Development Team Specialist - Corporate Office Dubai

Job Description

IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the world?s leading hotel companies, promising to provide ?Room to grow? for everyone; making you feel welcome and cared for, recognised and respected, wherever you are in the world.As part of our ambitious growth strategy we are currently recruiting for a newly created position as a Development Specialist/Co-Ordinator to join our dynamic, growing and high profile team in Dubai.Our development team works across the UEA helping to grow our portfolio of brands across the Middle East and Africa. Having recently added several experienced developers to our existing team we are now looking for the person to be the pivotal co-ordination point for all of our on going projects.With our IMEA region being a focal point for growth over the coming years, this busy, fast moving team juggle multiple projects, deliver to targets, meet potential owners/investors/clients/government bodies etc and travel, often at short noticeThis role will give you a unique insight into the world of developing new branded hotels at IHG and could lead to a career as a developer in the future.This is an exciting role where no two days will be the same, one day you could be analysing critical data to help formulate business decisions. The next arranging for the VP of Development to be in another country in 5 hours?..Interested then please read on ??

• Co-ordinating and understanding the.Development workflow/projects procedures
• Support and provide collateral for team members in business development, client meetings, presentations etc..
• Support the team in carrying out vital market research and data collection to enable sales leads to be generated.
• Coordinate/monitor sales/development process and procedures and assist team members to prepare the sales approval process and deal signing
• Prepare sales/leads analysis and prepare and summarise presentations to VP of Development and team
• Ensure the on deal tracking system and related software is maintained regularly, accurately and any risks/opportunities are duly highlighted..
• Coordinate and follow up with team members to ensure all vital deadlines are achieved.
• Prepare and maintain departments data base (Clients/Projects)
• Coordinate internal and external meetings, prepare minutes of meetings when required and create any action/task logs needed.
• Support team members with development support tasks (presentations, disseminating correspondence, scheduling meetings etc.)
• Coordinate team traveling and business development requirement along with respective expenditure and approvals (travel, events coordination, meetings, client meetings etc.)

In a new role it is unlikely that you will have done all the tasks previously. However experience of the below coupled with an interest, or experience, in supporting a Sales team previously is essential.Critical Expertise & Experience:

• Proven experience as office specialist/co-ordinator in a fast paced, professional and constantly evolving environment.
• Ability to work on your own initiative and the ability to coordinate a busy team of sales/ developers
• Experience in the hotel industry is highly beneficial but experience of co-ordinating a busy project/sales team and the challenges that brings would be extremely useful
• Knowledge of basic data analysis principles and projects/office management systems and procedures
• Outstanding knowledge of MS Office, Excel, Power Point, ?back-office? accounting software and sales/project management software is a place ? IT proficiency is a must.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with the ability to prioritise handle both reactive and pro-active tasks.
• Ability to influence others to ensure deadlines are met and opportunities are followed through.

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