Sales Manager at InterContinental Hotels

Key responsibilities of the role include:
As a Sales Manager, you will build and manage your portfolio to maximise and drive InterContinental Lagos revenues and market share. You will proactively create and convert revenue opportunities in order to achieve budgeted revenue targets and marketing objectives by planning and executing sales activities,negotiate optimum rate for the benefit of the business, consistently communicate 'within' to share market intelligence, provide feedback and ensure customer awareness within the Hotel. This role also requires the building of a working culture to support the IHG Winning Ways of Doing the Right Thing, Show We Care, Aim Higher, Celebrate Difference and Work Better Together. In return we'll give you a generous financial and benefits package including duty meals, hotel discounts worldwide and the chance to work with a great team of people. Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself. So what's your passion? Please get in touch and tell us how you could bring your individual skills to IHG.

Job Requirements

•     University degree preferably in marketing or tourism/hospitality management
•     Minimum of 4 years Managerial Sales experience in an international 5* luxury hotel, Banking industry, Telecommunication or Hospitality sales & marketing environment
•     Good understanding of the Nigerian/African business and operation environments and markets
•     Excellent communication skills across all mediums - presentation, telephone, correspondence, face to face etc. in English and preferably a 2nd language
•     Service minded and ability to involve and support operations
•     Business savvy and good people skills
•     Experience in emerging markets / similar hard locations
•     Visionary & strategic thinker and ability to convert this to action