Simon Knebel

Experience

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  Rocco Forte Hotels

  May 2010 - Apr 2011

  F&B Trainee

  • Going through 3 outlets: In-Room-Dining, Fine Dining & All-Day- Dining, Bar

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  Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

  May 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Daily operational work and ensuring guest satisfaction • New Business research across all market segments• Responsible for football teams group stay, during the Champions League in Munich 2011/2012 • Assisting and planning VIP Opera Events in the cooperation with BMW

  • Commis de Rang

    May 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Sales Management Trainee

    May 2011 - Apr 2012
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  James T. Hunt, Munich

  Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Assistant Bar Manager

  • Responsible for the consistency in quality of products and service, stock and HACCP control, recruitment of new employees and staff management

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  Flushing Meadows Hotel Munich

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2013

  Assistant Sales Manager

  • Pre-opening phase of a boutique hotel, creating policies for the staff, selecting suitable hotel partners for advertisement and partnerships, negotiating with suppliers for the interior equipment

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  Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2017

  • Key account management with a focus on international partners • Identify new business development opportunities and support strategic initiatives• Preparing weekly activity and action plan and reporting to C-levels • Networking, events execution and presentation in exhibition, analyses the collected data of the current market, customer, product and competitors • Support business growth by promoting and maintaining the services • Develop new and expand existing key accounts• Work closely with the business partners to ensure sales campaigns are properly handled• Report regularly to the management of the business status and the progress made on action plans and initiatives

  • Director of Business Development, Hotel Jen Shenyang

    Feb 2016 - Apr 2017

  • Sales Manager, Hotel Jen Shenyang

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
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  The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C.

  May 2017 - Oct 2020

  • Establish targets and developing growth strategies plans with shareholders• Defining priorities, opportunities, realistic and relevant for the current status, negotiating with international and local stakeholders • Monitoring compliance, analyze data from the customer and competitors • Recruiting, coaching and supervising the account managers • Supporting account managers by participating and leading in client meetings, engaging other corporate resources • Acquiring and maintaining existing key accounts, mainly responsible for B2B international and local accounts, hold webinars and business network event• Analyze the performance data to comprehensively evaluate accounts and identify sales opportunities• Preparing business proposal, time guidelines and action plans• Securing resources, maintaining strong relationships with the customers • Reporting regularly to the shareholders the status of the business

  • Associate Director of Transient Sales

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2020

  • Senior Sales Manager

    May 2017 - Jul 2019
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  Debeka

  Apr 2021 - now

  Bezirksbeauftragter / Sales Representative Munich

  • Health insurance planning and wealth advisor • Maintaining relationship with existing customers, preparation of customer analyses and meetings• implementation of regular account team meetings for the further business development

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  ECBM - European College of Business and Management

  Feb 2023 - now

  MBA Student

  Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (DSM)European College of Business and Management (ECBM) in cooperation with John Moore University Liverpool, MBA Business Management