Revenue Manager - InterContinental Jeddah

IHG Hotels & Resorts

IHG Hotels & Resorts Posted Mar 2

Part time

Negotiable

Advanced (5 10 yrs)

Job Responsibilities Financial returns

• Using the IHG tools provided and in compliance with the IHG standards, maintains, updates and shares information in the areas of a master calendar of external events, competitor rate intelligence, RevPar penetration (RGI), arrival and spending patterns of commercial accounts, denial reports, meeting space allocation, guest capture rates (with the Director of F&B), Loyalty program penetration both overall and by account (and for bookers), system contribution and trends in rooms and non rooms revenues by channel, segment and account.
• Understand the composition of hotel profitability, and use this to evaluate business from local accounts and groups so as to provide input to future rate setting and negotiation.
• Facilitate the Revenue Room Meeting (which the GM chairs) and generates reports and analyses needed for these meetings, displaying key facts/trends etc., on the revenue room walls.
• Monitor and determine demand periods for function space, rooms and catering through an analysis of historical data and current bookings. Responsible for tracking and analysing booking pace, group wash, cut off enforcement for groups as well as denied and regretted business.

People

• Manage day to day reservation & revenue activities, plan and assign work, and establish performance and development goals for team members. Provide mentoring, coaching and regular feedback to help manage conflict, improve team member performance, and recognise good performance.
• Educate and train Revenue & Reservations team that is responsible for developing new reservations and implementing revenue strategies. Ensure staff is properly trained and has the tools and equipment to carry out job duties.
• Work with other department managers to ensure proper staffing levels based on business.
• Ensure Workforce Optimization Tool is aligned with correct business inputs.

Guest experience

• Monitor competitor pricing for all revenue generating departments, understands the dynamic of the local market and the demand generators, and recommends appropriate actions to the Revenue Room Taskforce in relation to the hotel's pricing and market mix strategy.
• Conduct weekly rate/sell strategy (yield) meetings with General Manager, DOSM, Front Office Manager and Events Manager.

Responsible business

• Identify operational problems that reduce the effectiveness of revenue activities and overall hotel sales performance and work with appropriate department on solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty.

Accountability

This is the top Reservation/Revenue job in a full or limited service hotel and may include meeting space and/or catering facilities. May manage professional level and administrative reservation and revenue members.

Qualifications and requirements

Bachelor's degree / higher education qualification / equivalent in business/hotel administration or related field, and Four to Ten years of experience in a hospitality or hotel reservations setting with direct supervisory experience over a Revenue /Reservations team, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Must speak local language. Other languages preferred.

What We Offer

We'll reward all your hard work with a great work environment and benefits - including but not limited to F&B Discount, IHG Employee Rate, Hotel Uniform, Meal at Employee Restaurant, excellent development, and advancement opportunities across the globe.

Join us and you'll become part of the global IHG family - and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together - we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit to find out more about us.

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