Job Description

Join Our Team at the Beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Kansas City – Overland Park!

We’re looking for a motivated sales professional to join our talented team and help drive group business across the Association, SMERF, and Corporate markets.

If you’re passionate about hospitality and ready to grow your career within Hilton’s global portfolio, this is an incredible opportunity to make an impact!

What will I be doing?

As a sales manager, you would be 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. Specifically, you would be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Respond to sales inquiries from potential clients and customers seeking sleeping rooms, meeting space, food and beverage services, etc.
• Initiates new sales, prospects and qualifies leads and solicits potential clients
• Host and entertain clients and maintain client accounts
• Conduct property site visits and answer questions
• Determine rates, prepare proposals, negotiate contracts, service accounts and analyze lost business for the hotel(s)
• Develop sales plans and strategies to meet or exceed established revenue and room night goals
• Partner with operations departments to ensure full participation in servicing accounts

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What are we looking for?

•    Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year hotel group sales experience in full-service hotel 

It would be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:
•    Knowledge of the hotel property management systems (Delphi.fdc)
•    Relevant degree, in business development or other relevant business field, from an academic institution (CMP, CPCE)

The Benefits- Hilton is proud to have an award-winning workplace culture ranking #2 Best Company To Work For in the U.S.

We support the mental and physical wellbeing of all Team Members so they can Thrive personally and professionally in a diverse and inclusive environment, thanks to innovative programs and benefits such as: 

• 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)

*Please note, benefits may vary depending on the classification and union status of the position.

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

Job Tags

Temporary work, Night shift,

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