F&B Sales Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The position is accountable for proactively soliciting and handling sales opportunities of Hotel's Venues. Ensures business is turned over properly and in a timely fashion for proper service delivery. Assists in leading all day-to-day activities related to Food and Beverage Sales with a focus on building long-term, value-based customer relationships that enable achievement of sales objectives. Achieves personal Food and Beverage Sales goals.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

1. 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Building Successful Relationships that Generate F&B Sales Opportunities

• Works collaboratively with off-property sales channels to ensure F&B sales efforts are coordinated, complementary and not duplicative.
• Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings. Activities include sales calls, entertainment, FAM trips, trade shows, etc.
• Develops relationships within community to strengthen and expand customer base for F&B sales opportunities.
• Manages and develops relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides accurate, complete and effective turnover to F&B Management.

Managing Sales Activities

• Participates in sales calls with members of sales team to acquire new business and/or close on business.
• Executes and supports the operational aspects of business booked (e.g., generating proposal, writing contract, customer correspondence).

Using Knowledge of Market Trends and Target Customer Information to Maximize Revenue

• Identifies new business to achieve personal and location 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 location based on market conditions and location needs.
• Gains understanding of the location's primary target customer and service expectations; serves the customer by understanding their business, business issues and concerns, to offer better business solution.