SummaryYou will be responsible to provide an excellent and consistent level of service to your customers. The Group Sales Coordinator is responsible to act as a sales specialist in the area of events and catering. This covers the relationship building and account management, as well as event management.- High School diploma or equivalent is required with College course work in related field preferred. Experience in a hotel or a related field is also preferred.- Must work well in stressful high pressure situations.- Must maintain composure and objectivity under pressure.- Must be effective in handling problems in the workplace including anticipating preventing identifying and solving problems as necessary.- Must have the ability to assimilate complex information data etc. from disparate sources and consider adjust or modify to meet the constraints of the particular need.- Must be effective at listening to understanding clarifying and resolving the concerns and issues raised by coworkers and guests.**Qualifications**:Minimum 2 years work experience in hotel operations in a luxury international brand hotel. -Good understanding of selling techniques and banquet knowledge.- Approaches all encounters with guests and Associates in an attentive friendly courteous and service-oriented manner.- Maintains high standards of personal appearance and grooming which include compliance with the Aimbridge Hospitality dress code and wearing name tag when working (per brand standards).- Maintains Sales files in an organized fashion and as per specified standards.- Maintains Accounts Coverage Program as applicable.- Demonstrates awareness of established goals for each department and the role played in Sales process to achieve and/or exceed these goals.- Answers phones; qualifies incoming inquiry calls and ensures all inquiries are dealt with accurately timely and in a professional manner.- Types sales contracts BEO's correspondence reports forms directs mail pieces etc. as needed by sales team.- Maintains lead log and lead statistics to be used for strategic outbound sales.- Assists managers on creative projects including proposals direct mail pieces invitations special events etc.- Distributes BEO's Changes Rooming Lists Signed Contracts Revisions etc. to appropriate departments as it relates to meeting and groups.- Assists guests and clients with small changes requests etc. and completes needed paperwork for Manager.- Conducts site inspections for the department as needed- Enters group pickup in sales pro daily and enters preferred production in sales pro monthly.