Sales Representative

Union/Affiliation

**Administrative and Professional Staff (APSA)**

Pay range

**$74,288 to $88,609 annually**

SFU Department Descr

**Meeting, Event and Conference Services**

Position Grade

**8**

# of openings

**1**

Biweekly Hours

**72**

**Who We Are**

Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.

Serving students, staff, faculty and our wider community across all three campuses, the VPFA (Vice President Finance and Administration) leads and develops foundational support services to help achieve SFU’s academic, research and community engagement missions. We deliver SFU’s day-to-day operational and administrative needs through the work of Campus Services; Facilities Services; Finance; IT Services; and Safety & Risk Services. We collaboratively, respectfully and inclusively engage and work with our community partners to meet the needs of and make a difference in the everyday lives of the people we serve, in addition to creating a vibrant work culture of learning and growth for our over 600 staff.

Campus Services is composed of seven departments that provide core services to students, faculty, staff and external community. Through Meeting, Event & Conference Services; Food; Bookstore & Spirit Shop; Parking & Sustainable Mobility Services; Document Solutions; Residence and Housing; SFU Childcare Society; and a variety of experience programs, Campus Services strives to create vibrant, engaging and welcoming spaces across all three SFU campuses.

**About the Role**

The Sales Representative is responsible to sell the Meeting, Event and Conference Services (MECS) meeting facilities and services, including meeting rooms, banquet facilities and range of services, to clients to generate revenues in support of MECS; promote MECS to its various target markets; prospect leads, prepare sales contracts and process sales orders; provide facility information to clients and to perform post-event follow-up to ensure customer satisfaction. The role also reviews information regarding market conditions, product and service improvement and price changes, makes recommendations for improvements and adjustments to the sales team, and consults with the team on broad planning objectives and sales direction.

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