Assistant Meetings & Events Sales Manager

Job description

Key tasks

Do you thrive in a faced paced environment and have a passion for Sales? If so, then here is an opportunity not to be missed!

We are looking for a leader to become our Assistant Meetings & Events Sales Manager. You will be an essential part of our hotel's large and diverse Sales team at Pullman Auckland. Reporting to the Meetings & Events Sales Manager, this role will help drive business to reach revenue growth targets and continue to lead the way as Auckland's premier Meeting and Events venue.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Proactively seeking enquiries, for a range of Meetings & Events

• Effectively taking client enquiries, for all range of Meetings & Events.

• Working closely with the Sales team to ensure maximization of all revenue generating opportunities.

• Assisting in leading a positive selling culture within the team and the hotel, actively promoting active selling of all areas.

• Convert sales leads provided into new business opportunities.

BENEFITS

Meal provided during shift
Work attire dry cleaned
Career opportunities within an international company

Pullman and its people

The Pullman promise is built around its three values: commitment, adaptability and creativity , and these are orchestrated throughout the hotel by a specific human resources and management policy:

• Body & Soul, the service attitudes model developed by Pullman

• Welcomer, Quality & Attitude Manager, Event Manager - some of the new Pullman professions

• A Pullman “school” of leadership, focusing on creativity.

Desired profile

Skills

Level of Education Bachelor / Licence
Areas of study Hospitality
Professional experiences 1 to 2 years
Languages essential English (Primary tongue)

Essential and optional requirements

- Current eligibility to work in New Zealand for a minimum 1 year
- A background in recognizing and securing new business opportunities.
- Experience in a fast paced meetings & events or reactive sales environment.
- Proven results in sales and achieving targets
- Driven to succeed in a hardworking fun environment
- An understanding of effective yield management and dynamic pricing structures
- Opera and Delphi knowledge advantageous

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