Senior Affiliate Event Sales Manager - Hilton Chicago

The iconic Hilton Chicago is looking for a Senior Affiliate Event Sales Manager to join their team to solicit and book all affiliate events for future citywide business and In-House groups. 
Principle Responsibilities & Position Purpose
Responsible for the solicitation and booking of all affiliate events for future citywide business and In-House groups. Maximizes and drives incremental revenue for the hotel. 
Sales & Solicitation:

Identifies current definite in-house group business
Communicates with applicable managers servicing the program, including Event Managers, to obtain client information
 Communicates with clients and confirms history and approval process based on contracted terms
 Utilizes multiple and creative sources of information to forecast and solicit new business
 Identifies and attends networking opportunities to determine upcoming (2 years or more) citywide business
Conducts research of previous affiliate events in Hilton systems to identify and solicit rebooking of business
 Partners with the Sales team in assisting with or coordinating hotel site visits

Client & Internal Communication

Communicates with clients and ensures proposals and contracts are created and approved on a timely manner
Communicates with applicable departments and ensures payments, BEOs, sales agreements, logs, and contracts are implemented on a timely manner

 Implementation of Service

Negotiates pricing and terms & conditions not included in main agreement for those companies and organizations affiliated with groups
Attends internal and external meetings
Participates in the development and measurement of personal and team goals and action plans

#LI-JW1What benefits will I receive?




Medical Insurance Coverage Options – for you and your family. Able to enroll after 90 days of employment 
Vision, dental, life and disability insurance
Mental Health Resources
Best-in-Class Paid Time Off (PTO) – you can accrue up to 25 days in your first year of employment.
Go Hilton travel discount program: 100 nights of discounted travel per calendar year
Participating in the 401(k) Plan and company match is the perfect way to save for the future. We match 100% of every dollar eligible TMs contribute up to 3% of pay, plus 50% of every dollar contributed on the next 2% of pay.
Career growth and development 
Team Member Resource Groups
Recognition and rewards programs
Access to your pay when you need it through DailyPay
Debt-free education: Access to a wide variety of educational credentials (ex. college degrees, high school completion, English-language learning, digital literacy, professional certificates and more)
Inclusive family-building and fertility benefits 
Expanded bereavement leave. 
Adoption Assistance program
Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) - purchase Hilton shares at 15% discount

Sales Incentive

Hilton offers a best-in market SIP (Short-Term Incentive Plan) to our Sales, Catering & Events teams to reward our employees for their contributions to our company’s financial success. The Plan includes a quarterly component worth 20% of bonus eligible earnings. The quarterly incentive may have multiple individually weighted objectives, meaning multiple opportunities to earn a payout