Delta Hotels provide a seamless
travel experience that has been thoughtfully designed with the essential needs
of the modern frequent traveller in mind. We flawlessly deliver the key
essentials guests need and we work hard to eliminate everything they don’t. At
Delta Hotels by Marriott, we are always warm, wise and in control so our guests
can focus on what’s most important. With a strong presence in Canada, the
United Kingdom, and the United States, Delta Hotels by Marriott is rapidly
expanding across markets all around the world. If you enjoy delivering
purposeful service and focusing on the details that matter, we invite you to
explore jobs at Delta Hotels by Marriott. In joining Delta Hotels, you join a
portfolio of brands with Marriott International. Be where you
can do your best work, begin your purpose, belong to
an amazing global team, and become the best version of
you.