SalesSpecialist

# _**City, State:**_ Flushing, New York JOB TITLE: Sales Specialist REPORTS TO: Director of Sales & Marketing Purpose for the Position: To act as personal support for the Sales Department. To detail all in-coming meetings and events, provide on-site event coverage, maintain room block inventories, and qualify all in-coming sales calls. This role is the key internal communicator to all departments regarding all groups, meetings, and events. Essential Responsibilities: * Performs general duties including taking meeting minutes, answering the telephone, distributing sales leads, and conducting client hotel sites. * Audits Sales System for accuracy of room blocks GRC, space conflicts and space control on behalf of the department director. * Handles all details of bookings after group/catering booking contract turnover occurs. * Books Catering only events and handles all details of bookings and provides on-site support day-of event * Ensures guaranteed counts and payments are received, which is to follow the terms and conditions of the contract. * Works with clients to ensure all details regarding their group room booking or catered event are Obtained, executed, and charged properly. * Obtains group rooming lists and coordinates their inventory with the front office. * Communicates all changes and alterations to an event booking with the property departments. * Maintains a filing system of reports and pertinent records. * Participates in the planning and execution of all client events. * Records and distributes internal meeting minutes in a timely matter. Physical Demands: Lifting up to 20 lbs. Maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10lbs. Requires walking or standing, reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing. Environmental Conditions: Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends approximately 75% or more of the time inside. Math Ski