InterContinental Hotels
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Area Director of Sales & Marketing
About the job
As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand. Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.If you’d like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.
Responsibilities include development and implementation of the sales and marketing plan and reporting on effectiveness of the plan. Responsibilities also require direct and routine interaction with Regional Sales and Marketing office.
At InterContinental Hotels & Resorts we look for people who are charming, confident, and internationally-minded; people who know what it takes to exceed guest expectations.
The Director of Sales and Marketing is responsible for all aspects of the Sales and Marketing activities and is responsible for the overall positioning of hotels within the region (3 InterContinental Hotels), brand communication and the development of customers for the property including :
- Overseeing the planning and development of promotional strategies and marketing plans,
- Management of the sales and marketing team
- Reporting on effectiveness of the plan
For Rooms, Dining Outlets, Events.
In addition, they are responsible for
- Yield strategies,
- Digital strategy,
- Market performance,
- Budget & forecast meeting,
- Business mix targets and strategies,
Strategies will include pricing, status, direct sales, market mix, marketing, and public relations.
Candidates must have a dynamic leadership style, possessing excellent communication and decision making skills and an astute business acumen.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated ability to interact with customers, employees and third parties that reflects highly on the hotel, the brand and the Company.
- Problem solving, reasoning, motivating, organizational and training abilities.
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
- Good Communication and writing skills
- Requires advanced knowledge of the principles and practices within the sales/marketing/Digital hospitality profession
- Must be French nationality
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Sales, Marketing or related field.
- Minimum five years of sales and marketing in the luxury hotel industry
- Experience with cluster role is better
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and property management systems.
- Command of the English language both written and verbal
- Strong media, presentation and computer skills
We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including competitive salary, House Allowance and Relocation Cost. Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve.
Area Director of Sales & Marketing
Full-time, Indefinite
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