Sales Manager

Role Overview

Sales Manager at Marriott International. The position is accountable for proactively soliciting and handling sales opportunities, ensuring business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for proper service delivery, and achieving personal sales goals.

Role Purpose

Lead all day-to-day activities related to sales with a focus on building long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Relationship Building

• Work collaboratively with off-property sales channels to ensure sales efforts are coordinated, complementary and not duplicative.
• Build and strengthen relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings through sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, and other activities.
• Develop relationships within the community to strengthen and expand the customer base for sales opportunities.
• Manage and develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide accurate, complete and effective turnover to Event Management.

Sales Execution

• Participate in sales calls with members of the sales team to acquire new business and close on business.
• Execute and support the operational aspects of booked business, including generating proposals, writing contracts, and customer correspondence.
• Identify new business to achieve personal and location revenue goals.
• Close the best opportunities for the location based on market conditions and location needs.

Market Intelligence

• Understand the overall market, including competitors' strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, and supply and demand dynamics.
• Know how to sell against competitor offerings.
• Gain understanding of the location's primary target customer and service expectations.
• Serve customers by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solutions.

Customer Service

• Support the company's service and relationship strategy, driving customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience.
• Service customers in order to grow share of the account.
• Execute and support the company's customer service standards.
• Provide excellent customer service consistent with the daily service basics of the company.
• Set a positive example for guest relations.
• Interact with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels.

Qualifications & Experience

• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major, with 3 years experience in sales and marketing or related professional area.

OR

• 4-year bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major, with 1 year experience in sales and marketing or related professional area.

Additional Information

Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing access to opportunity. The company actively fosters an environment where the unique backgrounds of associates are valued and celebrated. Marriott is committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability, veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.