QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING & WORK EXPERIENCE

• College Degree
• Minimum two years’ experience in the hospitality field.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with good ability as a trainer.
• Work-related Analytical Experience.
• Aggressive, outgoing, and self-motivating individual with pleasant personality.
• Current experience in revenue management position with responsibility for either a large hotel or multiple properties.
• Thorough knowledge of the GDS and Extranets
• Understanding of revenue management techniques and strategies.
• 25% travel required.

QUALIFICATIONS

Hotel Experience

EXPERIENCE

• Preferred3 years:Hotel Experience
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• Optimize RevPAR by analyzing/forecasting demand and establishing effective selling strategies, oversell strategies, optimal and seasonal market mix including group, transient and wholesale using EOS Hospitality revenue management tools.
• Conduct ongoing competitor price/product analysis to ensure proper rate positioning/product offering relative to competition.
• Work with the Revenue Management team on pricing decisions for transient, group and wholesale segments.
• Implement pricing strategies for group and transient business segments; analyze competitor-pricing analysis to ensure correct daily and seasonal rate positioning to the competition.
• Works with the Reservations Sales team to ensure ongoing F.I.T. Sales Training; analyze each individual agent’s conversion and coaching call scores and then assists Reservations Sales Agent in improving their performance.
• Establishes and maintains minimum standards for Transient Room Sales to include weekly Yield Meetings, PMS rate configuration, sales agent scripting, call conversion goals, coaching call goals, and standardized reporting.
• Acts as a liaison between electronic distribution channels, including offsite call centers, to maximize property exposure and bookings.
• Provides a monthly analysis to management complete with speculation on future performance of all market segments to include Rate, Occupancy, and REVPAR.
• Work with DOSM to provide a weekly and monthly analysis of the STAR report to include both group and transient.
• Manage/update current selling strategies and product information in all available distribution channels/reservation sources (PMS, third-party reservations providers, call centers, websites, GDS, etc.)
• Facilitate Weekly Revenue Strategy meetings.
• Work with the Regional Director of Revenue in recommending and implementing Revenue Management programs and new initiatives at the hotel.
• Work with DOSM and hotel team to establish strategies to increase revenue of both rooms and F&B.
• Generate and distribute daily, weekly, and monthly revenue management reports and present results from all segments including internet channels.
• Maintain accurate and detailed historical data for all market segments.
• Continually monitor all pertinent travel related websites to ensure competitiveness in positioning, text, availability, and price.
• Maximizing the Hotels’ revenues by monitoring transient and group production, ensuring that an optimal guest mix is maintained.
• Compile data, analyze trends, and develop accurate weekly and monthly forecasts.
• Critically analyzing the impact of the revenue management strategies implemented by the Hotels, including pricing
• Ensuring that all rate plans are built in accordance with established guidelines.
• Update and maintain all revenue management tools.
• Ensuring that the Hotels’ position in the GDS and other distribution channels is consistent with the Hotels’ Selling Strategies, includes conducting rate parity and availability audits.
• Ensure group inventory and cut-off dates are managed according to demand.
• Dealing effectively with people, creating teamwork, taking charge, generating enthusiasm, motivating, and using an uplifting and lead-by-example leadership approach