Director, Contract Administration

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Company: Hilton Corporate
Location: McLean, VA 22102

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Hilton – Shared Services – McLean
7930 Jones Branch Drive
McLean 22102
With more than 700 Sales professionals in offices around the world, our Global Sales Team ensures our owners and operators receive the combined benefits of scale, access, competence, and experience. Our Sales teams are fully engaged in providing a differentiated selling platform for our portfolio of brands. We are focused on being the most global, integrated, and relevant salesforce in the industry, relentlessly driven to grow market share. Our global sales team is consistently recognized as a top selling and customer-service focused organization throughout the industry. We conduct business in 42 languages serving 25,000 customers in 101 countries from offices located around the globe. This ensures that the team truly understands the unique needs and opportunities of regions around the world, right down to the local level.

What will I be doing?

***The location for this position is virtual/remote.***

As Director, Contract Administration, you will be responsible for managing sales contracting oversight with an emphasis on developing template and strategic account contracts. In this role, you will partner with account managers within Hilton Worldwide Sales, Legal counsel, and Hilton Hotels to expedite and simplify the contracting process for the sales operation and for our customers.

As the Director, you will lead all aspects of the development and finalization of Hilton contracts for critical accounts and initiatives.

What are we looking for?

The success in this role will demonstrate itself through the following attributes and skills:
  • Ability to effectively work with hotels, employees and customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy
  • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and set appropriate trace systems to track projects and work; completes assignments on time or advises in advance of any delays
  • Ability to access and accurately input information using computer word processing, database, internet and/or spreadsheet program, specifically Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, access, Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator and email
  • Excellent organizational and time management skills, with minimal supervision
  • Self-starter, very organized, extremely detailed and bold at times, willing to take ownership of responsibilities, and possess a high level of positive energy and seek to motivate others
  • Works collaboratively with attorneys in a corporate setting
  • Works may include some communication outside (before or after) traditional business hours due to responsibility for liaison to hotels in other regions and time zones around the world
To fulfill this role successfully, you should demonstrate the following minimum qualifications:
  • Seven (7) years professional work experience, managing a high volume of work flow
  • Five (5) years hospitality management experience
  • Three (3) years’ experience preparing and interpreting legal contracts
  • Project management experience
  • Proficiency with reading, listening and communicating effectively in English, both verbally and in writing, in order to converse on the telephone and prepare formal and informal correspondence
It would be helpful in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:
  • Background in sales contracting and large hotel group sales
  • Director of Sales/Revenue Management, or Contract Management experience
  • Legal experience

What will it be like to work for Hilton?

Hilton is the world’s leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities, and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands . Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!

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Schedule

: Full-time

Brand : Hilton Corporate

Shift

: Day Job

Job Level

: Director

Job

: Sales