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Director of Sales & Marketing – Milan

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Our client is one of the largest privately held hospitality organisations in the world, with almost 500 hotels across three continents and has formed strategic alliances with many of the world’s largest hotel brands. One of their properties in Milan is now seeking to hire a Director of Sales & Marketing who will be responsible for leading and directing the development and implementation of strategic sales and marketing plans and initiatives in the hotel’s continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability.

Set in a commercial area of Milan, the hotel is situated 15 minutes’ drive from Milan Linate Airport and has close transport links to the centre of Milan for shopping and tourist attractions including the Piazza del Duomo and soaring Gothic Milan Cathedral. Featuring just over 400 rooms, the hotel also offers extensive meeting facilities (including an expo centre), a business centre, gymnasium and several dining options.

The main purpose of the role will be to proactively position and market the property; manage the marketing budget to enable development of hotel specific campaigns, promotions, collateral, etc. to drive revenue and meet business objectives.The DOSM will work closely with the brand and revenue management, to develop and implement strategies to maximize Revpar and grow market share in a profitable way and grow market share as measured by STR.

Skills & Qualifications:

  • Current experience in leading the sales function with an international branded hotel group, in a city centre location with multiple competitors
  • Must be proficient in writing, speaking and negotiating in English and Italian
  • Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Extensive knowledge of sales and revenue management
  • Ability to analyse data and establish appropriate action plans
  • Ability to prioritise tasks & to manage workload using own initiative
  • Ability to appreciate “the big picture”, whilst having a talent for detail in task approach, follow-up & completion
  • Excellent computer skills – sound knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation & software packages, email, internet & intranet systems
  • Ability to inspire confidence & gain credibility
  • High degree of personal loyalty & integrity
  • Team player – with a sense of humour even in the face of adversity!

For more information or to apply, please contact Mara at  mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 208 600 1169

Director of Sales & Marketing, Barcelona – Position Filled

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This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Director of Sales & Marketing to join a hotel that is situated in an exclusive area of Barcelona. With nearly 300 rooms, the hotel is walking distance to main luxury shopping malls, restaurants and the FC Barcelona Stadium.

Reporting directly to the General Manager, The Director of Sales & Marketing will be a commercially driven Sales person, focused on managing the selling strategy of the hotel to maximize revenues and outperform the market. The role includes leading the team on Catering, Events, and Public Relations, whilst planning and executing Marketing schedules and strategies for all aspects of Sales.

The successful candidate will work towards the financial success of the hotel, achieve the budget set to maximize the revenues, whilst maintaining costs within budget and to actively conserve both costs and the environment.

Candidate Requirements 

  • At least 3 years’ experience in a leading sales function with an international branded hotel group, in a city centre location with multiple competitors
  • Qualified to degree level in a hospitality related discipline
  • Excellent knowledge of relevant local and international markets
  • Analytical skills to understand key business indicators and competitive trends
  • Experience of setting strategies and define actions for the hotel’s sales team
  • Proven achievements working in a competitive market
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Fully fluent in Spanish and business fluent in English, spoken and written. Experience and knowledge of Barcelona will be an advantage.
  • Proven leadership skills involving to manage, develop, and motivate the team to achieve their objectives
  • Proactive, independent, decisive
  • High level of resilience and self-discipline
  • A positive, motivated and hands-on approach – Leading by Example

For more information or to apply, please contact Mara at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 20 8600 1169

Cluster Director of S & M, Prague – Position Filled

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Our client is an internationally known brand that represents style and luxury all over the world.

They now have an super opportunity for a Cluster Director of Sales & Marketing to be based in the historic and beautiful city of Prague. Covering two hotels in the city, both properties have strong Directros of Sales and therefore it would be beneficial to locate a candidate with a strong marketing background who has an understanding of online business and digital marketing.

Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be responsible for the total hotel revenue generation in line with the vision, mission and beliefs of the Company. They will maximise the hotel’s revenues by increasing occupancy at best rates and making profitable use of all relevant outlets (e.g. restaurants, events, Spa etc.). They will oversee the sales, marketing, PR, conference and events teams, setting strategies and targets for each revenue stream and overseeing their achievement of these objectives. They will work to build highly effective and aligned teams through communication, motivation and training and the Cluster Director of Sales & Marketing will build effective partnerships with like-minded and luxury and upscale brands to build and grow the business both in terms of revenue and positioning. They will also establish and maintain good business relations with key corporate clients, e.g. airlines, DMC’s, OTA’s, travel agencies, tourist offices, etc.)

The main focus of the role is to reposition the hotels with a correct marketing message. Repositioning within the leisure sector (the properties are out of the city centre) and managing the USPs will be important. The successful candidate will need to be highly engaging, involved, global thinker, with a “let’s do” attitude, commercially minded who can connect with people. “Work hard and play hard” is the motto of the team. Nurture the team with a positive attitude, support people.

Candidate Requirements

  • 3-5 years in a similar position in a similar sized and star rated hotel.
  • Experience in managing multiple departments/teams.
  • Excellent knowledge of hotel systems e.g. Opera PMS/S&C
  • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
  • Digital marketing understanding (desirable)
  • Written and verbal fluency in English. Fluency in another major language and added advantage
  • Analytical and numerate
  • Must be eligible to work in the country
  • Willing to travel (30-40% Travel to US and Europe)
  • Ideally an Undergraduate degree in a relevant field such as Hospitality Management, Tourism, Marketing or Finance

For more information or to apply, plase contact Mara at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 20 8600 1169

VP Sales, Revenue & Marketing – UK – Position Filled

Posted on by katherine

This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

Based in the United States, our client is a Hospitality Management firm for a select profile of the most trusted, bold, and innovative hotels, resorts, restaurants, and hospitality brands.

Their success is built on a unique style of entrepreneurial management and ownership mentality that enables them to provide each of their properties with the individualized personal service of a small company, enhanced by the breadth and depth of the skill and experience at a larger company. They continue to invest heavily in their people, services, and infrastructure, to create value and optimize financial performance throughout their portfolio.

They now wish to hire a Vice President of Sales, Revenue & Marketing. This role will have total oversight of these separate functions within the portfolio and curate all business development initiatives ranging from product concept to revenue and customer conversion to ensure proactive strategies are in place for continuous revenue improvement and market share gain.  The role takes a hands-on approach with the hotel teams to ensure leadership aligns for success, including recruiting, mentoring, and training. This position acts as an active participant on many brand advisory groups and consistently continues to strengthen relationships with brand executives.  Will also have total oversight of marketing functions within the portfolio working in conjunction with the marketing team and the discipline leader. Additional responsibilities include all brand campaigns, digital marketing execution, brand experience partnerships and field marketing deployment working in conjunction with the specific discipline leaders. This position has led responsibility to implement paid media and content strategy across the portfolio.

Key skills and qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in business or hotel management, from 4-year college or equivalent knowledge and experience.
  • 10+ years of prior professional experience in the hotel sales & marketing industry
  • Able to execute a Marketing Plan to enhance revenue
  • Strong business writing ability, attention to detail, organizational and analytical skills
  • Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing across all levels of the organization in a clear and concise manner
  • Self-motivated and task oriented with the ability to work independently and also collaborate well with others
  • Proficient skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook are required for this position
  • Present confidence and a professional appearance
  • Travel required

To apply, please contact Guy Lean at mm@madisonmayfair.com or call on +44 208 600 1180

Please note that due to the expected level of response, it will only be possible to contact candidates who have the relevant and required level of experience.

Resort Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing, Italy – Position Filled

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This job opening has now been filled. Please check our latest job opportunities here

We have a fantastic opportunity to join a successful international organisation in Italy, as Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing. This role will focus on driving and overseeing all sales, marketing, PR, Social Media and Revenue activities for a portfolio of luxury hotels (less than 10) across Italy.

This role will require the individual to travel approximately 60% of their working time.

Only candidates matching the criteria below will be considered:

  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience as commercial leader within a five-star hotel (ideally cluster or portfolio and/or resorts)
  • Strong knowledge of the MICE and luxury segments
  • Experience working for an international hotel chain would be strong advantage
  • Current or previous resort experience
  • Native or fluent in Italian

 

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