Senior Sales Manager - Fremont Marriott 80K to 90K

Responsibilities:Conduct a successful, aggressive solicitation process involving outside sales calls, inside appointments, telephone calls, email, personalized letters, video sales, and virtual tours. As a proactive Sales Manager, 80% of the time should be spent in active sales solicitation.Provide daily support to the Sales Managers with assistance in account development, activities, sales calls, site visits, and business evaluation.Assist the Director of Sales in creating a realistic and aggressive annual marketing plan. Update your portion of this plan on a monthly basis to ensure it is up to date and changes with market conditions.Create a Quarterly Action Plan each quarter that ties into the annual marketing plan and market conditions. This includes developing sales strategies and timelines for your market segments.Send proposals on all leads which fit the profile of the property and actively follow through to convert from proposal to definite status. Proposals should be sent to clients immediately upon holding space.Clearly outline the client’s room block requirements, suite/upgrade requirements, meeting space requirements, budget information, decision maker/process, and client’s hot buttons.Obtain, document, and route all necessary information on definite groups, including billing information, credit applications, rooming lists, and VIP arrangements. Details on meeting arrangements, menus, audio-visual arrangements, etc. should be documented and passed on to the catering manager for follow-up.Forecast your group production on a weekly basis and provide it to your Director of Sales to ensure a property forecast can be created.Participate in Group Pick Up meetings as needed. Provide feedback to Groups Housing Manager on any of your group changes including the number of rooms needed and cutoff dates.Achieve all assigned KPIs, including sales solicitation goals, bookings, lead response times, and group pace.Participate in weekly revenue calls as requested, bringing your group forecast to the call. Be able to discuss your current sales pipeline for any leads that will convert so the team can strategize transient rates for that timeframe.Inform the Director of Sales of any group offers/e-blasts that need to be created for your market segments.Submit expense reports on a weekly basis to your Director of Sales & Marketing.Prepare any sales reporting needed by management or ownership.Maintain total and complete sensitivity to customer satisfaction and guest needs.Assist the Director of Sales on special projects as assigned.Requirements:The Senior Sales Manager works to maximize sales occupancy and rates in conjunction with hotel operations, to increase profits by increasing room sales and generating business through aggressive sales efforts. The Senior Sales Manager is a leader amongst the sales team and provides daily support to the Sales Managers. The Senior Sales Manager also provides support to the Director of Sales & Marketing in the development of the strategic plan to drive revenue results. #J-18808-Ljbffr