Sales Executive

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Economics, Hospitality or a related field.
  
• Minimum of 2-3 years’ Hotel sales experience preferably in a 4 or 5-star Hotel
  
• Knowledge of the Hotel systems and operations will be an added advantage
  
• Strong negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills
  
• Sound understanding of the local and regional market
  
• Highly motivated, well-groomed, and customer-centric
  

• Proactively source and grow corporate, leisure, travel trade, and MICE business
  
• Achieve and exceed assigned revenue and room night targets
  
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients and partners
  
• Conduct sale calls, client presentations and hotel site inspections
  
• Coordination of client events and groups to successful completion
  
• Negotiate contracts in line with the hotel’s pricing and yield strategy
  
• Prepare sales reports and contribute to market intelligence initiatives
  
• Represent the Hotel at Local and international exhibitions
  
• Participate from time to time in key industry and stakeholder activities as may be required,
  
• Utilize the Serena group synergy and make inter-unit sales for the Serena Properties in Africa and Asia