Sales Manager

About Us

The Sheraton Orlando Lake Buena Vista Resort is part of a complex of four Marriott Properties in the Lake Buena Vista area.

The Sheraton is located in the center of the magic, right between Walt Disney World and Universal Studios.

At HEI, we recognize that our enormous success is solely the result of our greatest asset: Our People.

Where people work is a choice.

Against that choice, our greatest obligation is to ensure day in and day out that our associates have the compensation and benefits they deserve and industry leading tools, training and support that they need to excel.

At HEI, simply said, we honor the privilege of our associates choosing us by investing in and making them more valuable.

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

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 industry meetings.


* Advanced knowledge of market trends, compe...