Sales Specialist

Stonebridge Hospitality Associates•Flushing, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sales Specialist will act as personal support for the Sales Department. This role is responsible for detailing all incoming meetings and events, providing on-site event coverage, maintaining room block inventories, and qualifying all incoming sales calls. The Sales Specialist serves as the key internal communicator to all departments regarding all groups, meetings, and events.

Requirements

Requires mathematical development sufficient to be able to: add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure.
Must have developed language skills to the point to be able to: Read newspapers, periodicals, journals, and manuals.
Write business letters, summaries and reports using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.
Participate in discussions and debates.
Speak extemporaneously on a variety of subjects.
Coordinating: Determining time, place, and sequence of operations or action to be taken on the basis of analysis of data; executing determination and/or reporting on events.
Persuading: Influencing others in favor of a product or service or point of view.
Handling: Using body members, hand tools, and/or special devices to work, move, or carry objects or materials. Involves little or no latitude for judgment with regard to attainment of standards or in selecting appropriate tools, objects or materials.
On the job training or essential experience in less responsible jobs over 1 year and including 2 years.

Nice To Haves

Associate or Bachelor degree helpful.

Responsibilities

Performs general duties including taking meeting minutes, answering the telephone, distributing sales leads, and conducting client hotel sites.
Audits Sales System for accuracy of room blocks GRC, space conflicts and space control on behalf of the department director.
Handles all details of bookings after group/catering booking contract turnover occurs.
Books Catering only events and handles all details of bookings and provides on-site support day-of event.
Ensures guaranteed counts and payments are received, which is to follow the terms and conditions of the contract.
Works with clients to ensure all details regarding their group room booking or catered event are obtained, executed, and charged properly.
Obtains group rooming lists and coordinates their inventory with the front office.
Communicates all changes and alterations to an event booking with the property departments.
Maintains a filing system of reports and pertinent records.
Participates in the planning and execution of all client events.
Records and distributes internal meeting minutes in a timely matter.