Sales Executive
Company: Marriott Hotels Resorts
Location: Redmond
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Description JOB SUMMARY Drives revenue to achieve Hotel’s
topline goals for each of their represented hotels by proactively
soliciting all business segments; to include new business from
small business accounts, sourcing new accounts, identifying new
targets, and re-soliciting past business leads. Focuses on
properties BT Pricing strategy. Provides property support by
coordinating and executing property internal mining efforts at
assigned hotels. Partners with Leadership to ensure competitive
sales strategies are in place for the hotel and stay competitive
within the market by aligning on sales activities to generate
business and communicate real-time competitor intel. Reports
directly to Property Sales Leader (ASL or DOS/DOSM) and works
closely with the hotel General Managers, focuses on sales driven
tasks. May work with Local Sales and U.S. Account Sales/GSO teams
to drive production from targeted high priority accounts including
maximizing special corporate business within the represented market
place. CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience Required: • High
school diploma or GED; 2 years experience in the sales and
marketing, guest services, front desk, or related professional
area. OR • 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business
Administration, Marketing, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or
related major; no work experience required. Preferred: • 4-year
college degree; previous experience in proactive lead generation in
hospitality and sales discipline; knowledge of property-specific
business segments (e.g. group, catering, transient); knowledge the
hospitality industry. CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Managing Sales
Activities • Works with Property Sales Leader (ASL or DOS/DOSM) in
identifying the top accounts of each stakeholder hotel, determine
account deployment structure, identify key buyers within each
account, and coordinate efforts to drive demand and pull-through
business from the accounts for the stakeholder hotels. • Assist
Property Sales Leader in identifying share shift targets. • Ensures
effective and efficient funnel management through available systems
and collaborating with Multi-Hotel Sales. • Manages daily Status
Change reports to help close on hotel business. • May work with
Local Sales, U.S. Account Sales/GSO teams to drive production from
targeted high priority accounts including maximizing special
corporate business within the represented market place. • Provides
property support by coordination and executing property internal
mining efforts to assigned hotels • Solicits new business from
non-deployed small business accounts, reader boards, and leads sent
through internal referral mechanisms. • Solicits potential new
accounts or business opportunities by leveraging business
intelligence provided by Sales & Marketing Planning and Support or
other third-party data sources to generate leads. • Utilizes
internal lead referral tools (e.g., eProspecting Portal) to solicit
new business opportunities and contacts. • Ensure Hotel has
property lead generation program to identify new business. •
Re-solicits non-deployed realized opportunities, including
turndowns, lost opportunities, and actualized business when
appropriate. • Drives customer satisfaction through daily
interactions (e.g., solicitations, re-solicitations, account calls,
site inspections, new business calls, face to face activities,
etc.). • Conducts customer facing sales activities on behalf of the
hotels in partnership with Property Coordinator/Resource as
appropriate. (e.g., lunch and learns, social hours, company of the
month activities, local industry events, Convention and Visitors
Bureau (CVB) Activities, etc.). • Conducts site inspections for
customer accounts as appropriate. • Maintains complete and
up-to-date lead information on each account in CI/TY SFA Web and
EMPOWER to verify accurate reporting and customer base information.
• Qualifies and maintains customer’s long-term business potential
and refers customers to market, field, hotel or national sales
office, as required. • Verifies accurate and timely lead turnover
to other Sales Channels and partners closely with the Multi-Hotel
Sales to ensure qualified leads are entered into CI/TY SFAWeb. •
Leverages MI Leads for Out of Org, Non-Deployed Accounts. •
Presents stakeholder hotel benefits and features based on customer
needs. • Understands and utilizes all business processes written in
support of the sales organization. • Utilizes negotiation skills
and creative selling abilities to uncover new business. • Uses all
information systems (e.g., CI/TY SFA Web, MRDW, MarRFP-SAPP,
Hoteligence, Account Relationship Management (ARM) to research the
deployment and value of the accounts deemed important for
stakeholder hotels. • Understands the overall market (e.g.,
competitors’ strengths and weaknesses, economic trends, supply and
demand etc.) to sell effectively against the competition. •
Communicates trends, opportunities, and market changes to
appropriate parties, as needed. • Leverages all available sales
channels, (e.g., marriott.com, group and transient intermediaries,
field sales, worldwide reservation offices, etc.), to optimize
sales revenues. • Understands and actively utilizes company
marketing initiatives/incentives to convert cold leads to warm
leads. • Tracks weekly activities and relationship to revenue and
room night production. • Sets day-today priorities to complete
assigned responsibilities • Actively participates and contributes
to Sales Strategy Meetings as appropriate. • Adjusts to significant
variation in daily workload through independent prioritization. •
Drives revenue from local non-deployed accounts for the hotels the
Sales Executive represents by proactively soliciting new business
from small business accounts, sourcing new accounts, identifying
new targets, and re-soliciting past business leads. • Activate
local tactics for deployed accounts to pull-through local buyer
needs. Communicate best practices for generating creative revenue
opportunities. • Performs other duties as appropriate. • Building
Successful Relationships • Leverage deployed account resources to
drive business for properties for identified hotels to pull-through
business to grow account share. • Participates in community and
hotel networking events (e.g., Rotary Clubs, RI Social Hours,
Chamber of Commerce, etc). • Visits neighborhood target and local
small business accounts and coordinate follow up efforts. •
Coordinates with Property Sales Leader to understand needs and
priorities of stakeholder hotels to identify focus areas. • Works
collaboratively with all sales channels (e.g. the Multi-Hotel
Sales, Account Sales and Global Sales) to establish coordinated
sales efforts that are complementary, and not duplicative. •
Handles customer care issues and as necessary, refers them to the
appropriate owner. • Supports the company’s service and
relationship strategy, driving customer loyalty by delivering
service excellence throughout each customer experience. • Services
customers to obtain and grow share of the account. • Executes and
supports the company’s customer service standards. • Engages in
property related events that support the development of new
accounts (e.g., General Manager (GM) Reception, Concierge Level
hospitality, etc.). • Performs other duties, as assigned, to meet
business needs. At Marriott International, we are dedicated to
being an equal opportunity employer, welcoming all and providing
access to opportunity. We actively foster an environment where the
unique backgrounds of our associates are valued and celebrated. Our
greatest strength lies in the rich blend of culture, talent, and
experiences of our associates. We are committed to
non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability,
veteran status, or other basis protected by applicable law.
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