Executive Meeting Manager - DoubleTree by Hilton Abilene Downtown Convention Center

Hilton Worldwide•Abilene, TX

30d

About The Position

The DoubleTree by Hilton Abilene Downtown Convention Center is looking for an Executive Meeting Manager to sell and service all small groups. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about creating memorable meetings and being the go-to person for making every event unforgettable! Join us at Abilene's first full-service hotel and be part of a team dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for our guests. The Executive Meeting Manager is responsible for representing the hotel's services and facilities to prospective clients and customers in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. This position will handle groups of approximately 10-40 guest rooms on peak with or without meeting space, both selling and servicing their groups.

Requirements

Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred
Minimum Years of Experience:â Minimum of one year of sales, catering, or events experience
Additional Requirements: Ability to travel on short notice within West Texas and adaptable to schedule changes
Highly professional presentations and oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Respond to sales inquiries from potential clients and customers seeking sleeping rooms, meeting space, food and beverage services, etc.
Utilize discretion and authority to negotiate contracts and commit company with customers and establish agreements with vendors.
Initiates new sales, prospects, and qualifies leads. Boots on the ground sales calls.
Write proposals and/or contracts to advise prospective groups for meeting space, space and rate availability for group accommodations (1-25 guest rooms) for moderately smaller meetings. Develop and quote prices for same.
Attend weekly sales departmental meeting and other scheduled meetings to support business operations.
Conduct site inspections and property tours with potential customers, visiting guest rooms, meeting space and banquet facilities, as well as other hotel facilities.
Partner with operations departments to ensure full participation in servicing accounts.

Benefits

Access to your pay when you need it through DailyPay
Health insurance
quarterly bonus potential
Career growth and development
Team Member Resource Groups
Recognition and rewards programs
Go Hilton travel discount program
Best-in-Class Paid Time Off (PTO)
Supportive parental leave
Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - purchase Hilton shares at 15% discount
Debt-free education: Access to a wide variety of educational credentials (ex. college degrees, high school completion, English-language learning, digital literacy, professional certificates and more)
Sales Incentive
Hilton offers a best-in market SIP (Short-Term Incentive Plan) to our Sales, Catering & Events teams to reward our employees for their contributions to our company's financial success. The Plan includes a quarterly component worth 20% of bonus eligible earnings. The quarterly incentive may have multiple individually weighted objectives, meaning multiple opportunities to earn a payout