Gso Intern

**Additional Information** The position will be based in the Johannesburg Offices

**Job Number** 23103489

**Job Category** Sales & Marketing

**Location** MI Regional Office Cape Town, Arthur's Road, Western Cape, South Africa, South Africa VIEW ON MAP

**Schedule** Full-Time

**Located Remotely?** N

**Relocation?** N

**Position Type** Management
**JOB SUMMARY**

The **Sales Intern, Global Sales** supports in day-to-day activities across all brands within Marriott International. The **Sales Intern, Global Sales** supports the team with pre-planning and logistics associated with the different phases of events, including tradeshows, roadshows, and any customer elated events.
- Perform general office duties to support Global Sales.
- Use sales techniques that maximize revenue while maintaining existing guest loyalty to Marriott.
- Enter, retrieve, reconcile, and verify information in Empower which involves sales activities and trends.
- The position will be based in the Johannesburg Global Sales Offices (GSO)

**CANDIDATE PROFILE - Education and Experience**
- High School diploma or equivalent required
- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Business Administration, Marketing, Hotel or Restaurant Management required
- Fluent English required (written and spoken) and any additional languages beneficial, although not essential

**JOB SPECIFIC TASKS**

**DUTIES**
- Assist with arrangements for client events and tradeshows and client follow-ups.
- Support all reasonable projects that are assigned
- Assist in coordinating travel opportunities including Tradeshows, industry roadshows, sales appointments, familiarization trips
- Represent Marriott International in the assigned region
- Develop and maintain respectful working relationship at all levels of the organization.
- Brief Knowledge of accounts by markets
- Support efforts to identify Development Accounts
- Manage special projects when applicable
- Develop and demonstrate understanding and knowledge of key hotels and destinations
- Prepare presentation for special sales activities and events.
- Assist with incoming phone calls / schedules and meeting setups
- Handle internal and external guest opportunities by following instant pacification procedures ensuring guest satisfaction
- Ensure paperwork is processed to clients, other departments, etc., with a timely manner.
- Complete all assigned paperwork within a timely manner
- Produce quarterly production reports per manager
- Maintain updated list of key contacts and each Marriott International property worldwide
- Organize all correspondence per account and lead and set up tasks for relevant follow up

**COMPETENCIES**

**Adaptability**
- Advocates and demonstrates continuous improvement by adjusting to new ways as conditions and priorities change which may include learning new skills
- Takes initiative by being a part of the solution and assisting in the resolution of issues/problems resulting from change
- Able to work with different levels of management and management styles as needed in position

**Communication**
- Keeps work group informed, speaks and writes clearly and concisely
- Actively listens to other recommendations while seeking clarification and offering alternatives as appropriate
- Communicates in a timely, proactive manner, receives directions and feedback well
- Prepare and review written documents (e.g., daily logs, business letters, memoranda, reports), including proofreading and editing written information to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- ** Job Related Business Focus**
- Actions support key business values of customer service, associate satisfaction, and financial success
- Demonstrates pleasant, helpful and accurate service to internal and external customers
- Respects fellow associates
- Efficiently purchases and utilizes resources to produce quality products

**Planning & Organizing**
- Sets priorities and establishes a realistic action plan while anticipating potential issues impacting the plan
- Develops and follows procedures for ensuring quality, is detail-oriented, maximizes resources, meets deadlines, and follows through on assignments

**Problem Solving**
- Directs problems to higher level or applicable department for resolution

**Teamwork**
- Works well in a team environment
- Acts as a liaison with other resources/departments as appropriate
- Collaborates and builds trust among others, treats people fairly, equally and respectfully.
- Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect.
- Develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with other employees and departments.
- Partner with and assist others to promote an environment of teamwork and achieve common goals.

**Technical Expertise**
- Demonstrates requisite technical expertise as defined by the position.

**Work Habits**
- Demonstrates commitment and reliability in getting the job done efficiently, timely, professionally and accurately
- Balances multiple projects s