Conference Sales Manager/Executive Assistant
• Solicit, contract, plan and execute conferences at The Mirage consisting of 50-100 rooms per night, plus meeting space• Guide inexperienced planners to support them in creating successful meetings for their companies and work with professional planners • On call, 24-7 for any emergencies or questions• Interview, hire and train personal assistants • Continue Key Operator responsibilities while meeting monthly sales goals • Create analytic Excel spreadsheets for the Vice President and Director as required• Organize Vice President's meeting schedule and make travel arrangements • High level of contact with executives both person-to-person and via phone • Maintain confidential employee files • Screen e-mail correspondence and mail, responding myself when appropriate • Prepare expense reports for the Vice President• Proof and validate expense reports and comp expenses for department• Prepare attrition spreadsheets utilizing Excel for billing and legal purposes• Proofread contracts and other documents prior to submission for Vice President’s signature• "Go-to" person in office for computer and company policy questions • Key Operator for Daylight, the primary Sales database, responsible for updating contracts, merge documents and background functions • Mediate and Maintain healthy working relationships between junior assistants• During the aftermath of 9-11 created and maintained spreadsheets documenting revenues lost and recouped through the end of the year • Functioned as Sales Analyst for a majority of this period due to turnover providing forecasting and other analytic reports detailed• Personally responsible for responding to email generated via company website, as well as all follow up• Prioritize the work load of five managers while mastering the Delphi program in order to be a key operator for the database system at that time