About us Travel is a journey. At Holiday Inn, we help make it a joy. Starting with a warm, inviting welcome for all guests, whether traveling on business or for fun, enjoying a quick night, or relaxing for the week. We thrive on making our guest\xe2\x80\x99s stays brighter, helping them create memories that will last a lifetime. Irresistible smiles are our specialty. We should know, we\xe2\x80\x99ve been on our journey since 1952. So, if you can help us spread the joy of travel to all, we\xe2\x80\x99d love to give you a warm welcome to the Holiday Inn\xc2\xae family. Holiday Inn & Suites Dubai Science Park, a preopening hotel, is looking for a passionate and results driven Sales Manager - Government Segment to join their extraordinary team! Ideally located in the heart of Dubai Science Park, in the most sought after residential area of Dubai. Minutes away from mega malls, magnificent Jumeirah Beaches, world\xe2\x80\x99s leading tourist attractions and Parks, auto drome and over 5 championship golf courses. The newly opened Holiday Inn & Suites at Dubai Science Park includes 240 hotel rooms and suites and 84 one-bedroom apartments, anchor F&B offerings and an extensive 1026sqm cutting-edge meeting and events facilities. The Key responsibility of the role include:

• Work within current business strategies as well as detecting and capitalizing on potential opportunities.
• Implements all sales actions plan related to the market areas as outlined in the sales plan.
• Builds and strengthens relationship with existing and new customers to enable future booking through proactive activities including Sales call, entertainments, attending events in the hotel and trade shows etc.
• Provide feedback to the Director of Sales & Marketing on changing market conditions, including trends in the competitions as results of direct sales actions and analysis in his/her market areas.
• Able to provide quick and timely responses, immediate communications, develop and provide the highest quality service to the customer at all times.
• Submit weekly sales reports, business-generates reports, and weekly call planner to Director of Sales & Marketing.
• Achieve personal and team goals as assigned.
• Support hotel promotions and events and ensures information is fed into the market
• Work closely with other hotel departments to facilitate services agreed upon by the sales team and prospective clients. Disseminate sales-related information to other departments as appropriate.

Qualifications:

• Minimum two years of experience in Sales role or comparable in a reputed organization with proven records of achieving the targets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organizational, administrational and time management skills.
• In depth knowledge of local Market
• Able to analyze and evaluate data against key performance indicators
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Problem solving, reasoning, motivating, organizational and training abilities are used often.

What we offer We\xe2\x80\x99ll reward all your hard work with competitive salary and benefits. Join us and you\xe2\x80\x99ll become part of the global IHG family \xe2\x80\x93 and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together \xe2\x80\x93 we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.