Sales & Marketing Executive

Overview

Under the Shade Safari Lodge is looking for the Sales & Maketing Execultive who will be primarily responsible for executing strategy of the hotel with the ultimate objective of maxizing revenue across all revenue generating outlets to include bedrooms, meetings and events, and food and beverage.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

  • Device and implement the overall sales and marketing plan for the hotel and actively monitor its progress in terms of achieving our goals, budget and revenue.
  • Liase with the general Manager and the Managing Director in adopting price strategies across the hotel.
  • Build-on and develop relationship with our current clients.
  • Analyse current markets and identify new markets and potential clients.
  • Tour series contracting.
  • Organise and contract site inspections and familiarization trips in conjunction with the hotel team
  • Manage the number and performance of third party platforms and promotional websites and liaise with providers in ensuring optimisation of the hotel’s online position.
  • Proactively monitor the hotel’s profile on the various social media platforms and ensure appropriate responses are posted in a timely fashion.
  • Liaise with aim person identified or contracted with under the shade to work or assist or contracted to manage our hotels website and advise accounting.
  • Develop and agree departmental sales plans and communicate them clearly to all parties.
  • Manage all promotional collateral from copyright through to design and print and ensure that it is in line with The Under The Shade branding policy and culture.
  • Ensure in house promotional material is current, effective and supports any new sales and marketing promotions.
  • Where necessary device adverts for the promotion of the Food & Beverage departments in the local market.
  • Manage the guest database and ensure that client’s details are accurate and up todate.
  • Ensure that all client correspondence is tracked and recorded, including quotations and contracts.
  • Represent the hotel at consumer trade fairs, promotions and tourism events both at local and national level.
  • Organise on and off-site client entertainment.
  • Maintain the highest standards of professional conduct at all times when dealing with clients, guests etc.
  • Submit weekly sales and marketing activity reports to the General Manager and the Managing Director.
  • Develop and implement the hotel social Media strategy in order to increase our social Media presence and improve our marketing and sales effort.
  • Responding to customers/clients who reach the hotel through social media.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

At least 5 years plus experience of a similar role within the hospitality industry Commercially focused, have the ability to analyse market data and be results driven

Articulate, confident communicator at all levels both with colleagues and clients. Strong understanding of digital marketing including web analytics metrics and tools.

Ambitious, creative and the ability to influence decisions. High level of customer focus and understanding.

Your Team

  1. Lead and develop your Sales and Marketing team by proactively coaching and mentoring team members
  2. Conduct weekly snapshot meetings with your team and up uptodate on activities/sales to date and plans for the weeks ahead.
  3. Monitor the progress of your sales team through weekly activity reports.
  4. Encourage positive working relations with all departments by regular communications and feedback.
  5. Actively communicating with our social media followers and guest through our social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Trip Advisor, booking.com etc.
  6. Design and assemble information packages ie. Bronchures, promotional material, Fliers etc.
  7. Bring in direct guests through online marketing and advertizements

Essential Skills, Qualifications & Experience

Outstanding levels of both written and spoken English and Kiswahili. Educated to College level in subjects of graphics design.

A minimum of 5 years experience working as a graphics designer and a sales marketing Personel.

A social media savy. Creativity and writing skills. Commercial awareness.

Experience with graphic design software such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Inscape etc.

Where to Send your Application:

Kindly send you CV to:- wensmapendo@gmail.com OR info@undertheshadesafarilodge.co.tz


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