Description:
Hiring Director of Sales and Marketing
Location: Dubai Festival City Mall
Requirements
- Must be Dubai based and ready for face-to-face interview
- Minimum five years’ experience in S&M function in a restaurant/hotel or similar service oriented organization including three years as a DOSM.
- Minimum five years of UAE experience is required.
- Function
- To be fully responsible for the Family Amusement Park and the Restaurant activities to the required standards, within agreed budgetary limits.
Responsibilities
- Strong leadership skills and “hands on” attitude.
- Direct and supervise all sales and marketing activities of the Park, including evet sales, public relations, and ensure that all activities are focused on achieving maximum revenue.
- Be directly responsible for search and analysis of the target audience.
- Be responsible for product development and market promotion.
- Ensure cost efficiency.
- Develop and implement Marketing campaign.
- Ensure a competitive position of the Park and Restaurant in the market and focus on growing revenues.
- Full P&L accountability for the Park (monitor key indicators such as food cost, beverage cost, personnel cost, GOP, Target GOP and take actions if needed). Budgeting and forecasting.
- Strategic planning, human resources modeling to ensure high level of service.
- Contract negotiation, service vendors and other contractors to obtain agreements that are beneficial for the property.
- To communicate with Authorities, Mall management and Municipality representatives when necessary to ensure flawless and legitimate operation.
- To be fully aware of trends in the industry and make suggestions for improvement of the Restaurant and Park operation.
- Provide recommendation to increase Food and Beverage penetration in total Park revenue.
- Coordinating the activities of the Sales Team, to ensure the efficient day-to-day operation of the Sales.
- Proactively prospecting new accounts for the Park and following the sales process through to convert into ‘producing’ accounts.
- To attend any kids related fairs as a representative of the Park, ensuring that the quality image of the organisation is portrayed, and that every opportunity is taken to promote the Park.
- Good package is on offer for the right candidate.