Apata & Ascott Limited, is currently seeking to employ smart and suitably qualified candidate with adequate knowledge of trends and business acumen in Nigeria's hospitality sector, to fill the position below:
POSITION : Hotel Business Development Officer
Duties and Responsibilities
- Servicing and managing existing customers.
- Follow up sales leads and prospects.
- To drive and generate new accounts and establish new customer base
- Ensure total coverage of all assigned customer base to maximize all opportunities on a scheduled basis.
- Conduct occasional market review to ascertain the level of demand for the hotel’s products and services
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date sales data and follow up on outstanding premiums and renewals
- Maintain and develop good relationship with customers through personal contact and monitor feedback
- Assist with other relevant duties as may be assigned towards achieving set sales objectives
- Continually drive existing and identify new markets for the hotel.
- Support with office administrative and marketing functions within the hotel/
- Serve as the bridge/intermediary between the hotel and its current market and potential markets.
- Monitor competitors' activities and products towards improving the organization's market share.
- Identity opportunities for improvement in the volume of sales and market share
- Continually improve marketing skills, knowledge and ability
- Identify opportunities for product development and process improvement
- Update regularly knowledge of Larex Hotels International. business, products and services
Competence Requirements
Core Skills:
- Business intelligence
- Marketing skills
- Collaboration
- Communication & Inter personal
Skills:
- Research & Strategy
- Negotiation & Persuasion
- A deep understanding of marketing principles
- FPC/personal productivity tools - Words for windows, Excel, and PowerPoint ,Mailing Social media marketing/Google
- SEOs
Generic Skills:
- Critical and analytical reasoning
- Creativity/Innovation
- Resilience Tenacity and Integrity
- Initiative and pro active
- Goal oriented
- Positive attitude and energetic
- Ability to work under pressure
Specification/Qualification
Qualification:
- A Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration or any related field from a reputable institution
Minimum Experience
- Two (2) years experience as a corporate marketer with good knowledge of hospitality industry trends.
- Professional Membership
- Membership of relevant professional association is advantageous
Interview and Assessment Date
16th June, 2016.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: bukola@apataandascott.com
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