About the Role
The Sales & Marketing Manager plans, manages, and executes all sales and marketing functions for a senior living community, with the objective of maintaining established occupancy goals.
Responsibilities
- Achieve sales and occupancy targets.
- Meet or exceed established objectives for occupancy, wait-list, and overall sales.
- Track and report on sales-related activities.
- Host on-site tours and appointments for visitors and walk-ins.
- Conduct interviews to assess each prospect’s needs.
- Address special needs or objections to close contracts.
- Complete all required paperwork for applications, contracts, and residency leases.
- Plan and execute marketing events, including open houses, seminars, and community outreach.
- Develop and maintain relationships with external vendors and referral sources.
- Make public presentations, network, and attend community events to generate qualified leads.
- Identify, foster, and sustain relationships with healthcare providers, community organizations, and service groups.
- Actively participate in clubs, societies, and service organizations to promote Wesley Woods.
- Keep accurate electronic and manual records for marketing programs, sales activities, referral sources, and prospect files.
- Prepare and submit periodic occupancy reports and other required documentation.
- Ensure all financial, insurance, and medical documentation is secured for approval of residency.
- Oversee weekly move-in schedules and monitor inventory of available residences.
- Track transitioning residents and forecast inventory availability based on attrition.
- Maintain and update the priority wait list.
- Conduct regular competitive analyses to track pricing and services offered by other communities.
- Create and manage an annual budget for occupancy development, including marketing collateral.
- Determine product and equipment needs, and implement controls for inventory and supplies.
- Assist prospects with interior selection, processing renovation forms, and coordinating third-party vendors.
- Review all residency contracts and related forms to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Work closely with maintenance and housekeeping to ensure the community’s presentation meets Wesley Woods standards.
- Collaborate with community, corporate, and advisory partners as needed.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with all members of the leadership team and volunteers.
- Travel and participate in multi-disciplinary leadership team meetings and professional events.
- Participate in career development opportunities, including meetings, professional training, and development seminars.
- Proactively identify and recommend improvements to procedures and interdepartmental processes.
- Perform additional tasks as assigned to support community goals and objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, public relations or related field.
- Five or more years of related experience.
- Experience selling senior housing, retirement or health care services preferred.
- Excellent computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheets and experience with CRMs.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills; able to make sales and marketing presentations to a variety of people.
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Normal office environment in a geriatric community.
- Close eye work (computers, typing, reading and writing).
- All offers of employment with Wesley Woods are conditioned based upon completing and passing a background, drug test, and participating in vaccine programs (e.g., Covid-19, Flu, TB testing).
- All job applicants applying for Wesley Woods Senior Living will undergo testing for the presence of illegal drugs as a condition of employment.
- Individuals who have failed a pre-employment test may initiate another inquiry with the company after a period of not shorter than six (6) months; but they must present themselves drug-free as demonstrated by urinalysis or other tests selected by WWSL.
Skills
- Sales
- Marketing
- Occupancy Goals
- Lead Generation
- Relationship Management
- Public Speaking
- Budgeting
- Competitive Analysis
- Interpersonal Skills
- Communication Skills
- Computer Skills
- CRM Software
Location
- Viridian Towers - Atlanta, GA 30329
Work Type
- Full Time
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Management
- Five or more years of related experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Short term disability
- Long term disability
- Paid time off
About the Company
- Wesley Woods Senior Living is affiliated with the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church providing housing and services ministries to seniors in the North Georgia area.
- Wesley Woods Senior Living is rooted in the Judeo Christian values believing that aging has a fulfilling purpose in life and that faith development is lifelong.
- Read more about Wesley Woods Senior Living at www.wesleywoods.org.
Equal Opportunity
- Wesley Woods does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran/Reserve/National Guard status.
