SMERFE Market Sales Manager

Spire Hospitality LLC; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early pay / earned wage access

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision coverage

Hotel discounts

401K match

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Wellness programs

Identity theft protection

Job summary

The Renaissance Minneapolis Bloomington Hotel, part of SPIRE Hospitality, is seeking a dynamic Sales Manager for the SMERFE market. You will develop new business and generate revenue from the Social, Military, Educational, Religious, Fraternal, and Ethnic segments in the Twin Cities area.

Your efforts will focus on building relationships, prospecting, and closing new accounts, with travel as needed to local events and client sites.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hotel sales, hospitality sales, event sales, or related business development experience preferred.
• Strong prospecting, networking, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to develop new accounts and achieve sales goals.
• Highly organized, self-motivated, and comfortable working independently.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a strategic sales plan focused on growing the hotel's SMERFE market.
• Identify, prospect, and develop new accounts within the local and regional community.
• Build relationships with churches, schools, colleges and universities, military organizations, fraternal groups, nonprofits, associations, sports groups, and events.
• Travel locally to conduct proactive outside sales calls, networking, client appointments, site tours, presentations, and community visits.
• Maintain an active pipeline of qualified prospects and consistently prospect for new business.
• Develop referral relationships with event planners, tourism organizations, venues, vendors, and other local partners.
• Represent the hotel at trade shows and coordinate participation with departments to service accounts.

Skills

Prospecting

Networking

Communication

Negotiation

Organization

Independence

Job description

The Renaissance Minneapolis Bloomington Hotel, part of SPIRE Hospitality, is seeking a dynamic Sales Manager for the SMERFE market. You will develop new business and generate revenue from the Social, Military, Educational, Religious, Fraternal, and Ethnic segments in the Twin Cities area.

Your efforts will focus on building relationships, prospecting, and closing new accounts, with travel as needed to local events and client sites.