Assistant Sales Manager CORPORATE

• Strategic management and development of the luxury segment across multiple markets for Rixos Premium Saadiyat Island & Club Privé by Rixos Saadiyat Island.
• Securing and maintaining partnerships with top luxury partners in key source markets.
• Manage marketing investment and communication to luxury partners.
• Travel to key markets to exclusively target luxury tour operators and agencies for training & represent hotels at key Luxury trade events.
• Secure and manage luxury consortia inclusion and strategies.
• Monitor and react to market trends within the luxury segment.
• Maximize occupancy and average rate of hotel through creative and selective selling for Luxury segment & Villas
• Development of unique strategies to target luxury segment.
• Develop strong, secure and productive business relations with all companies within portfolio of Luxury Sales.
• Provide ongoing market intelligence by monitoring business sources and segments
• Assist the DOS in pursuing new market segments to secure sales and prepare proposals for consideration.
• Ensure that revenues and / or cost controls are maximized through proactive actions rather than reactive management.
• Be aware of the strengths and weaknesses of all competing hotel and restaurant products and provide weekly regular updates after visiting competition hotels allocated for tracking purposes
• Maintain accurate information on all new and on-going leads and accounts, including solicitation efforts.
• Contact and entertain clients during their site visits and through invitations to contacts within his/her respective segment.
• Ensure that all incoming correspondence (inquiries, requests, offers, confirmations, etc.) are attended to and replied in due time.
• Establish a Weekly / Monthly Reports, which includes the summary of the past activities, prospection and trends, and analyses competitor’s sales and promotion efforts, forecast for all sales activities & production/conversion figures.
• Targets to achieve key figures from key accounts / key markets through preparation and execution of proper action plan for his/her field of responsibility.
• Support colleagues in sales where necessary.
  

Perform duties in a manner that respects Rixos Hotels Core Behaviours that are Trust, Relationship, Entrepreneurship and Drive

Qualifications

Your experience and skills include:

• Valid UAE driver's license.
• Min 3 years’ experience in the luxury hospitality segment for Abu Dhabi.
• English / Arabic speaker is essential, additional languages will benefit.
• Excellent customer service and leadership skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong market connections within Abu Dhabi, Dubai & International markets.