Now Hiring - GF Hotels & Resorts - Director Of Hotel Sales in Milwaukee, WI

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*Amazing opportunity to join our Holiday Inn Milwaukee Riverfront. We're on the lookout for a director of sales committed to helping our busy hotel meet its sales goals. You will be responsible for designing our sales strategy and revenue targets, training and evaluating our sales personnel, and ensuring that we generate new and recurring business through various areas of revenue. Our ideal applicant is a leader, innovator, and hard worker with 3+ years of hotel sales experience. If you are looking to drive revenue for a top-notch hotel, apply today! Responsibilities: * Formulate sales strategies that sustain high levels of occupancy and profitability in collaboration with department managers and their goals * Boost revenue and increase new guest visits through strategic outbound sales efforts that may include phone solicitation to local professionals, corporations, and members of your personal network * Evaluate information gathered from market data and create a plan to meet design marketing deliverables, hotel financial goals, and create an annual sales forecast * Deliver previous and upcoming week's sales activity reports, as well as monthly sales expense reports, and meet with department managers to keep them up to date on all hotel sales-related expenses * Establish strategies to assist the sales team in meeting and exceeding monthly room booking goals that are aligned with overall hotel and revenue management objectives Qualifications: * Excellent leadership skills, analytical skills, and communication skills * Prior experience in the hospitality field is a plus * Must have a high school diploma or GED and a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, or a related field * Demonstrates a proven track record of success in sales through lead-generation and closing * Must have relevant experience of 5+ years as a sales professional, preferably in the hospitality field About Company GF Hotels and Resorts, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a full-service hospitality ownership and management company that, through its operating affiliates, works on behalf of a variety of individual owners, real estate funds, and institutional lenders. GF believes in the enterprising spirit with a promise of integrity and an overall passion for hospitality. At GF, we believe that people are the key to our success. We offer health insurance, paid time off, ongoing learning opportunities, competitive compensation, plus a great culture.