InterContinental Hotel Group Recruits Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing

IHG is a global hotel company whose goal is to create Great Hotels Guests Love. We have more guest rooms than any other hotel company in the world that's nearly 676,000 rooms in over 4,600 hotels in nearly 100 countries and territories around the world.

InterContinental Lagos will be located on Victoria Island, the centre of Lagos home to the majority of foreign embassies and multinational companies, making it the perfect residence for business and diplomatic travelers. Built on an elevated terrain overlooking Lagos's port and the city below, the 19 storey hotel will offer uninterrupted, spectacular views of Lagos Skyline.

InterContinental Lagos comprises of 358 well-appointed, elegantly decorated rooms and suites as well as a Club InterContinental floor. Guests will have access to an all-day dining restaurant, two specialty restaurants, room service and the pool bar for lighter meal choices and snacks. The lobby lounge and cocktail bar will be the perfect setting for casual meetings over coffee or drinks. InterContinental Lagos will also offer exclusive business and conference facilities including a state of the art ballroom with a foyer area, and several additional flexible meeting and breakout area.

We are currently recruiting our Assistant Director of Sales and Marketing

Job Title: Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing

Job Number: LAG000036
Location: IMEA_Africa-Nigeria-Lagos-Lagos

Job Description
Assistant Director of Sales & Marketing at the InterContinental Lagos, you will assist in putting together and managing a talented group of Sales & Marketing Executives and report directly to the Director of Sales & Marketing.Youwill develop market strategies in collaboration with Director of sales & marketing, Director of Finance & Business Support and Regional Director of Sales & Marketing in order to achieve InterContinental Lagos budgeted revenue targets and marketing objectives. You will be actively involved in producing the Annual Revenue Plan in conjunction with Executive Committee, Sales and Marketing Budgets and forecasts, producing, implementing and monitoring action plans to ensure Revenue Plan objectives are achieved and analysing current and potential markets/trends whilst co-ordinating all activities to maintain and increase revenue through added business volume and increased rate.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Assist with the development and implementation of sales and marketing plan and reporting on effectiveness of the planas outlined in the Revenue plan as directed by the Director of Sales & Marketing
• Maintain a high profile within the community with those likely to produce business for InterContinental lagos
• In return we'll give you a generous financial and benefits package including duty meals, hotel discounts worldwide and the chance to work with a great team of people. Most importantly, we'll give you the room to be yourself.

Qualifications:

• University degree preferably in marketing or tourism/hospitality management
• Minimum of 2 years sales managerial experience in the international 5* luxury hotel or hospitality sales & marketing environment
• Good understanding of the Nigerian/African business and operation environments and markets
• Excellent communication skills across all mediums - presentation, telephone, correspondence, face to face etc. in English and preferably a 2nd language
• Pre opening experience a strong plus
• Ability to set up a winning team to handle all S&M activities incl. Corporate sales and marketing, Conference & Events , Local and international, PR, local F&B marketing etc.
• Local or expat
• Service minded and ability to involve and support operations
• Business savvy and good people skills
• Experience in emerging markets / similar hard locations
• Visionary & strategic thinker and ability to convert this to action

Application Closing Date
1st September, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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