Lexington Hotel group is seeking a proactive and passionate hotel sales professional with a minimum of 5 years experience to join our growing team. This candidate needs to be self motivated and driven by the hunt. Must be able to communicate in a positive and productive way both internally and externally to ensure success for the customer and the hotel and boost top-line revenue growth.

The ideal candidate is:

*Customer service oriented and focused on exceeding guest expectations

*Organized and detailed oriented

*Self- Motivated and able to multi task and manage time to meet multiple deadlines

*Work collaboratively with the hotel team and market team

*Able to effectively manage a fast paced hotel environment

*Willing and able to prospect current and prospective accounts

Responsibilities:

*Develop and execute sales and marketing plan to drive business in new and existing markets for existing hotel with catering and new hotel opening.

*Establish and maintain customer relationships.

*Collaboratively work with the General Manager to achieve 100% or more of business transient goals, group room sales, catering revenue goals, through ADR and occupancy.

*Prospect new and exisiting business opportunities proactively through weekly appointments, cold calls, warm referrals, networking, follow up, internet prospecting and sales blitzes.

*Qualify small to mid-size meetings with and without F and B, create BEO, and finalize details.

*Communicate effectively to both internal and external customers.

*We are team focused organization and must be able to assist as needed in all areas of the organization.

*Ability to learn and use a variety of software systems required for tracking, reserving and reporting including word, excel, delphi, and Hilton pms systems.

*Attend weekly revenue meetings and stay ahead and group trends, pick up and cutoff dates for accurate forecasting.

Minimum Requirements:

* Minimum of 5 years HOTEL sales experience.

* Leadership experience is a plus.

* Detail oriented and organized.

* Strong written and verbal communication skills.

* Must be able to manage multiple tasks and prioritize to meet deadlines.

* Exceptional customer service.

* Catering experience preferred.