Director of Sales

The Indigo Road Hospitality Group; Roswell (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

401K with match

Housing loan program

Employee discounts

PTO for family leave

Job summary

The Indigo Road Hospitality Group is seeking a Director of Sales to apply operations experience and lead a hotel sales team across multiple units. You will drive growth initiatives, oversee property sales teams, and optimize processes to maximize top-line revenue.

This role requires strong leadership, excellent communication, and the ability to manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

Qualifications

• 3 years of hotel sales experience required.
• SMERF experience preferred.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement sales growth strategies to drive top-line revenue for each hotel unit.
• Oversee and support property-based sales teams.
• Ensure effective selling processes are in place and followed.
• Mentor and develop the sales team; promote collaboration and high performance.
• Identify, develop and retain top sales professionals; build client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Sales

Communication

Project management

Team collaboration

Strategic thinking

Education

College degree or equivalent industry experience

Job description

Hospitality Starts Here:

Welcome to The Indigo Road Hospitality Group (IRHG), where hospitality is more than a job; it's a family, a lifestyle, and an exciting journey. We believe that by taking care of you, you'll best take care of our guests. It's working. In addition to generous benefits and job openings across 30+ locations, we have internal growth opportunities for everyone who wants it. But most of all, we have heart!

Why Us:

Founded in 2009 by Steve Palmer, IRHG sets itself apart in the industry by fostering an environment where our people come first. We want to meet you. Come join us in our mission to change the hospitality industry, forever.

The Role:

The Director of Sales will apply their operations experience and team leadership skills to ensure that each IRHG hotel is providing a great experience for team members and guests and maximizing all hotel profit opportunities.

The Director of Sales has dual reporting responsibility to the hotel’s general manager and to the home office director of events, catering, and rooms sales.

What we will ask of you:

• Work with the Indigo Road Hospitality Group Home Office Leadership team and, in particular, with the senior operations leaders and the Revenue Management Team and Indigo Road marketing partners on developing sales growth strategies for driving total top line revenue generation for each business unit.
• Oversee and support the property-based sales teams.
• Insure effective selling processes are in place.
• Be a task force manager at the unit level from time to time as needed.
• Work with sales teams to support major and critical developing client accounts
• Inspire the Sales team to work collaboratively toward a shared vision, while providing ongoing mentoring, coaching, and development opportunities
• Build high performing, cohesive, customer focused solutions sales teams.
• Identify, develop, and retain high performing sales professionals
• Demonstrate a high level of integrity, take ownership of personal and team actions, communicate effectively, promote collaboration, nurture a positive, professional work environment, and ensure development of a successful sales strategy.

Requirements for Success:

• 3 years of hotel sales experience required.
• College Degree or equivalent industry experience
• SMERF experience preferred
• Proven leadership skills
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills
• Strong supervisory and personnel management experience
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong ability to sell ideas
• Ability to handle multiple ongoing projects in a fast-paced team environment
• Ability to work independently on projects and collaborate as a strong team member
• Excellent attention to detail, flexible and adaptable to change
• Ability to operate under pressure and meet or exceed deadlines
• Excellent organizational, time-management and analytical skills
• Positive, outgoing, and self-motivating individual with pleasant personality and strong leadership skills
• Ability to maintain a professional manner and appearance in all situations

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation: Competitive base pay and PTO benefits after 90 days.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive health insurance coverage, including medical, dental, vision, and more.
• Financial Planning: Access to a 401K plan with a 50% match on your first 6% investment, along with Roth options.
• Home Loan Program: We offer a zero-interest housing loan program to help you achieve your dream of home ownership.
• Employee Discounts: Enjoy discounts at our 15 restaurant concepts and growing boutique hotels division.
• Family Time: Benefit from 4 weeks of PTO for maternity/paternity leave.

The above job description is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position, nor should it be construed as a contract.

The Indigo Road Hospitality Group is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any basis prohibited by federal, state, or local laws. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, promotion, discipline, termination, and access to benefits and training.