Assistant Sales Manager

Job Description

The Assistant Sales Manager supports the hotel’s sales strategy by developing corporate, leisure, group, and event business, maintaining client relationships, conducting sales calls, preparing proposals, and achieving revenue targets. Candidates typically need a diploma or degree in hospitality, business, marketing, or a related field, along with hotel sales experience and strong communication skills. Knowledge of the local market, customer relationship management, negotiation, presentation, and Microsoft Office skills is expected. The successful candidate should be target-driven, well organised, professional, and comfortable working with multiple hotel departments, clients, and travel partners. Flexibility to attend networking events, client meetings, and occasional work outside standard office hours is also important.

Company Info

Marriott International is one of the world’s largest hospitality companies, operating a broad portfolio of hotels and resorts across luxury, premium, and select-service brands. Its properties serve business and leisure travellers and provide accommodation, dining, meetings, events, wellness, and guest services. Petaling Jaya Marriott Hotel is located in Selangor, within the Greater Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area, and caters to corporate travellers, groups, meetings, weddings, and leisure guests. The hotel works across rooms, food and beverage, events, sales, finance, engineering, and guest services. Employees generally work within Marriott’s service-focused environment, with emphasis on guest satisfaction, commercial performance, teamwork, professional standards, and development through the company’s global hospitality network.

Destination Guide

Malaysia offers strong opportunities in hospitality, tourism, meetings and events, retail, technology, finance, and international business. Petaling Jaya is a modern urban centre beside Kuala Lumpur, with shopping malls, restaurants, healthcare, public transport, and access to airports and attractions. Malaysian culture is multicultural, with Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indigenous, and international influences; English is widely used in hotels and business, while Malay is the national language. Lifestyle costs are generally lower than in many major global cities, though central Kuala Lumpur housing can be expensive. Foreign employees usually need employer sponsorship and an approved Employment Pass before starting work; requirements depend on nationality, salary, qualifications, and role. Relocating staff should arrange accommodation, insurance, banking, transport, and document verification. Malaysia also offers island destinations such as Langkawi, Penang, and the Perhentian Islands for leisure.