Lolit Viernes, Sales & Marketing Executive

Lolit Viernes

Sales & Marketing Executive

Ramee Group of Hotels

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
High school or equivalent, Industrial Technology
Experience
16 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 4 Months

Sales & Marketing Executive at Ramee Group of Hotels
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since April 2014

Roles and Responsibilities:
Account Management
• Establishing and maintaining good rapport, working relations with travel agencies, private or government companies and other individual clients to ensure good business and prompt resolution to issues.
• Coordinate with front office managers and receptionist about bookings & reservations
• Coordinate with various travel agencies, B2B, B2C
• Liaise with clients/ companies about the status of in-house guests
• Coordinate invoicing and follow up payment collection
• Create hotel packages and promotions to introduce to partners like corporate companies, travel agencies & holiday agencies
• Provide quotations to corporate partners, travel agencies and individuals requesting such
• Coordinate airport pick up and drop to transport manager and arrange required banners
• Create daily and monthly reports
• Generate comparative periodic charts & reports
• Maintaining accurate records of sales, clientele details, check in and check out
• Reviewing sales performance comparative to previous years’ performances
• Formulate corporate quotation letters and yearly contracts and any other required business correspondence
• Provide feedback on changing marketing conditions, including trends in the competition, as a result of direct sales solicitation, telephone and / or direct mail
Sales
• Manage sales for the 5 hotel / apartment properties of Ramee Group - Abu Dhabi
• Organizing daily sales visits and sales calls demonstrating/presenting the hotels
• Establishing new business by getting tie ups with corporate companies
• Attending trade exhibitions, conferences and meetings
• Negotiating contracts
• Upselling rooms
• Maintain a high level of exposure for the hotel/ apartments through direct sales
• Implement and execute all sales objectives and action plans to reach and exceed targets set
• Ensure that selling strategies are adhered to during negotiations and maximize up selling opportunities whenever possible

Manager at Sentosa Heaven Sp
  • Philippines
  • July 2009 to June 2009

Responsible in maintaining smooth operation of the spa
Develop marketing plans & ensure implementation

Holds regular staff meetings to keep staff up to date on all aspects of the Spa’s operation.

Responsible in payroll and other financial matters of the spa

Senior Supervisor at Abu Dhabi Educational Council - Hospitality Services
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2012 to April 2009

Mobilization
Played a leadership role in the mobilization of ADEC Hospitality team, School Year 2012-2013, for Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western Region.
Successfully mobilized additional team for school year 2013-2014
Mobilization includes hiring, theoretical training, practical training, hygiene training, locating the schools’ site, transportation coordination, accommodation of staff, uniforms, salary advances, deployment plans & dry runs.

Supervise and Coordinate
Establishing and maintaining rapport with client (Abu Dhabi Educational Council)
Delegating tasks - making sure that colleague supervisors will foster teamwork to make the tasks and projects done efficiently and effectively
Conducting monthly meetings to monitor team(supervisors) performance, discuss quality/ process improvements and address operation problems and difficulties.
Disseminate new updates on HSEQ policies and procedures during monthly meetings

Ensure that HSE procedures are adhered to by conducting daily toolbox meetings
Ensure that the operation runs efficiently and any problems are quickly rectified
Ensure that standards of customer service, housekeeping & cleanliness are upheld
Ensure that all staff are well trained and managed.
Ensure that costs are up to the budgeted expense
Inspecting the schools to ensure that services, hygiene and health and safety regulations are met



Handling complaints (from both staff and clients). Help employees address and resolve a wide variety of concerns and complaints.

Orient and Train new hires: training and development.
Provide appropriate orientation and training for staff addressing topics needed for them to do their jobs efficiently and effectively to ensure that the ADNH’s high standards are maintained


Discipline and Dismiss Employees: Address performance problems through oral or written warnings and documented counseling and then recommend corrective actions

Employee Development - developing staff, mentoring, and providing career coaching; motivating staff, individually and as a group; understanding and supporting diversity; and establishing an effective team.
Helping to hire new staff - Select the best-qualified candidate. Interview and suggest staff hiring
Staff deployment and re-deployment
Reporting to manager and client when required

Administration

SAP System - Approve time records
SAP System - Upload and approve vacations and other leaves
SAP System - Approve material requisitions
Timesheets: Produce timesheets for multiple operations on monthly basis
Annex Occupancy Report: Produce accommodation annex reports for multiple operations on monthly basis
Employment Situations: Produce employment situations for new hires and other HR update needs
Monitoring the team’s performance using monthly evaluation performance sheets that measures the quality of staff performance

Produce monthly client reports from accumulated data of 135 ADEC Schools & 243 staffs throughout UAE
Create quotations for clients of various operations for cleaning & hospitality services

Budgeting & P&L

Monthly Profit & Loss analysis
Monthly cost reduction planning
Yearly budget analysis to achieve targeted profit

Innovate
Created a computerized automated evaluation system to measure the team’s progress and performance
Initiated the computer filing system for administration
Continues Improvement initiatives

Operator at Benchwork Finisher / Laser
  • August 2001 to October 2007
Account Management at Ramee Group of Hotels and Resorts
  • United Arab Emirates
  • to

Establishing and maintaining good rapport, working relations with travel agencies, private or government companies and other individual clients to ensure good business and prompt resolution to issues.
Coordinate with front office managers and receptionist about bookings & reservations
Coordinate with various travel agencies, B2B, B2C
Liaise with clients/ companies about the status of in-house guests
Coordinate invoicing and follow up payment collection
Create hotel packages and promotions to introduce to partners like corporate companies, travel agencies & holiday agencies
Provide quotations to corporate partners, travel agencies and individuals requesting such
Coordinate airport pick up and drop to transport manager and arrange required banners
Create daily and monthly reports
Generate comparative periodic charts & reports
Maintaining accurate records of sales, clientele details, check in and check out
Reviewing sales performance comparative to previous years’ performances
Formulate corporate quotation letters and yearly contracts and any other required business correspondence
Provide feedback on changing marketing conditions, including trends in the competition, as a result of direct sales solicitation, telephone and / or direct mail
Sales
Manage sales for the 5 hotel / apartment properties of Ramee Group - Abu Dhabi
Organizing daily sales visits and sales calls demonstrating/presenting the hotels
Establishing new business by getting tie ups with corporate companies
Attending trade exhibitions, conferences and meetings
Negotiating contracts
Upselling rooms
Maintain a high level of exposure for the hotel/ apartments through direct sales
Implement and execute all sales objectives and action plans to reach and exceed targets set
Ensure that selling strategies are adhered to during negotiations and maximize up selling opportunities whenever possible

Assistant at Moog Controls Corporation – Philippine
  • Philippines
  • to

Make travel arrangements for office personnel.
Make booking arrangements with hotels and other accommodation partners
Coordinate with transport companies for airport pick up and drop

Review files, records, and other documents

Compute, record, and proofread data and other information

Operates office machines such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems and personal computers.
Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer.

Assisting with the smooth running of admin facilities (printer supplies, stationary, etc.)

Assisting with the file management of new and archived files

  • to

booking rooms and conference facilities
attend conferences as required
attending meetings, taking minutes and keeping notes
ordering and maintaining stationery and equipment
photocopying and printing various documents

- Management Support : Assistant to the Company Planner
Support in the clerical works
Maintain databases
Innovate an inventory system
I have created an inventory system which monitors worksheets inventory & placements
Initiated the paperless drive and archiving of worksheets
This project saves an enormous amount of time from manually searching worksheets especially when urgently needed.


Other Roles and Responsibilities:
Read and interpret blueprints

Closely follow worksheet instructions

Initiate Engineering Reviews for processes and fixtures that needs improvements

Operates the Laser Machine to engrave on precision motion control products for Military and Commercial aircrafts, satellites and space vehicles, launch vehicles, missiles, industrial machinery and medical equipment.

Inspects or measures workpiece using measuring instruments, such as gauges or micrometers for conformance to blueprint specifications.
Performs manual and machine laser operations

Performs manual and light machine tool-aided deburring with very tight tolerances as per blueprint specifications

Performs quality inspection of piece parts at finishing levels.

Performs Lee Plugging Operations at Sub-Assembly

Education

High school or equivalent, Industrial Technology
  • at University of Baguio
  • January 2001
High school or equivalent,
  • at University of Baguio
  • January 2001
High school or equivalent,
  • at Mines Elementary School

Philex Mining Corporation,

High school or equivalent,
  • at Secondary
Bachelor's degree, Computer Technology
  • at Saint Louis High School Philex Mining Corporationof Science and Technology

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High school or equivalent, Computer Technology
  • at Saint Louis High School Philex Mining Corporationof Science and Technology

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Specialties & Skills

Office Management
Hospitality Management
Microsoft Office
Administration
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE
AUTOCAD
BANNERS
BUDGET ANALYSIS
BUDGETING
MICROSOFT OUTLOOK

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert