Director Of Revenue Management at Mount Meru Hotel Arusha

Education and Certifications

Diploma in Hospitality & Tourism Management
Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or relevant discipline is preferred

Experience

A minimum of 6 years working of experience in revenue management within luxury hospitality
Experience in managing reservation and e-commerce departments is desirable
Proven experience in OPERA Property Management System and Microsoft systems
Extensive experience in yield management, numbers and revenue optimization
Experience in managing revenue systems (RateTiger, SynXis, TravelClick, EzRMS, IDeaS)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to drives market share and revenue performance; develop overall pricing strategy to include all market segments and distribution channels
Ability to ensure that all OTA, content, reputation and distribution channels are optimised
Possess excellent skills in maximising revenues across room, banqueting and F&B areas
Strong analytical skills to analyse statistics, demand, historical performance, booking trends
Ability to determine opportunities to improve revenue across all channels
Excellent knowledge in identifying new business, markets and trends while minimise risk
Ability to produce accurate weekly and monthly forecasts
Ability to challenge and influence hotel to follow best practise
Enthusiastic problem solver with exceptional critical and strategic thinking skills
Self-starter with a strong work ethic and ability to provide strategic direction to a team
Capable to maintain a close cooperation with sales, events and F&B departments
Attention to detail and ability to maintain consistent, correct data across multiple systems
Knowledge and understanding of the changing legal landscape
Must be a self-motivated and well organised individual
Trustworthy and discrete with a high degree of personal integrity and positive attitude
Self-starter with a strong work ethic and ability to provide strategic direction to a team
Proficiency in English language, additional languages a plus