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Samjith Sachindran, Catering Sales Manager

Samjith Sachindran

Catering Sales Manager·Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Hospitality Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 2 months

Catering Sales Manager

November 2017 - Present

Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre

United Arab Emirates

November 2017 - Present

Reporting directly to the Director of Catering Sales
•In charge of acquiring, developing and retaining group and catering accounts of the hotel
•Negotiates deals, rates and packages to all clients, prepares proposals, contracts
•Planned and implemented sales monthly strategy to maximize sales
•Generates daily, monthly and weekly reports to aid in monitoring departmental performance
•Monitored function room blockings, utilizations and event planning to maximize revenues and ensure guest satisfaction
•Plans and conducts sales calls, hotel site inspections and entertainment activities
•Promotes the overall hotel monthly activities
•Performs regular competition checks on the different competitor hotels and confirms site inspection in different competitor hotels for the whole team to gain more knowledge about our competitor’s products and services
•Departmental trainer of the catering sales section

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Sales

Sales Manager - Groups & Events

April 2014 - October 2014

Le Meridien Dubai Hotel & Conference Centre

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2014 - October 2014

• Reporting directly to the Director of Sales - M.I.C.E.
• Handles and negotiates contracts for business corporate, DMC’s and group and event sales of the hotel
• In charge of acquiring, developing and retaining group accounts of the hotel
• Negotiates deals, rates and packages to all clients, prepares proposals, contracts
• Handled Departmental Sales Forecasts, Reports and Administrative/ Departmental Operations
• Represents the group sales team for the revenue meetings
• Planned and implemented sales monthly strategy to maximize sales Monitoring and developing performance and productivity of one Group Sales Coordinator and the Events Planning team handling the logistics of groups confirmed
• Generates daily, monthly and weekly reports to aid in monitoring departmental performance
• Monitored function room blockings, utilizations and event planning to maximize revenues and ensure guest satisfaction
• Plans and conducts sales calls, hotel site inspections and entertainment activities
• Promotes the overall hotel monthly activities
• Performs regular competition checks on the different competitor hotels and confirms site inspection in different competitor hotels for the whole team to gain more knowledge about our competitor’s products and services
• In charge of the maintenance of all the hotels online group booking websites and attends various webinars and sales seminars of these online channels.

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Sales

Event Sales Manager

April 2011 - December 2011

Hyatt Regency Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2011 - December 2011

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Sales

Events Executive

December 2007 - March 2011

Hyatt Regency Dubai & Galleria

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

December 2007 - March 2011

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Sales

Events Coordinator

January 2007 - December 2007

Hyatt Regency Dubai & Galleria

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2007 - December 2007

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Sales

Guest Service Officer

January 2005 - January 2007

Hyatt World Wide Reservation Centre

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2005 - January 2007

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Customer Service and Call Center

Restaurant Auditor

April 2003 - March 2004

Towers Rotana

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2003 - March 2004

Company industry:
Hospitality & Accomodation
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Education

Glion Hotel School

December 2002

December 2002

Bachelor's degree, Hospitality Management

Switzerland

Merit Swiss Asian School of Hotel Management

December 2001

December 2001

Higher diploma, Hotel Management

India

Skills

Hotel Reservations
Expert
Hotel Reservations
Expert
Training
Expert
Training
Expert
Event Planning
Expert
Event Planning
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Administration
Expert
Administration
Expert
ADMINISTRATION
Beginner
ADMINISTRATION
Beginner
C
Beginner
C
Beginner
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Beginner
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Beginner
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Expert
EVENT MANAGEMENT
Expert
LOGISTICS
Intermediate
LOGISTICS
Intermediate
MEETING FACILITATION
Intermediate
MEETING FACILITATION
Intermediate
SALES
Expert
SALES
Expert
SEMINARS
Intermediate
SEMINARS
Intermediate
STRATEGIC
Expert
STRATEGIC
Expert
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
Intermediate
WEB SITE PRODUCTION
Intermediate
Hotel Reservations
Expert
Hotel Reservations
Expert
Training
Expert
Training
Expert
Event Planning
Expert
Event Planning
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Event Sales
Expert
Administration
Expert
Administration
Expert

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Beginner
Malayalam
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Listening to music, playing basketball, swimming