Your role

As our Revenue Manager, you will work in partnership with our Regional Director of Revenue, General Manager and Senior Executive team to oversee the Revenue function of our new property in Brussels. As part of our senior pre-opening team, you will oversee a number of important revenue and pricing projects on our critical path during pre-opening period, to ensure that our pre-opening strategy is implemented within the property in the lead up to our opening.

You will assume overall responsibility for creating and driving our Revenue strategy across the hotel; from the production of our detailed day by day budget and annual plan, to our weekly forecast for the business. You’ll review and set weekly and daily pricing strategies to ensure this aligns with our pace of demand and competitors, implementing yield management techniques to maximise sales and grow RGI. Over the longer term you will play a key role in defining our annual sales plan across all market segments in order to increase market share, average rate and RevPAR.

A key aspect of your role will be the management of our inventory across all our distribution channels, making sure that these are optimised and managed accordingly. You will also work closely with our Sales and Marketing team to develop packages and specials which engage and excite our guests by offering something a little bit different and that is anything but Standard! With the support of our Reservations Manager, you will manage a small team of Reservations Sales Agents, which you will be responsible for coaching and developing to ensure the overall revenue strategy are met and in line with the hotels’ wider sales objectives.
The production of statistics and reporting is an important part of your role, as you will provide both our ownership, corporate team and hotel leadership with a range of weekly and monthly reports to support wider business decisions.

The Standard, Brussels will be our third property in Europe and you will help develop our wider sales and revenue development strategy within the region to target key markets travelling inbound to Brussels along with future pan-European business leads for all Standard properties.

This is not a ‘Standard’ Revenue Manager position so you will need to have miles and miles of personality and stamina, be highly social, upbeat and friendly; confident and can handle pressure well; thrive in a high-volume, high-energy environment and able to work equally well both independently and as part of a team.

Do you have what it takes to be our Revenue Manager at The Standard, Brussels?

A minimum of 3+ years as a Revenue Manager gained within a similar Lifestyle Hotel or large 4- or 5-star Hotel in Brussels or the Benelux region is essential for this role

In addition to this, the ideal candidate will also…

• Have a solid understanding and detailed knowledge of the Brussels Hotel market along with current pricing and Revenue trends
• Be a confident and proactive self-starter ideally with strong project management skills (including system implementation and setting up of Revenue functions)
• Pre-opening hotel experience is an advantage
• Have prior experience of developing revenue budgets, pricing strategies and hotel sales plans combined with a creative ‘blue sky’ approach in developing bespoke sales and promotional activities that deliver true ROI.
• Solid commercial acumen with sound decision making skills
• Experience of producing a range of monthly revenue reports for both Corporate Office & Private Ownership.
• Experience working with the following systems: Opera Cloud, Duetto RMS, Lighthouse (Formerly OTA Insight), TravelClick, STR, CRS systems & distribution channels
• Exceptional attention to detail with strong Administration and IT and Excel skills
• Fluency in French and/or Dutch in addition to English is preferred for this role
• During our preopening period you may need to have a flexible approach to working hours

We are defined by our richness of personality and diversity of background and lifestyle so if you think you have what it takes to be a Revenue Manager at The Standard, Brussels we’d love to hear from you.

All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the European Union. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates prior to commencing employment.

• CDI – Contrat à Durée Indéterminée
• 20 Days Holiday + Public Holidays
• Meals on Duty (once hotel is open)
• Worldwide Travel Discounts via The Standard Advantage platform & Hyatt Hotels
• Employee & Family Rates across all Standard and Bunkhouse properties
• In-house Experience Programme
• F&B Discounts ranging from 25-50%
• Recruitment Referral scheme
• Local Transport benefit
• Eco-vouchers
• Social Committee with regular monthly social activities