Job Title: Sales Key Account Manager
Job Number: LAG000058
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Organisation: InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG Nigeria)
Key responsibilities of the role include:
As a Sales Key Account Manager, you will manage a key account portfolio to maximise and drive InterContinental Lagos revenues and market share. You willproactively create and convert revenue opportunitiesin order to achieve budgeted revenue targets and marketing objectivesby planning and executing sales activities,negotiate optimum rate for the benefit of the business,consistentlycommunicate "within" to share market intelligence, provide feedback and ensure customer awareness within theHotel.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 amd 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.
Qualifications:
• University degree preferably in marketing or tourism/hospitality management
• Minimum of 2 years Key Account Managerial experience in the international 5• luxury hotel 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
• Pre opening experience a strong plus
• 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
Job: Sales
InterContinental Lagos will open in 2013 and will be located on Victoria Island, in the centre of Lagos home to the majority of foreign embassies and multinational companies, making it the perfect residence for affluent business and diplomatic travelers. Built on an elevated terrain overlooking Lagos's port and the city below, the 19 storey hotel will offer uninterrupted, spectacular views of Lagos Skyline.
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