Senior / Catering Sales Manager (Village Hotel Changi & Village Hotel Katong)

Company description:

Far East Hospitality Holdings Pte Ltd (Far East Hospitality) is an international hospitality owner and operator with a diverse portfolio of 9 unique and complementary brands of hotels, serviced residences and apartment hotels, including Oasia, Quincy, Rendezvous, Village, Far East Collection, Adina Hotels, Vibe Hotels, Travelodge Hotels and TFE Hotels Collection. We own more than 10 hospitality assets and operate a combined portfolio of more than 16,500 rooms under management across 100 hotels and serviced residences in eight countries - Australia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore - with more in our development pipeline.

Formed as a 70-30 joint venture in 2013 between Far East Orchard Limited (a listed company under Far East Organization) and The Straits Trading Company Limited, we in turn completed a 50-50 joint venture through our wholly-owned subsidiary Far East Hospitality Investments (Australia) Pte Ltd, with Australia's Toga Group to form Toga Far East Hotels (TFE Hotels).

This postion represents the hotels (Village Hotel Changi & Village Hotel Katong) to handle sales activites, acquires new event accounts, maintains client relationships, collaborates with Operations, achieve sales targets and ensures compliance with regulations and guidelines.

• Promote the property through networking, cold calling, site inspections and presentations
• Manage bookings for individual and group businesses
• Implement sales strategies to achieve revenue targets and profitability
• Respond promptly to all telephone and walk-in enquiries about events and catering space
• Conduct tours of the property with event planners and potential guests/customers
• Update the operations of the property, market trends and competition
• Hunt for new sales leads

• Diploma in Sales and Marketing
• At least 3 years of relevant experience
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills with strong network
• Strong negotiation and presentation skills
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment.
• Knowledge in banquet spaces, facilities and capabilities of the competitive market