Catering and Banqueting Sales Manager Job at InterContinental Hotel Group

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Job Title: Catering & Banqueting Sales Manager

Job Number: LAG000059

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Organisation: InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG Nigeria)

Key responsibilities of the role include:

As theCatering & BanquetingSales Manager, you will develop businessand execute tactical sales plans to maximize the profitability of the hotel, whilst maintaining guest satisfaction. You will negotiate banqueting & catering event orders within approved booking guidelines, and produce all sales contracts and rate agreements. 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 3 years Catering and Banqueting managerial experience in the international 5• luxury hotel or convention facilities for more than 500 guest.

• 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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