Vacancy at Apata & Ascott Limited

 Employment Nigeria 16-Jun-2016 LAGOS , Hotel And Tourism   Business Development  


Apata & Ascott Limited, is currently seeking to employ smart and suitably qualified candidate with adequate knowledge of trends and business acumen in Nigeria's hospitality sector, to fill the position below:

POSITION : Hotel Business Development Officer

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Servicing and managing existing customers.
  • Follow up sales leads and prospects.
  • To drive and generate new accounts and establish new customer base
  • Ensure total coverage of all assigned customer base to maximize all opportunities on a scheduled basis.
  • Conduct occasional market review to ascertain the level of demand for the hotel’s products and services
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date sales data and follow up on outstanding premiums and renewals
  • Maintain and develop good relationship with customers through personal contact and monitor feedback
  • Assist with other relevant duties as may be assigned towards achieving set sales objectives
  • Continually drive existing and identify new markets for the hotel.
  • Support with office administrative and marketing functions within the hotel/
  • Serve as the bridge/intermediary between the hotel and its current market and potential markets.
  • Monitor competitors' activities and products towards improving the organization's market share.
  • Identity opportunities for improvement in the volume of sales and market share
  • Continually improve marketing skills, knowledge and ability
  • Identify opportunities for product development and process improvement
  • Update regularly knowledge of Larex Hotels International. business, products and services

Competence Requirements
Core Skills:

  • Business intelligence
  • Marketing skills
  • Collaboration
  • Communication & Inter personal

Skills:

  • Research & Strategy
  • Negotiation & Persuasion
  • A deep understanding of marketing principles
  • FPC/personal productivity tools - Words for windows, Excel, and PowerPoint ,Mailing Social media marketing/Google
  • SEOs

Generic Skills:

  • Critical and analytical reasoning
  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Resilience Tenacity and Integrity
  • Initiative and pro active
  • Goal oriented
  • Positive attitude and energetic
  • Ability to work under pressure

Specification/Qualification
Qualification:

  • A Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration or any related field from a reputable institution

Minimum Experience

  • Two (2) years experience as a corporate marketer with good knowledge of hospitality industry trends.
  • Professional Membership
  • Membership of relevant professional association is advantageous


Interview and Assessment Date
16th June, 2016.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: bukola@apataandascott.com



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