Business Development Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying new business opportunities and creating sales and marketing strategies
• Overseeing daily business operations
• Conducting market analysis to check the business performance
• Developing and implementing promotional campaigns and activities
• Updating the marketing channels e.g. website and social media platforms, online booking platforms
• Analyzing current and past financial data and providing strategies to cut costs and increase revenue
• Developing a marketing calendar with its attendant, and events promotions to increase footfalls for the hotel.
• Establishing and maintaining long-term business relationships
• Negotiating business proposals and agreements with clients
• Updating business development materials like email templates and brochures when needed
• Pitching innovative ideas to clients
• Utilizes efficient sales strategy for the maximization of hotel revenue.
• Ensures all documents produced by the Sales Department (BEO, contracts, rooming lists proposals) are completed accurately and on time

Key Skills and Competencies.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce-Marketing Option, Business Management or other related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years working experience in Marketing in a hotel set-up.
• Member of the Marketing Society of Kenya.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.