Hotel Sales Manager

Our busy hotel is looking for an enthusiastic leader with great sales skills and a customer-focused approach to be our next sales manager. You will add passion and creativity to our sales team, as well as build a strategy to reach and exceed revenue targets through outside sales calls, on-site visits and sales tours, and community networking. You will also be able to increase sales by monitoring local market trends and competitor activity in order to find and close business leads. We are searching for someone with at least 1 year of hotel sales expertise, as well as a love for meeting new people and providing exceptional customer service. Apply now if this sounds like an exciting opportunity!

• Collaborate on creating and planning the department budget with the director of sales and marketing to align overall sales objectives and strategies for the hotel
• Increase new business and accelerate revenue generation by cold calling, on-site visits, and sales tours, as well as engaging your local community network
• Study and research local market trends and competitor activity to discover potential leads
• Create and maintain connections with key group and catering accounts in order to keep and expand our market share
• Conduct yourself as a professional representative of the hotel at various industry tradeshows, conferences, and adhere to the guidelines of the budget and marketing plan

• Stays organized and manage time well
• Prior experience working in the hospitality sector is required
• Must possess a high school diploma or GED and a bachelor’s degree in business or a similar major is desired
• Demonstrated exceptional social, verbal, and negotiating abilities

• 1 plus year of hotel sales experience

Our hotel is off I-55 and Highway 51, in Jackson's business district. A variety of shops and restaurants are within a half-mile, and we’re nine miles from downtown Jackson. Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum are less than 15 minutes away.