Sales Executive (Male)-ARABIC&ENGLISH SPEAKING

JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for proactively soliciting and managing sales opportunities within assigned segments. Manages group/catering opportunities . Actively up-sells each business opportunity to maximize revenue opportunity. Achieves personal and team related revenue goals. Ensures business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for proper service delivery.
CORE WORK ACTIVITIES
- Identifies new corporate and/or group/catering business to achieve personal and property revenue goals.
- Understands the overall market – competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and demand etc. and knows how to sell against them.
- Closes the best opportunities for the property based on market conditions and property needs.
- Gains understanding of the property’s primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business issues and concerns to offer better business solution both prior to, and during the program/event.
- Uses negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to close on business and negotiate contracts.
- Develops and maintains relationships within community to strengthen and expand customer base for group/catering sales opportunities.
- Provides accurate, complete and effective turnover to Proactive Sales and Event Management.
-Conducts site inspections
- Creates contracts as required.
- Participates in and practices daily service basics of the brand.

EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE

Good command of both English and Arabic

5 years experience in sales and marketing, guest services, front desk, or related professional area.
OR
Bachelors Degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel Management, or related major; 5 years work experience required in the related professional areas.