City, State:

Grand Junction, Colorado

Starting at $56,485.00 per year + Generous quarterly and annual bonuses

Title: Sales Manager

FLSA: Exempt

Salary: Starting at $56,485.00 per year + Generous quarterly and annual bonuses

Location: Doubletree – Grand Junction, CO

Come join the Doubletree family! We are searching for a dynamic Group Sales Manager who's up to the challenge of high demand leads and a busy yet fun professional sales environment. We offer great benefits including but not limited to Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement & Great Travel Perks! Grand Junction also offers some of the world’s best mountain biking and other outdoor activities right here in our backyard!

Job Summary:

The SALES MANAGER will generate group business in the designated market segment using proactive sales activities.

Essential Functions:

• Solicit, negotiate and contract new and existing accounts to meet and exceed revenue goals.
• Minimizes revenue by selling all facets of the facility, promoting our preferred vendors, and assisting with additional revenue streams.
• Utilizes Sales Platform to track accounts, bookings, contacts, and prepare correspondence to customers, internal booking reports and file maintenance.
• Negotiate and complete contracts with Clients
• Drives customer loyalty through excellent customer service throughout the sales process. Serve the customer by understanding their needs and recommending appropriate features and services.
• Ability to develop and execute strategic action plans to be able to meet/exceed predetermined goals for position and ream as a whole.
• Participate in trade shows and community and professional organizations to maintain high visibility and the achievement of sales and revenue goals.
• Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned and participate in committees as requested

1 + years of hotel sales experience

Excellent communication and guest relation skills

The ability to work well with large group of people in a team environment

Must be able to work well in stressful, high-pressure situations including the ability to handle guest complaints and disputes and resolve them to satisfactory results

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of the position.

Competencies:

• Demonstrates Initiative – Identifies areas that would improve the operation and generates suggestions
• Dependable / Reliable – Relied upon regarding task completion and follow-up
• Communication – Professional oral and written communication skills
• Computer Skills – Ability to interpret and perform basic computer functions.
• Outgoing and goal oriented
• Negotiation Skills

Qualifications :

• High School Diploma or higher; required
• Any sales experience or hotel experience is highly preferred.
• Hotel Sales familiarity is a bonus.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, tablets, phones, printers, and photocopiers.

• Minimal to moderate noise levels consistent with hotel environment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

In addition, physical activity normally entails the following attributes:

• Walk more than 1/3 of the time and sitting more than 2/3 of the time
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel 10% of time, reach with hands and arms 25% of time
• Talk or hear 75% of time
• Lift, Push/Pull up to 10lbs

Our company does not discriminate against its associates or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-associate relationships, including recruitment, hiring, advancement, compensation, benefits, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination. Every reasonable accommodation will be made for disabled associates.

Resumes and applications for employment will be evaluated based on qualifications to meet the requirements of the position and ability to perform the requirements of the position.

Our company does not discriminate against its associates or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or medical condition. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-associate relationships, including recruitment, hiring, advancement, compensation, benefits, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall and termination. Every reasonable accommodation will be made for disabled associates.

Resumes and applications for employment will be evaluated on the basis of qualifications to meet the requirements of the position and ability to perform the requirements of the position.