Events Sales Manager
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About the Role
Farah Experiences is hiring an Events Sales Manager in Abu Dhabi to target corporate and government clients, manage sales activities, and achieve revenue targets. The role requires 5+ years of experience with corporate/government clients, a UAE driver's license, and strong knowledge of the UAE market.
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Responsibilities
- Aggressively target the solicitation of business from key market segments: Corporate & Government to achieve annual revenue targets
- Facilitate indoor and outdoor sales activities as well as external client meetings
- Build and strengthen relationships with existing and new customers, industry organizations to enable future bookings
- Contract and manage accounts through CRM system, recording and tracking all opportunities
- Identify new business partners for the company
- Formulate and implement action plan and strategy for assigned segment to ensure revenue growth
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly sales reports for the Head of Sales – Domestic
- Develop and manage portfolio of active and prospect Corporate & Government accounts
- Resolve order and inventory problems by investigating data and history
- Manage assigned geographic sales area or market or product line to maximize sales revenues
- Perform sales activities on major corporate accounts and negotiate sales price and discounts
- Accurately forecast annual, quarterly and monthly revenue streams
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree / diploma
- 5+ years of work experience with Corporates & Government Clients, Holdings, Events companies
- UAE Driver License
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Strong knowledge of UAE domestic travel trade, schools, government, and corporate ecosystems
- Deep understanding of UAE culture, values, traditions, and business etiquette
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills
- Strong negotiation and relationship building capability
- Ability to analyze performance data and prepare insightful reports
- Proficiency in MS Office and CRM systems
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New Opportunities
- Aggressively target the solicitation of business from key market segments: Corporate & Government to achieve annual revenue targets.
- Facilitating indoor and outdoor sales activities as well as external client meetings.
- Builds and strengthens relationships with existing and new customers, industry organizations to enable future bookings. Activities include individual sales calls, prospective client entertainment, FAM trips, etc.
- Contracting and managing accounts through our CRM system, while recording and tracking all opportunities in the system.
- Identify new business partners for the company.
Action Plans
- Formulate and implement set action plan and strategy for the assigned segment to ensure revenue growth in all company’s products.
- Interprets short and long term effects on sales strategies in operating profit.
- Communicate all sales campaigns to relevant customers and obtain proof of commitment.
- Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly sales reports for the Head of Sales – Domestic through consolidated and analyzed action summaries as well as sales tracking reports.
Manage Portfolio
- Develop and Manage portfolio of active and prospect Corporate & Government accounts.
- Resolves order and inventory problems by investigating data and history thus identifying alternate means for filling requests and notifying the team and customers.
- Resolves promotional allowance, rebate, and pricing discrepancies by researching promotion details and regular and special prices; forwarding resolution to Head of Sales – Domestic.
- Provides product, promotion, and pricing information by clarifying customer request, selecting appropriate information, forwarding information and answering questions.
- Maintains customer database by inputting customer profile and updates.
Achieving Targets
- Accomplishes department and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
- Manages assigned geographic sales area or market or product line to maximize sales revenues and meet corporate objectives.
- Establishes and manages effective programs to compensate, coach, appraise and train sales personnel.
- Performs sales activities on major corporate accounts and negotiates sales price and discounts in consultation with Head of Sales – Domestic.
- Accurately forecasts annual, quarterly and monthly revenue streams.
Trainings
- Coordinates proper company resources to ensure efficient and stable sales results.
- Assists sales personnel in establishing personal contact and rapport with top decision makers.
- Coaching and conducting appraisals for direct reports.
Essential
- Bachelor’s degree / diploma.
- 5+ years of work experience with Corporates & Government Clients, Holdings, Events companies.
- UAE Driver License.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Strong knowledge of UAE domestic travel trade, schools, government, and corporate ecosystems.
- Deep understanding of UAE culture, values, traditions, and business etiquette.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong negotiation and relationship building capability.
- Ability to analyze performance data and prepare insightful reports.
- Proficiency in MS Office and CRM systems.
Desirable
- Master’s degree.
- 7 8+ years of proven sales work experience in/or within the entertainment industry, hotels & hospitality.
- Arabic speaker, and fluency in any other foreign language.
- Experience in Business Development.
- Work experience in a customer facing environment, such as retail or hospitality.
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