Summary
Kempinski Hotels is seeking a Director of Sales in Dubai to lead the sales team and manage departmental operations. The role covers sales strategies and targets, revenue forecasts, account development, client contracting, reporting and market analysis. Candidates should have a strong luxury hotel background, 2 to 3 years of similar experience, a degree or diploma in Hotel Management or Business Administration, a UAE driving licence, and knowledge of Opera and Microsoft Office. The position reports directly to the General Manager.
The posting
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The Director of Sales will lead, direct, and motivate the sales team to consistently achieve and surpass annual revenue targets. This role assumes full management responsibility for all departmental operations, ensuring strict adherence to quality guidelines and hotel standards while actively supporting the hotel’s mission, vision, and strategic objectives.
- Assist with the preparation of the annual budget by providing statistics and forecasts of account productions.
- Prepare and submit relevant administration in a timely and accurate manner such as sales call schedules, sales call reports, and monthly reports of the sales team to the General Manager.
- Ensure all Sales personnel have sales targets, personal sales plans and a personal incentive.
- Formulate strategies in order to run an effective Sales team.
- Monitor all outstanding balances on all department accounts and follow up with all professional sales team members in a timely manner.
- Work closely with all professional sales team members in the preparation of personal sales goals on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis and complete a report and analysis at the end of each month.
- Promote the action of cross selling of other Kempinski Hotels with all sales colleagues.
- Responsible for ensuring all enquires are responded to within 24 hours.
- Responsible for greeting all site inspections at the Hotel.
- Be aware of all market trends and check with General Manager for urgent action.
- Attend the international fairs, road shows maintain and build strong relations during these events.
- Responsible for key account management on an assigned account base or geographic areas ensuring revenue maximization, achievement of personal targets and increasing fair market share versus competitor set.
- Responsible for prospecting new accounts.
- Attend weekly revenue meeting
- To prepare weekly activities and plan for the upcoming week.
- Conduct site inspections.
- Follow up of tentative bookings in the assigned markets.
- Detailed knowledge of competitor set.
- Detailed knowledge of all services provided by the Hotel and all relevant facts and figures of the hotel.
- Responsible for timely contracting from the client base responsible for.
- SMART contracting to ensure optimum yielding during annual rate negotiations.
- Execute sales actions within set cost budget structure.
- Strong Luxury background
- Minimum 2 to 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- UAE Driving licence
- Degree/Diploma in Hotel Management / Business Administration
- Strong knowledge of Opera & Microsoft Office
- Understands the local & international culture and have worked in the region
- Should be result & quality driven.
- Role is reporting directly to the General manager.
Founded in Germany in 1897, Kempinski Hotels has long reflected the finest traditions of European hospitality. Today, as ever, Kempinski is synonymous with distinctive luxury.
Located in many of the world's most well-known cities and resorts, the Kempinski collection includes hotels in a grand manner, pace-setting modern establishments and older hotels of individual charm. All blend gracefully into their surroundings and offer luxurious accommodation, superb cuisine and unrivalled facilities - complemented by impeccable service.
For leisure and business guests alike, the name Kempinski has long been synonymous with style, mobility and efficiency. Put simply, they are the first choice for the discerning individual.
In addition to operating many of the finest city hotels in the world, Kempinski is a name that can now be found in many exciting resort locations, each combining local flair and ambience with the international standards of service and luxury that Kempinski guests have come to expect.