Executive Meeting Manager-Renaissance Raleigh Hotel $50,367.20 (OEM) + bonuses

This position is designed to provide the highest level of customer satisfaction to external clients and internal partners with the goal of garnering both repeat and referral business from client base.

In addition to maintaining existing business, this position will be responsible for finding new business and saturating existing accounts and/or segments.

This positions serves as liaison between the customer, the Sales team and the Event Management team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide the highest levels of customer service to internal partners and external clients at all times.
Respond in a quick, timely, and professional manner to all internal partners and external customers, and deliver clear and concise communiqué that is representative of Renaissance Raleigh via all avenues of communication.
Demonstrate excellent time management, self-motivation and proactive planning, and endeavor to be organizationally savvy with a keen focus on detail.
Satisfactorily maintain existing assigned accounts/segments, and work diligently to develop new business for hotel.
Effectively and efficiently monitor and manage all aspects of the pre-event, event, and post-event details: Track, detail, and communicate the particulars of each assigned event and group -- including but not limited to -- room blocks, meeting space, special concessions, group history and other reports, cut-off and other key dates, contract clauses, group resumes, event orders and BEO’s, billing details, and other integral aspects of groups and events.
Gain knowledge of hotel’s food and beverage products, pricing and presentation, and learn about the hotel’s function space, audio visual, and any other details related to event success.
Work with internal and external partners to accurately forecast group rooms and F & B revenues, as well as understand the conditions and strategies that will maximize released space and rooms and impact hotel revenues.
Learn and use digital sales systems and conceptual sales processes (i.e.

Delphi, CI/TY, PMS, sales call process, etc.) and understand the hotel’s sales strategies (i.e.

Marketing Plan, rates, budgeted goals, etc.).

Implement these tools and resources in order to accomplish individual and team goals and efficiently complete job duties.
Be willing and able to attend customer functions as needed.
Prepared for and participate in all necessary internal meetings, conference calls, reporting, planning, and other communications required for this position.

Also prepare for and participate in client site visits, tasting panels, pre- and post-cons planning meetings, networking, and other customer-centric meetings as necessary.

Benefits:

We offer competitive wages.  Full-time associates are eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefit package, which includes medical/dental/vision plans, life insurance, ST/LT disability options, 401K options, tuition assistance, discounted room rates at Concord managed hotels, plus training & development and career...