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Director Of Sales

About Us

Only 15 miles from downtown Boston, The Westin Waltham Boston provides easy access to Concord, Lexington, and Cambridge.

Our associates can enjoy a list of excellent benefits, which include free onsite parking, complimentary lunch or dinner meals and free uniform dry cleaning for hourly associates.

Monthly employee appreciation celebrations, family holiday gatherings, incentives for excellent customer service and discounted hotel stay rates.

For those looking to stay fit, you can take advantage of our complimentary access to our WestinWORKOUT Fitness Studio.

At the Westin Waltham, we take care of you so that you can take care of our guests!

Don't meet every single requirement of this job? At HEI we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still send in your information.

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Overview

Responsible for total room, banquet, catering, and room rental revenue, yield strategies, implementation and accountable to a market performance and meeting budget, forecast, and optimal business mix targets.

Strategies to include market mix, pricing, status, and direct sales.

The development and solicitation of business from all markets to ensure the necessary advance bookings needed for a successful and profitable operation for the hotel.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* Direct the solicitation efforts of the sales staff through effective oral and written communication while overseeing rate, date, and space commitments for group room sales within the hotel.


* Recruit, Interview, hire, train, recommend performance evaluations, resolve problems, provide open communication, and recommend discipline and/or termination when appropriate.


* Ensure training programs are conducted regularly and HEI standards of performance are met.

Give guidance and counsel staff toward improvement.


* Compile and/or direct the preparation of reports pertaining to the operation of the Sales Department to include, but not limited to the annual and monthly forecast, lead management system, group booking pace report, star reports and sales meeting minutes.


* Coordinate ongoing research of the travel industry to detect market trends and related information for development of new marketing strategies.

Make reasonable recommendations to improve potential from various markets.


* Develop and conduct persuasive verbal sales presentations to prospective clients.


* Initiate preparation of computerized annual business plan and execute plans as outlined, critically examining, and adjusting as deemed necessary by current market conditions.


* Organize and/or attend scheduled sales department, executive commit...




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