Sales Manager - MICE

Job description / Role

Sales Manager - MICE

Do you have a passion for excellence? We are looking for a passionate and competitive Sales Manager to join our sales team and will manage the MICE segment.

What is in it for you:
- Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
- Learning programs through our Academies
- Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
- Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Planet 21

What you will be doing:
- To efficiently and effectively manage and oversee the functionality of conference department to include enquiries, contracts, yield management, weekly functions sheets and updates distributed by the team .
- Perform day to day sales activity including lead generation, face to face meetings, contracting and rate negotiation, site inspections, attendance at trade shows, client entertainment and national and international sales trips where required.
- Responsible for co-coordinating and managing a Sales & Marketing Plan covering all aspects of Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Events taking into account room hire, F&B and accommodation targets .
- Undertake monthly tracking of conference accounts including room related business within conference and corporate group sector.
- Partake in hosting FAM trip & Client Evenings in conjunction with the sales & marketing plan.
- Assist in the development and promotion of weddings and events to local and regional markets.

Requirements

Your experience and skills include:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major with at least 5 years of experience in the sales and marketing in a 5-star luxury hotels.
- Knowledge of local market and with hospitality background preferably in MICE segments.
- Strong analytical skills to understand key business indicators and competitive trends and develop approaches to these challenges
- Excellent selling capabilities and the ability and desire to coach selling techniques to Team Members
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- English proficiency is a must. French and Arabic is a plus
- Passion for sales and for achieving targets and objectives

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor's limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor.

Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo! #BELIMITLESS

About the Company

A caring employer providing respect, training and career development for our employees. An attractive employer offering more than 100 professions across the 5 continents.

We are much more than a world leader. We are 250,000 hoteliers with the same shared passion for welcoming. We take care of millions of guests in our 4,300 addresses and on our digital platforms. As an operator and franchisor (HotelServices), owner and investor (HotelInvest), we invest all our energy into making "Feel Welcome" resonate as the finest hotel promise.

From luxury to economy and in every corner of the globe, AccorHotels'​ more than 20 brands meet all the needs of business and leisure travelers seeking comfort, attention and high-quality services.