Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City \u2013 Accra is the only five-star luxury hotel offering state of the art meeting facilities and services in the city. Conveniently located in the downtown area and in close proximity to the State House, the Accra International Conference Centre and the National Theatre. The property has 269 luxury rooms (largest room size in Accra), 24 suites, a variety of F&B offerings as well as large conference facilities and the largest SPA in West Africa (opening soon), a perfect mix of categories to meet the needs of both corporate and conference visitors to the country<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job\u00a0 Title:\u00a0Groups and Events Coordinator<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n The job of Groups & Events Coordinator is executed satisfactorily when:<\/p>\n The Hotel achieves its Financial Objectives.<\/p>\n The Group and Events Sales team achieves their Revenue Objectives.<\/p>\n The person achieves their Personal Objectives.<\/p>\n The TTTT is carried out to the satisfaction of both Director of Groups & Events and the Groups and Events Coordinator.<\/p>\n Main Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Assume complete responsibility for learning from initial orientation and training programs conducted when joining the sales team by the Groups & Events Manager and all sales associates. Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City \u2013 Accra is the only five-star luxury hotel offering state of the art meeting facilities and services in the city. Conveniently located in the downtown…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-9cR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nConstantly gather, understand and apply the expanding knowledge of foods, beverages, technical equipment and inter-departmental procedures to the sales and planning process with the client through the Groups & Events Manager.
\nMaintain an up-to-date planning information portfolio for easy reference in the sales and planning process.
\nEffectively represent the Hotel in all telephone, written and personal contacts with potential, past and current clients with warm and friendly guest contact, an ever-present willingness to assist, and especially an obvious desire to welcome client business to the hotel.
\nFollow all directions and guidelines shared by the Groups & Events Manager precisely asking questions to better understand any directions and guidelines which may be unclear.
\nKeep all colleagues abreast of all information from the client which maybe vital to timely response.
\nPrepare all typed materials (proposals, contracts, banquet event orders, change forms and all other inter-departmental forms) accurately and thoroughly realizing the importance of such in order to ensure anticipated results.
\nAssume responsibility for small groups as assigned by the Groups & Events Manager following all department sales and planning procedures precisely and at all times.
\nHandle all type of events under the supervision of the Groups & Events Manager
\nAdditional responsibilities and tasks can be added at any time according to the needs of the business and of the hotel.
\nDesired Skills and Responsibilities
\nEligible for a working permit in country of hire.
\nHotel School or University education preferred.
\nMinimum three (3) years experience in a 5 star hotel preferably in Sales or Banqueting.
\nAbility to work and communicate in a multinational environment:
\nLocal language \u2013 excellent oral and written skills (as applicable
\nEnglish \u2013 excellent oral and written skills
\nAdditional language \u2013 beneficial
\nTo fill this position the candidate must have:
\nNegotiation skills
\nSelling skills
\nKnowledge of food and menu preparation, service and presentation as well as pricing and cost strategies.
\nComputer literacy adapted to the field of Groups & Events:
\nStrong computer skills, including Microsoft Office, (Excel\/PowerPoint\/Word)
\nMicros Fidelio Opera and Sales & Catering
\nTo fill this position the candidate must identify with the Kempinski core values, in addition they should be especially:
\nPeople Oriented
\nPassionate for European luxury
\nEntrepreneurial
\nStraightforward
\nInteger
\nTeam player
\nOpen to new ideas and visions
\nFlexible
\nCan do attitude at all times
\nEffective communication skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"