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Cluster Assistant Director, Sales - MICE

Yas Plaza Hotels by Aldar Hospitality
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full-time
Director
Onsite
Discovered 1 weeks ago
MICE salesBusiness developmentRFP managementCommercial negotiationCRM and pipeline managementRevenue management alignment
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About Yas Plaza Hotels

Yas Plaza Hotels by Aldar Hospitality is a collection of six international hotels located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.

About the Job

The Cluster Assistant Director MICE leads proactive MICE business generation and reactive servicing across the hotel cluster.

The role converts pipeline into contracted revenue and protects and grows meeting revenue and ancillary spend through handover, operational alignment, and coaching.

Commercial Delivery

  • Lead MICE business development across PCO, DMC, corporate, conference, association, and incentive segments.
  • Represent the cluster at trade shows, roadshows, and client events while managing follow-up and proposal turnaround.
  • Lead RFP responses and commercial negotiation for high-value group business.
  • Maintain CRM pipeline accuracy, opportunity staging, and forecasting.

Group and Event Servicing

  • Own servicing standards for confirmed events, including pre-con and post-con meetings, BEOs, rooming lists, function sheets, and master billing.
  • Define the handover process between proactive and reactive teams.
  • Coach on-site upselling and protect billing integrity.
  • Ensure banquet and event teams receive complete BEOs and function sheets.

Sales Operations

  • Align group pricing, concessions, attrition terms, space release policies, and meeting-space yield management with Revenue Management.
  • Ensure group rates, master accounts, and add-ons are correctly loaded into PMS, CRS, and booking tools.
  • Create MICE product packages to increase conversion.

Leadership and Collaboration

  • Line-manage, coach, recruit, and onboard proactive and reactive MICE sales team members.
  • Work with revenue management, banquets, F&B, operations, marketing, distribution, and finance to maximize conversion and profitability.
  • Provide commercial input into product and meeting-experience development.

Market Representation and Reporting

  • Own trade-show strategy and budget and build relationships with PCOs, TMCs, DMCs, convention bureaus, corporate travel managers, and destination partners.
  • Manage group booking tools and GSO networks to optimize pipeline and conversion.
  • Produce performance reports, action plans, account health reviews, and pipeline KPI reporting.
  • Maintain sales kits, contract templates, proposal tools, and sales playbooks.

About You

  • Hotel Management graduate specialized in sales.
  • At least six years of experience in MICE sales.
  • Strong knowledge of local businesses, business trends, and key source markets.
  • Strong team leadership skills.
  • Computer literate with effective verbal and written communication skills.

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