Assistant Manager - Revenue

Company Description

Grand Mercure Bangalore offers 126 suite style rooms with in-built kitchenettes. Our rooms offer the privacy you want but with the luxury and indulgence of a hotel. These suites are modern, tasteful and relaxing, suiting purposes of both leisure as well as business. Bright and spacious, they also include flat screen televisions, DVD players, music systems, Wi-Fi and 24 hour room service.

Grand Mercure is known for its passion for food and wine. Dining is always a culinary experience with ‘The Verandah’, our Global Cuisine restaurant and ‘By The Blue’, our poolside RestoBar which offers inspired Indian cuisine.

About The Role :

 REVENUE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY SUPPORT 

Support the Hotel Management and Executive Director of Revenue Management to execute the hotel strategy (in terms of business mix and pricing by season and type of day) for the future periods

 REVENUE MANAGEMENT PERFOMANCE 

Analyze in detail the hotels results and performance (average rates, occupancy rates, RevPAR..). Survey the market and competitors in terms of performance (RevPAR Index, market penetration…), pricing and availability

Work closely with Sales team and analyze on Sales activities, including account production, lead generation and conversion to support sales performance improvement.

 REVENUE FORCASTING 

Support regular forecast reporting and uploading for the future dates(by room and revenue by segment and day) based on the RM referenced systems recommendations and a daily monitoring of the data (portfolio, booking pick-up,events, calendar events)

 PRICING, PLANNING & DISTRIBUTION OPTIMISATION 

Take action on the daily optimization base on direct report’s Decisions in terms of pricing, inventory management (RMLs open/close) and distribution channels... Ensure that these recommendations are implemented in reservation and reception, and that systems (PMS, CRS/TARS, RMS) are updated accordingly.

 REVPRO CULTURE 

Ensure that a “RevPRO culture” is spread in the hotel, through the animation of weekly yield meetings and regular coaching and training sessions for the hotel teams

 OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES 

Compliant with standard operating procedures for all revenue management functions

All other duties as required

Qualifications

Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the Revenue management function.

Knowledge of IDEAS, OPERA OR OPERA CLOUD and other Revenue management related systems and platforms.

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office including PowerPoint and Excel