Key Account Director- Hospitality & Entertainment

Location - UAE (Dubai/Abu Dhabi)

Minimum Requirements:

• Education: Graduate level in Engineering preferably with MBA
• Experience:
  Minimum 8 years’ experience in developing and managing

  large-scale entertainment and hospitality portfolios

• Very familiar with the stakeholders of work location in the Entertainment and hospitality sector
• Should have dealt with both Public sector companies and Private sector companies for tendering, negotiations and finalizations.
• Must have, or be able to quickly develop, relationships at various levels in assigned accounts.
• Must be fluent in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a more enhanced portfolio for larger accounts, while leading accounts more independently, and strategically arrange a C-level meeting to drive organizational growth and strategic account optimization.
• Develop Strategic initiatives to enhance portfolio of accounts
• Manage the P & L for assigned accounts including accurate forecasting and budgeting.
• Identification, preparation and submission of pre-qualification, expression of interest, offers & tenders. This includes offer and contract review.
• Interface with clients to continuously calibrate their expectations with BV's performance and resolve or escalate issues that do not meet client expectations.
• Collect, monitor and disseminate data on sourcing and/or market trends along with client needs to feedback to the operations team.
• Monitor, identify and communicate to relevant parties any risk or opportunities based on continuous review of the health of the account
• Ensure creation and execution of account reviews quarterly
• Manage client meetings and presentations along with participating in training seminars and/or tradeshows.
• Promote and leverage BV brand

KPIs

• 3 years plan implementation
• New sales objectives as per budget
• Actual Sales, revenue and profit versus budget.
• Maintenance of empaneled/pre-qualification/agency list with clients.