
Food & Beverage Sales Agent
- Kuala Lumpur
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop strategies, concept, support and liaise with the property’s Director of Marketing and Communications on all special F&B promotions of the restaurants on the marketing communications and advertising campaigns.
- Manage and be familiar with databases of all outlets and identify key segmented database for a more targeted and effective campaign.
- Promote market awareness and elevate status of outlets and products through different media platforms.
- Be responsible for promoting internally for all upcoming F&B promotions.
- Be activity involved in data base management.
- Research on new possible market segment for all outlets such as reaching out to nearby office buildings and find possible collaboration with premium brands for joint promotions.
- Build successful relationships that generate sales opportunities.
- Work collaboratively with the Commercial department to generate opportunities for new business.
- Build and strengthen relationships with existing and new customers to enable future bookings, including in-house promotions, sales calls, entertainment and an active involvement in restaurant service during peak hours.
- Develop relationships within the community to strengthen and expand customer base for restaurants’ sales opportunities.
- Manage and develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Conduct daily sales activities that achieve department goals.
- Drive in-house capture ratio by working closely with the Marketing Communications department to establish promotions.
- Actively be around in the hotel public areas to engage with guests and generate additional business.
- Develop, plan and execute all Food & Beverage promotions with the Operations and Commercial departments for both internal and external communications related promotions.
- Be an ambassador for the Dining Club program, communicate and support the sales team by driving sales and obtaining feedback on the program.
- Explore opportunities for hosting social events such as birthday parties, secretary parties and networking events in order to maximize revenue.
- Work with the Marketing Communication department on restaurant related promotional activities for hot zones near the hotel.
- Work closely with the Event Management’s clients in order to capture more local restaurants’ business and utilize previous business as the database to build future opportunities.
- Partner with the Sales & Marketing Account Managers to visit potential accounts and drive restaurant business.
- Attend social functions in order to meet new business opportunities.
- Use negotiating skills and creative selling abilities to create additional restaurant business.
- Use sales resources and administration to support team members effectively.
- Execute and support the operational aspects of business booked.
- Use knowledge of market trends and customer information to maximize revenue.
- Gain understanding of the property’s primary target customer and service expectations, serve customers by understanding their business, business issues and concerns.
- Provide exceptional customer service to all guests and customers.
- Act as the guest service role model for restaurants, set a good example of excellent customer service and create a positive atmosphere for guest relations.
- Execute exemplary customer service to drive customer satisfaction and loyalty by assisting the customers and ensuring their satisfaction before and during their visit.
- Drive customer loyalty by delivering service excellence throughout each customer experience.
- Carry out other restaurant sales related responsibilities.
- Work with the hostess team to control and monitor restaurant reservation systems and maintain restaurant database.
- Possess a thorough knowledge of all F&B menus, promotions and communicational activities.
- Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- The Management reserves the right to make changes to this job description at its sole discretion and without advance notice.
- Minimum 2 year of experience in a related field.
- High School diploma or GED.
- 2 years of experience in Food & Beverage, Sales, Marketing, Guest Services, or related professional area.
- Able to read and understand work related documents.
- Able to communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Proficient in English to meet business needs.
- Computer literate.
- Good organization and communication skills.