Job Opportunity at Outstanding Solutions Tanzania, Revenue Manager


Job Title: Revenue Manager
Department: Revenue Management
Project Location(s): Dar es Salaam
Education: Bachelor Degree
Application Deadline: 2019-07-22 
Compensation:TSH 3,000,000 Gross depending on qualifications

Responsibilities

  • Oversee revenue management and distribution strategy of the hotel and manage day to day yield operations.
  • Daily pick-up analysis, strategy adjustments and reporting.
  • Perform competitive benchmark studies and follow market trends.
  • Create and maintain a 13-month rolling demand calendar.
  • Create and develop pricing strategies
  • Provide weekly dynamic forecast of expected results, variances and budget comparisons.
  • Manage and oversee strategy for all 3rd party distribution
  • Responsible for assessing, analyzing and pricing group business strategies
  • Analyze overall monthly hotel performance and provide summary report with recommendations to improve long term strategies.
  • Ensure all related systems are configured correctly, validated and working to full capacity
  • Oversee and audit the standards and operations of the reservations department.
  • Ensure web site booking process is maintained up-to-date and functional.
  • Ensure hotel personnel is fully competent in the use of all systems
  • Work in liaison with hotel sales and reservations departments as a team.
  • Regularly check the input and the quality of data (segmentation, denials tracking, etc…) points.
  • Conduct quarterly property performance review and develop strategic and tactical action
  • Responsible for best practice standards to include: competitor analysis (STR ); environmental scanning; market modeling; distribution yield management; business mix yield management; length of stay yield management; inventory availability by channel; pricing control and new pricing concepts
  • Evaluate performance of distribution partners and contracted rates (OTA, FIT, tour operator, corporate, consortia, crew, groups, etc…).
  • Reduce the cost of distribution by finding new less expensive means of delivering business
  • Prepare outline for and support the annual revenue budget process.
  • Reports to GM, dotted line to DOSM and regional head office
  • Heads Reservations Department


Minimum Qualifications

  • English language proficiency
  • A minimum of six years adaptable experience with hospitality industry reservation systems and hotel property management systems essential with two to five years in Revenue Management in multi-units operations.
  • Ideally a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Hotel Management, Tourism or Economic Studies.
  • Highly computer literate with a high-level command of Excel.
  • Knowledgeable of hotel technology: PMS, Channel Manager, GDS, CRS, Extranets
  • Have a valid travel passport


Preferred Qualities

  • Business Development DNA and commercial minded.
  • Strong sense of need for achievement of goals and success.
  • Sound ability and knowledge to develop standards of operations and strategic processes
  • Good analytical and numeric skills for fast data crunching.
  • Ability to work under own initiative in a highly pressured environment.
  • Good listening skills and the ability to anticipate business needs.
  • Able to develop relationships with 3rd parties and the hotel teams.
  • Capacity to read situation, understand environments and respond accordingly
  • Capable of prioritizing between revenue generating actions and time-consuming tasks with low yield impact.
  • Ability to work across all levels and functions of hiring hotel client portfolio under own initiative in a highly pressured environment.
  • Well-developed interpersonal, adaptive influencing and supervisory management skills
  • Willingness to travel and ability to interact professionally with other cultures
  • Mentality of client service and taking responsibility beyond direct duties.
  • High level of motivation, determination and commitment.


APPLICATION DEADLINE: 22ND July 2019
Send your an application to: info@outstandingsolutionstz.com