Sales Manager - Pillows Grand Boutique Hotel Maurits At The Par

For our 5-starhotel Pillows Maurits at the Park we're looking for a experienced Sales Manager to join our team. Read below for the job description and expectations that we have for this position.Main purpose of the position:
• Developing and maintaining an account base within the B2B market by application of professional skills.
• Responsible for generating revenue and new business opportunities for Pillows Maurits at the Park and associated restaurants VanOost, Spring Café & Brasserie and the Shaffy Restobar.
• Responsible to achieve professional rapport within the local business community.
• “Hands on” manager, actively involved in securing, qualifying, and following up on leads to book specific business.
• To assist the guests efficiently, courteously, and professionally and lead by example.What are you going to do as a Sales Manager?
• Assists with development of the hotel's sales plan based on the hotel's position and strengths within managed market segment.
• Analyses the competition's market position, strengths & weaknesses for managed market segment and implements directs sales activities
• Manages key accounts, key prospects and identifies key suspects in the managed market segments.
• Is familiar with all ‘business' in the market in the managed market segments, where that ‘business' stays and why.
• Identifies and maintains constant communication with the hotel's key accounts in the managed market segments.
• Actively increases revenue through outside sales calls, telemarketing, in-house sales calls etc. Obtaining a minimum of 5 sales calls per week.
• Organises sales promotional activities (blitzes, shows, trips, telemarketing etc) in line with budget, hotel's demands and within managed market segments.
• Manages projects under the direction of the Director of Sales.
• Carries out focused and innovate promotional activity e.g., fam trips, educational site inspections, mailings, and incentives.
• Within established parameters, quote and neg