Assistant Sales and Marketing Manager Job. Sales Jobs In Kenya

Reporting to: Managing Director

Job Description

• Understanding of and positioning the business strategy of the Hotel and effectively articulating the positioning in the market and partners’ spaces
• Assertively establishing new client contacts and developing detailed information on the potential revenues from them
• To achieve/succeed in the budgeted forecasted financial plan for the hotel’s sales and conferencing departments
• Set reasonable monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals and exceed them through accounts development and maintenance and regular sales calls
• Maintain customers and guests database for mailings
• Assist in the creation of the media and marketing plan
• Implement all marketing activities including but not limited to: creation and print of promotions and packages, advertising, market analysis, coordinating shoots by external parties, content shooting, editing and posting and sustainable modes of appreciating and retaining loyal customers
• Provide content and images for the SISU Hotel websites and social media platforms
• Conduct competition checks and benchmarking on a regular basis
• Liaise effectively with all operational colleagues, providing support and information to ensure accurate delivery of our promise of determination for excellence in hospitality
• Liaising with the Hotel booking agents and planners of meetings to ensure a smooth service-oriented events sequence
• Have full knowledge of and promote all the products and services of the Hotel with particular emphasis on revenue generating areas
• Preparing and dissemination of relevant event proposals and contracts and to ensure strict adherence to the Hotel’s payment procedures and policy
• Blocking and booking of events and meeting space and management of sales and catering system
• Promote the goals, objectives and philosophies of The SISU Hotel
• Develop lead sources for business through prospecting, solicitation, referrals, trace files, and calls
• Actively participate in client familiarization trips, site inspections, sales trips and roadshows as required to meet the sales target of the Hotel
• Conducts site inspections with prospective and existing clients
• Develop and implement new sales strategies, tactics and action plans for each accountand associations which promote the business of the Hotel get business for the Hotel
• Submitting of weekly sales reports to the Board of Directors potential for that account and the management
• Maintain and regularly update data on the Hotel business, its customers and partners in both hard and soft copies or Directors
• Maintain active membership in hospitality and related organisations
• Prepare and attend daily and weekly sales and marketing meetings to Continually review the actual production of each account against the make suggestions for improvement to
• Undertake such other duties as may be assigned by the management

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Qualifications related field, from an accredited university

• Certification in travel or hospitality will be an added advantage
• Knowledge of Marketing basics
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the hospitality industry to speak in the languages of other nations will be an added advantage
• Must be skilled in good public assertive among others
• Outlook, Excel marketing the Hotel and attracting business challenges in a sober manner
• Have the ability to surpass sales targets and to work in a highly pressurized environment working hours/days etiquette
• Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management, Business Administration or
• Must have a good command of the Kenyan official languages, ability
• Must possess excellent communication skills in writing and verbally relations and be courteous yet
• Knowledge of creative programmes such as photo-shop, InDesign, AI,
• A good command of the internet search engines, Microsoft word,
• Ability to leverage the social media, electronic and print media for
• Be pro-active, self-motivated and driven and able to face and solve
• Ability to travel on regular basis, on short notices and flexibility in
• Be the ambassador of the Hotel in the eyes of the hotel customers, prospective customers, partners, the government and the general public by ensuring that the image presented in the manner of dressing, grooming and communication is consistent with the hotel’s good corporate culture and the general principles of integrity

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How to Apply

Interested applicants to send their applications to careers@sisuhotel.ke to reach us on or before 30thApril, 2025 at 11.00AM

NOTE TO PROVIDE:

Testimonials and C.V, in easily 3 sets of a clear recent coloured passport photograph legible forms or Directors etiquette
Particulars of 3 referees with up to date telephone, email and physical contacts
A valid clearance certificate of good conduct from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and the e-citizen receipt on payment for the same