at Hilton in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
The iconic Hilton Chicago is looking for a Senior Affiliate Event Sales Manager to join their team to solicit and book all affiliate events for future citywide business and In\-House groups\.
Principle Responsibilities & Position Purpose
Responsible for the solicitation and booking of all affiliate events for future citywide business and In\-House groups\. Maximizes and drives incremental revenue for the hotel\.
Sales & Solicitation:
+ Identifies current definite in\-house group business
+ Communicates with applicable managers servicing the program, including Event Managers, to obtain client information
+ Communicates with clients and confirms history and approval process based on contracted terms
+ Utilizes multiple and creative sources of information to forecast and solicit new business
+ Identifies and attends networking opportunities to determine upcoming \(2 years or more\) citywide business
+ Conducts research of previous affiliate events in Hilton systems to identify and solicit rebooking of business
+ Partners with the Sales team in assisting with or coordinating hotel site visits
Client & Internal Communication
+ Communicates with clients and ensures proposals and contracts are created and approved on a timely manner
+ Communicates with applicable departments and ensures payments, BEOs, sales agreements, logs, and contracts are implemented on a timely manner
Implementation of Service
+ Negotiates pricing and terms & conditions not included in main agreement for those companies and organizations affiliated with groups
+ Attends internal and external meetings
+ Participates in the development and measurement of personal and team goals and action plans
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What benefits will I receive?
+ Medical Insurance Coverage Options – for you and your family\. Able to enroll after 90 days of employment
+ Vision, dental, life and disability insurance
+ Mental Health Resources
+ Best\-in\-Class Paid Time Off \(PTO\) – you can accrue up to 25 days in your first year of employment\.
+ Go Hilton travel discount program: 100 nights of discounted travel per calendar year
+ Participating in the 401\(k\) Plan and company match is the perfect way to save for the future\. We match 100% of every dollar eligible TMs contribute up to 3% of pay, plus 50% of every dollar contributed on the next 2% of pay\.
+ Career growth and development
+ Team Member Resource Groups
+ Recognition and rewards programs
+ Access to your pay when you need it through DailyPay
+ Debt\-free education: Access to a wide variety of educational credentials \(ex\. college degrees, high school completion, English\-language learning, digital literacy, professional certificates and more\)
+ Inclusive family\-building and fertility benefits
+ Expanded bereavement leave\.
+ Adoption Assistance program
+ Employee stock purchase program \(ESPP\) \- purchase Hilton shares at 15% discount
Sales Incentive
Hilton offers a best\-in market SIP \(Short\-Term Incentive Plan\) to our Sales, Catering & Events teams to reward our employees for their contributions to our company’s financial success\. The Plan includes a quarterly component worth 20% of bonus eligible earnings\. The quarterly incentive may have multiple individually weighted objectives, meaning multiple opportunities to earn a payout
Job: Catering and Event Services
Title: Senior Affiliate Event Sales Manager \- Hilton Chicago
Location: null
Requisition ID: HOT0APVG
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