Sales Manager

At Holiday Inn® Hotels & Resorts our job is to bring the joy of travel to everyone. That’s where you come in. When you’re part of the Holiday Inn Hotels & Resorts brand you’re more than just a job title.

At Holiday Inn we look for people who are friendly, welcoming and full of life; people who are always finding ways to make every guest’s experience an enjoyable one.

Join us as Sales Manager in Holiday Inn Almaty. You’ll have ambition, talent and obviously, some key skills. We’re looking for someone who can:

• manage sales activities and events in line with the annual sales and marketing plan and to achieve/exceed budget and sales strategy
• monitor competitors’ activities and assist in marketing intelligence
• sell to new, existing, and prospective customers considering goals set forth in the sales strategy, negotiating an optimum rate for the benefit of the business
• develop and maintain contact with business generators, meeting, and convention planners, visitors, travel agents, tour operators, airlines, corporate accounts, Government
• plan and conduct familiarization tours and site inspections
• asist with the preparation of new products and services
• implement direction from Director of Sales and Marketing and Regional Managers
• work with DOSM in the preparation and management of the Department’s budget
• provide guests with information (example: loyalty programs, area attractions, restaurants, facility information) to enhance guest experience
• develop awareness and reputation of the hotel and the brand in the local community

In return for your hard work, you can look forward to a highly competitive salary and benefits package – including

• Employment according to Labour Code of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Excellent opportunities for professional and career development
• Corporate training programs
• Attractive employee rates in all the IHG hotels worldwide

Requirements:

- high education (bachelor degree)

- experience in hospitality business

- fluent English

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – 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