Senior F&B Sales Manager - DoubleTree by Hilton Shenzhen Airport

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The Senior Food & Beverage Sales Manager promotes the hotel and its outlets, achieving optimal sales at the best possible conditions for the company. This role handles the business of each Food & Beverage outlets in house. He / she implements all sales activities and maximizes business opportunities in his / her specific area of responsibility, under the general guidance and supervision of the Director of Food & Beverage / Food & Beverage Manager and in coordination with the Director of Operations. This role builds and maintains a quality database to broaden market reach and generate customer loyalty, creating awareness and build restaurants’ reputation in the local market.

What will I be doing?

As the Senior Food & Beverage Sales Manager, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Implement all sales action plans related to the respective market as outlined in sales action plans with supervision under the Director of F&B / F&B Manager.
• Uncover the major causes of satisfaction and dissatisfaction and ensure that the information is communicated to those concerned, further up the hierarchy.
• Develop action plans to address shortfalls in standards and identify shortfalls before they affect customer service.
• Keep the team up to date on departmental, hotel and company activities through regular communication meetings and memos, including special events and promotions in the restaurant.
• Develop and implement department training plans to meet business needs.
• Assign projects and missions to facilitate personal development and that of the team.
• Ensure that the invoicing effectively corresponds to all services agreed upon and rendered.
• Maximize F&B revenue through each upsell opportunity whenever possible.
• Promote the hotel as often as possible through entertaining, conduction, site inspections, and presentations of the hotel, etc.
• Pay visits to former, existing and potential clients in view of entering into contracts with them, especially commercial accounts.
• Organize regular visits in accordance to a predetermined plan and maintain a good relationship with customers.
• Meet and accompany any top key accounts or VIP guests upon arrival to ensure satisfaction.
• Provide after-sales service and in particular, ensure that all guests complaints are taken seriously and discussed with the respective departments if necessary.
• Be well informed about the operations of all outlets especially in key departments.
• Keep a record on former, existing, potential F&B guests and make a profile of them by using the guest database tool.
• Prepare a tentative monthly schedule to record all sales and other related activities for the preceding month.
• Approach guests in each F&B outlet and Executive Lounge on a daily basis, specifically targeting certain guests.
• Collect guests’ feedback and organize coordination meetings with the F&B team for sharing and improvement purpose on a weekly basis or whenever necessary.
• Be well informed of all market information by using competitor awareness tools, especially for key F&B competitors, their production and related promotions, reporting these to the Director of F&B / F&B Manager in a timely manner.
• Maintain a high level of exposure for the hotel in major market areas through sales calls or joint sales calls, telephone, fax, and written communications.
• Record all daily sales calls.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• The Management reserves the right to make changes to this job description at its sole discretion and without advance notice.