Sales Specialist
Split across two unique buildings, a former telephone exchange and a bank, W Amsterdam is an intriguing design mix of heritage and contemporary style. Mixing historical Dutch architectural elements with cutting-edge design right next to Dam Square, W Amsterdam is at the epicenter of this energetic and forward-thinking city. We offer innovative design and luxury in our 238 stylish guest rooms, including 23 suites, three WOW suites and two lavish Extreme WOW Suites. Our guests can indulge in one of our destination restaurants THE DUCHESS and MR PORTER and taste signature sips at our rooftop W Lounge overlooking the Royal Palace and the city lights, including WET Deck the iconic rooftop pool. We offer exclusive access to a vibrant nightlife, dining, shopping and fashion scene with our signature Whatever/Whenever® service, our in-the-know W Insiders and our W Happenings.
W Hotels does not recruit, we cast Talent. W Amsterdam, located at Spuistraat 175 is casting an Events Specialist. You will be joining the Sales and Events team.
Main responsibilities:
Managing Sales Activities
• Provides sales support to the Sales organization, as well as individual hotels.
• Achieves group revenue goals by responding to incoming group opportunities for the property that are over sales office peak room parameters.
• Understands the overall market (e.g., competitors' strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc.) and knows how to sell against them.
• Closes the best opportunities for the property based on market conditions and property needs.
• Uses negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to close on business and negotiate contracts.
• Partners with Sales to identify new group/catering business and achieve personal and property revenue goals.
• Assists with selling, implementation and follow-through of group sales promotions.
• Coordinates and executes all site inspections/visits on property for Account Executives, Group Sales Managers, and Remotes.
• Provides coordination support for site inspections executed by on-property sales associates.
• Understands competitor's strengths and weaknesses in order to differentiate Marriott from the competition during the site visit.
• Provides expert knowledge on local destination (e.g., local attractions, events, etc.)
• Coordinates with all sales channels to educate selling engines on property attributes and business needs.
• Verifies echannels and websites are updated with accurate detail about the property.
• Provides other sales support as needed, upon direction from General Manager (GM) or sales leadership, within the overall sales strategy
• Understands competitive market and identifies share shift opportunities.
• Understands segment strategy and customer accounts to be covered.
• Executes strategy for assigned accounts to achieve goals of stakeholder hotels while growing revenues for Marriott outside the market.
• Retains, expands and grows account revenue of existing accounts through total account penetration, margin management, and implementation of sales and marketing initiatives. Penetrates assigned accounts for group, transient, extended stay and catering sales business.
• Maintains current business relationships for new business within accounts.
• Leverages appropriate corporate (e.g., Sales & Marketing Planning and Support) and market resources (e.g., area leadership, group sales within the sales office, property leadership) to monitor account saturation, pull-through of account strategies and selling solutions at the local property level.
• Performs other duties, as assigned, to meet business needs.
Building Successful Relationships
• Works collaboratively with off-property sales channels (e.g., Group Sales within the Sales Office, ,) to verify the property needs are being achieved and the sales efforts are complementary, not duplicative.
• Partners with Event Management and/or Operations in providing a customer experience that exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Serves the customer by understanding their needs and recommending the appropriate features and services that best meet their needs and exceed their expectations, while building a relationship and loyalty to Marriott.
• Gains understanding of the property's primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solutions both prior to, and during the program/event.
• Drives customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience.
• Develops a close working relationship with operations to execute strategies at the property level.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Requirements:
At least 1 year experience in a similar role.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Well-organized with excellent multi-tasking abilities.
Excellent knowledge of the English language
Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management is preferred.
Experience with Opera and Microsoft Office is preferred
Work Permit for The Netherlands is required.
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