.Role PurposeProvide hands-on sales, marketing, and channel strategy consultation to owners, management companies, hotel Director of Sales, and General Managers for all IHG brands in franchised hotels when deployed by Franchise Performance Support (FPS) or as the need is identified by Operations Analytics & Insight or other groups at IHG. They will act as an extension of the hotel sales team by recommending opportunities for booking Group meetings and Local Corporate Accounts at hotels within the defined market. They will suggest opportunities to prospect, identify, and source new accounts in the local and regional market and work to secure room night business from those accounts in alignment with sales strategies, market strategies, and IHG pricing strategies.Key AccountabilitiesAnalyze market trends and competitor performance to identify opportunities for revenue growth.Collaborate with Franchise Performance Support to guarantee a unified and seamless process to hotels and clients.Diagnose root causes of issues at hotel(s), prioritize information, and create specific action plans based on data analyses to deliver incremental revenue and improve market share.Analyze and interpret market research data, identify gaps in performance to determine hotel(s) strengths and weaknesses relative to its competitors.Based on hotel assessment, determine appropriate consultation with key stakeholders, management companies, and/or hotels (including GM and Director of Sales), either over the phone or through an in-person visit.Develop tactical and strategic sales and marketing plans with the hotel, owner, and/or management company designed to maximize hotel revenues from local, regional, and national markets, to drive hotel-level sales performance, and market share position.Lead regional sales efforts for a portfolio of IHG hotels to perform sales prospecting efforts, develop qualified sales leads, and convert rooms business. This will be measured through various performance metrics including consumed room night production and annual revenue goals.Develop regional account relationships with group meetings planners and regionally based corporate business accounts.Maintain key accounts list, lead list, and prospect files for the purpose of converting business into IHG branded hotels.Manage various projects to streamline sales processes and efficiencies of the regional sales operations.In a collaborative effort with other business units, IHG sales teams, and hotel sales teams, this position will assist in developing the initial operating plan for the regional sales organization.Key Skills & ExperiencesEducation –Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Hospitality, Marketing, Business, or a relevant field of work, or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience preferred. Professional sales designations and/or certifications preferred