Central Sydney Cluster Hotel Revenue Leader

We are seeking a strategic and driven Hotel Revenue Manager for a Central Sydney hotel cluster. This role requires a commercial thinker, skilled in analysis, proficient in deciding and initiating action, able to drive and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, experienced in persuading and influencing as well as having strong written communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide revenue management services to a central Sydney hotel portfolio driving performance, share and maximum profitability.

Analysis and reporting: Analyse daily hotel reports, RM systems, EVT proprietary reporting and other available data and identify opportunities to maximise hotel room and total revenue.

Review and optimise distribution channels for hotel and competitor positioning, plus information accuracy.

Analyse daily/weekly/monthly market performance information to assist reviews; identify improvements and competitor set strengths; and develop strategies to best capture available market share.

Provide reporting and analysis for month-end corporate and channel reporting.

Update hotel and group demand calendar, adding updates to hotel revenue strategy documents and/or RMS platforms.

Generate weekly HP demand forecast, providing a synopsis for each hotel's General Manager, Financial Controller and EVT Corporate as to how the forecast was derived.

Generate and provide accurate and timely results in the form of reports and presentations while providing an overview and recommendations.

Manage and review any RMS systems identifying system changes, demand updates and critical inputs in a timely and accurate manner.

Provide revenue management expertise and leadership to all key stakeholders.

Provide recommendations to improve effectiveness of revenue management processes.

Communication:

Communicate brand initiatives, demand and market analysis to the cluster.

Conduct weekly revenue management strategy meetings to all key stakeholders

Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative relationships with key internal stakeholders, hotel teams and members of the RST to ensure timely and efficient information flow.

Provide targeted and timely communication of results, achievements and challenges.

Relationships:

Work closely with key distribution partners (Agent/Ota/Wholesalers) and their account managers to ensure the allocated hotels are driving commercial results and maximising RevPar.

Work closely with key group agents to ensure relationships are managed and maximised to drive production while protecting risk through active block reviews.

Leadership and Guidance Responsibilities:

Maintain a best-practice distribution and pricing framework for the allocated portfolio.

Lead the revenue strategy and distribution channel maintenance for the allocated portfolio.

Project management from time to time as required within the revenue management scope.

Group and cluster revenue report actioning, review and feedback.

Working with the marketing, sales, revenue, senior leadership team and EVT corporate to guide EVT's hotel's strong revenue performance.

Driving improved processes within the RST function to drive efficiency and output.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Proven performance record with experience in managing and driving all market segments and channels.
• Yield management strategy and execution.
• Strong report writing, analysis and recommendation rationale.
• Strategic and tactical revenue and inventory management.
• Full suite of Microsoft Office.
• Strong internal and external stakeholder management.
• Experience and high-level on competence with revenue management systems.
• Experience within large to mid-sized independent hospitality organisations.
• Project management and decision-making.
• Time management and prioritization.
• Property management configuration and front-line level knowledge; preferably Opera.

Benefits:

• Incredible team member discounts from your first day on-the-job.
• 50% off stays at EVT hotels – Rydges, QT, Atura, JUCY Snooze and more.
• $2 movie tickets, plus Moonlight, Gold Class, Candy Bar discounts and more.
• Australia and NZ's largest and most diverse experiences company.

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