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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Rockford, Illinois, United States

I help families with Advanced Planning (pre-need) and Aftercare. Advance Planning is simple and benefits you and your loved ones left to handle the arrangements. I conduct personal visits with families to explain the services and products of Fitzgerald Funeral Homes. Pre-planning is important as it allows you to express your own wishes, relieves financial and emotional burdens, and helps to eliminate overspending by your family. I am certified in National Veterans Benefits; let me help make sure you are receiving all of your benefits today.

Greater Chicago Area

• Revenue Leader for 5 full-service hotels, including brands: Marriott, Renaissance, Westin, and Marriott Suites totaling over $140 million in total hotel sales.• Provided critical input and core contribution for: market strategy meetings, budgets, group strategy, business evaluations, inventory management, rate and yield management.• Utilized revenue management systems and tools to maximize revenues and profit. Improved Revenue Adoption Dashboard scores, ending in the top ten for the Western Region.• Lead business transient pricing and MarRFP set up and audits to ensure appropriate ADR increase achieved.

Greater Chicago Area

• Sales Leader for 3 full-service, and 4 Marriott Select Brands with over $135 million in total hotel sales. • Managed 10 sales managers, selling local catering and group rooms; negotiated and reviewed all customer generated contracts for accuracy, liability and indemnification.• Drove change management and process improvement that improved employee and stakeholder satisfaction scores in fast paced, high volume, shared service environment.• Processed group business evaluations ensuring maximum revenues and profitability. Acted as Director of Group Strategy for the Marriott O'Hare.• Lead change management for the integration of Starwood properties in 2018 successfully launching 14 hotels. Ended 2018, Q4, at 108% to hotel attainment. • Received Leader of the Quarter Award, Q2, 2018.

Greater Chicago Area

• Total account management for 35 mid-sized corporate accounts with travels budgets up to $10 million. • Provided strategic sales plans to grow market share in transient, group, extended stay and catering revenues.• Negotiated all business transient rates increasing ADR and room production year over year.• In 2014, achieved 149% of outbound goals, and 123% of Production/Pace goals.

Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

• On property sales leader for 386 room suburban resort with over 42,000 square feet of meeting space and over $25 million in annual sales.• Responsible for hotel marketing, familiarization trips, customer events, site tours, sales strategy, funnel pull through and support for area and regional sales office.• Increased site closure efficiency by 30% over tenure.• Received Manager of the Quarter award and Stakeholder of the Quarter award for Q2, 2010.

Skokie, Illinois, United States

• Directed Catering and Conference Services with annual revenues exceeding $4.5 million. Conference Center is International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) certified. • Received 100% score on IACC audit, July 2008.• Increased catering sales by 25% and profit by 60%, year over year. Nearly 30% of the business was Kosher.• Involved in marketing, forecasting and revenue management.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Directed Event Management including: Event Planning, Group Housing, Banquets, Event Services, Business Center and Event Technology.• Managed 7 managers and 7 supervisors. Developed and promoted over 12 associates and supervisors through Marriott’s Management Candidacy Review Board. • Responsible for facility management, profit and loss, associate and guest satisfaction. Took associate and guest satisfaction from in the red to in the green over tenure.• Executed all hotel events with annual revenues of $6.5 million. Group rooms averaged over 54,000 annually, with over 39,000 square feet of meeting space and 503 total hotel rooms. • Ensured maximum revenues achieved by team by up-selling, accurately forecasting all events and management of meeting space. • Received Manager of the Quarter award, Q4, 2006.

Portland, Oregon, United States

• Directed Banquets, Catering Service and Event Technologies with annual sales exceeding $5 million.• Managed over 70 associates, 9 supervisors and 2 managers.• Coordinated execution of all events within budgeted productivity and exceeding minimum standards of service. • Responsible for financial statements, forecasting and budgeting. Increased profit margin by over 9%.• Received Manager of the Quarter award, Q2, 2000.