Job Description

Sales Manager - Corporate

Application Deadline: 12 October 2026

Department: Sales & Marketing

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Egypt - Cairo

Description

The incumbent in the position is responsible for managing the Travel & Trade market, which includes developing new business, negotiating contracts and maintaining good relations with actual clients in order to meet and exceed the targets set for the Travel & Trade.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for key account management on an assigned account base or geographic area, ensuring revenue maximization, achievement of personal targets and increasing fair market share versus competitor set.
• Responsible for prospecting new accounts.
• Responsible for all segments of assigned geographical markets, which may include, but not be exclusively limited to European markets.
• Conduct site inspections.
• Follow up of tentative bookings in the assigned markets.
• Detailed knowledge of competitor set.
• Detailed knowledge of all services provided by the Hotel and all relevant facts and figures of hotel.
• Responsible for timely contracting from the client base responsible for.
• SMART contracting to ensure optimum yielding during annual rate negotiations.
• Attend trade shows, sales blitz, workshops, etc. in the assigned markets.
• Assist the Director of Sales / Director of Sales & Marketing in defining an annual sales action plan and execute set actions accordingly.
• Assist the Director of Sales / Director of Sales & Marketing with the preparation of the annual budget by providing statistics and forecasts of account productions.
• Execute sales actions within set cost budget structure.
• Document all sales actions in SFA (S&C).
• Update OPERA contact database at all times.
• Cross sell other Kempinski Hotels.
• Understand, and follow the Company Sales Vision.
• Participation in Duty Manager Rota.
• Understand and strictly adhere to the Rules & Regulations established in the Employees Handbook and the Hotel’s policy on Fire, Hygiene, Health & Safety.
• Ensure that all potential and real hazards are reported and rectified immediately.

Additional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time according to the needs of the business and of the hotel.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

To fill this position the candidate must have:

• Two (2) years experience in a Sales position, preferably in a 4/5 star hotel.
• Planning/organisation
• Adaptability
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Negotiation skills
• Selling skills
• Innovative ideas
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office, (Excel/PowerPoint/Word)
• Micros Fidelio Opera and Sales & Catering