Group Sales Manager

About Us

Genuine Southern hospitality is who we are and what we do at Residence Inn Birmingham Downtown at UAB.

We are conveniently located in the historic Five Points South Dining and Entertainment District just steps from the UAB Campus.

Our friendly team is ready to welcome you to the family.

You can be part of a passionate team that has fun, works hard, and loves one another.

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HEI Loves is dedicated to celebrating our associates by offering the most competitive compensation, benefits, and PTO programs.

Our associates are also eligible to take advantage of everything from health and wellness packages and robust retirement plans to travel perks, product and service discounts, and much more.

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Overview

Manage accounts to achieve guest satisfaction and to solicit past and new business to ensure all revenue goals are achieved or exceeded.

Responsible for soliciting new group sales accounts, entertaining, and maintaining relationships with existing accounts to meet and exceed revenue goals in rooms, food, beverage, and room rental.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities


* Solicit new and existing accounts to meet and exceed revenue goals through telephone prospecting, outside sales calls, site inspections and written communication.


* Advanced level of producing room, banquet, and room rental revenue through directly soliciting business via aggressive prospecting, making presentations, developing contracts, negotiating, and closing sales.


* Maximize revenue by selling all facets of the hotel, both orally and in written form to previous, current, and potential clients.


* Handle account details so that all pertinent aspects of solicitation and closing are complete and documented.

Coordinate various departments' participation in servicing accounts.


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


* Prepare information for, meet with, and entertain clients as deemed appropriate by potential business from that account.


* Communicate both verbally and in writing to provide clear direction to all departments in the hotel to ensure high quality of service to customers.


* Prepare correspondence to customers, internal booking reports and file maintenance.


* Participate in daily business review meeting, pre-convention meetings, training and other sales-related meetings as required.


* Attend trade shows, community events and ...