Director of Sales

As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors ofInterContinental® Hotels & Resorts.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.

At Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, we embrace the new world of business and understand that modern business travellers want a hotel (and a hotel team) that understands and supports them, helping at every turn.

Join us as our new Director of Sales

For InterContinental Genève and Crowne Plaza Geneva, your main duties will be:

• Create and implement sales plans that drive measurable incremental occupancy, increase average rates, increase volume.

• Produce monthly reports and sales forecasts to analyze current/potential market and sales trends.
• Monitor performance to ensure actual sales meet or exceed established revenue plan.
• Develop special events and sales blitzes to showcase the hotel to potential clients.
• Organise conventions and/or business group activities at the hotel.
• Raise the awareness and reputation of your hotel and the brand locally.
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback. Create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognize good performance.

With a higher degree in Hospitality and/or Business Administration, you have minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position in a hotel of the same category and capacity (4- or 5-star, more than 300 rooms). You have an excellent knowledge of the local market and international institutions and/or of the luxury market. Good knowledge of Delphi and Opera is required.

You are fluent in French and English. Mastering a third foreign language of one of our target markets (Benelux, Germany, China, India, Italy, Middle East, Spain, Russia) is highly desirable.

Benefitting from strong communication and negotiation skills, you are a proactive and efficient team-player and are acknowledged for your excellent relationship with your clients and your colleagues. Result-oriented and well-organized, you are passionate about your job and used to work in a fast-paced environment.

This position is opened for Swiss citizens and EU passport holders.

Diversity and inclusion are important to us: all applications are welcome.

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics.

As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve.

Visit http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us and apply or send us your application at career.gvaha@ihg.com.