Do you see yourself as a Sales Manager - Corporate for InterContinental Hotels Group\xc2\xae Dubai Festival City?What\'s your passion? Whether you\'re into triathlon, exploring new restaurants or dancing the tango, at IHG we\'re interested in you. We love people who apply the same amount of passion and precision to their jobs as they do to their hobbies. Imagine working for a company that gives you Room to be yourself. Our commitment to our people is to deliver room to have a great start, to learn and grow, to perform, to be recognized and rewarded, to be involved and to take the initiative and lead.The InterContinental Hotels Group\xc2\xae properties in Dubai Festival City consist of four hotel brands. These include the luxury brand InterContinental, the superior upscale Crowne Plaza, the lavish long-stay InterContinental Residence Suites and the vibrant mid-scale Holiday Inn. In addition to over 1000+ bedrooms, the four properties boast a selection of high quality restaurants and bars, an impressive 3,800 square meter Event Centre across two levels, the 5,000 square meters Festival Arena by InterContinental, the luxurious Spa InterContinental, state-of-the-art gymnasium and swimming pool facilities. We are looking for people who are friendly, welcoming and full of life to people to join over 900 colleagues who are always finding ways to make every guests experience an enjoyable one. We value the passion and enthusiasm of our colleagues, and encourage you to share your passion when you work with us.A little taste of your day-to-day

• Drive Total Revenue (short- & long-term Room, C&B, F&B, Golf) and sell to new, existing and prospective customers considering goals set forth in the sales strategy, negotiating optimum rate for the benefit of the business.
• Gain depth knowledge about the business model, concept, market dynamics and trends, exhibitions and geographic areas of the client portfolios that is managed.
• Develop relationships across all business units beyond the local market towards GCC and Levant Region based offices and possibly in the Americas, Europe as well as APAC within the client\xe2\x80\x99s organization.
• To utilize IHG sales tools in an appropriate manner to ease work processes and make the same more efficient and transparent - IBP, Delphi, I-RFP, IHG Merlin, IHG Sales Source, SSP and IHG Business Club.
• Consistently communicate \xe2\x80\x9cwithin\xe2\x80\x9d to share market intelligence, provide feedback and ensure customer awareness with the Hotels and to ensure planning and coordination of sales.

What we need from you

• Minimum of 2 years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in the service industry and Sales & Marketing environment.
• Strong communication and administrative skills.
• Organized and demonstrated good teamwork.
• Fluency in English.
• Computer literacy (Microsoft applications, Opera, Delphi).
• Proactive approach.
• Ability to meet deadlines.

What you can expect from usWe\xe2\x80\x99ll reward all your hard work with competitive salary and benefits.Join us and you\xe2\x80\x99ll become part of the global IHG\xc2\xae family \xe2\x80\x93 and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together \xe2\x80\x93 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 www.careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.So go on - show us how your passion and personality are the perfect fit to deliver memorable experiences to our guests.

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