Business Development Manager - Holiday Lettings

ESYLUX Portugal, Lda.; Exeter; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading travel brand as a New Business Development Manager in the vibrant East Devon area. This exciting role allows you to work from your home office while developing and winning new business in the travel and holiday lettings sector. With a focus on building relationships with property owners and local suppliers, you'll leverage your sales skills to promote the company's excellent branding. Enjoy a competitive salary, a fully expensed company car, and generous holiday allowances, all while making a significant impact in a dynamic industry. If you're passionate about travel and sales, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Fully expensed company car

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Sales incentives

Training provided

Qualifications

• Experience in business development within the travel or holiday lettings sector.
• Strong sales skills with a focus on self-generating leads.

Responsibilities

• Develop and win new business across East Devon through networking and relationship building.
• Manage sales pipeline and convert leads to achieve sales targets.

Skills

Business Development

Sales Pipeline Management

Negotiation Skills

Networking

Client Relationship Management

Education

Experience in Travel Industry

Experience in Sales or Account Management

Tools

Professional Camera

Job description

New Business Development Manager within the unique sector of the Travel & Tourism industry of Holiday Lettings to cover East Devon areas such as Exeter, Axminster, Honiston, Colyton, Seaton, Sidmouth, Budleigh, Exmouth, Dawlish, Collumpton, Tiverton, Crediton and will also cover Lyme Regis and Bridport. Based from your home office in the East Devon area, you will be responsible for developing and winning new business across the area, working Monday - Friday, with a basic salary and uncapped OTE averaging circa £45k - £50k, fully expensed company car, 25 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays with additional ad hoc sales incentives throughout the months and quarters!

The role of New Business Development Manager - Holiday lettings in brief:

1. You'll be based from home selling and communicating with prospective new property owners in your area, developing relationships with new clients to promote and sell the travel company's excellent branding for their properties as holiday lets.
2. You'll be working for the UK's longest established and most successful travel brand for the UK's leading holiday cottage company.
3. You'll be responsible for self-generating your own leads as well as converting warm leads and effectively managing your sales pipeline to deliver results and sales targets.
4. You'll be identifying and sourcing new clients through local networking and developing relationships with estate agents and other key suppliers such as cleaning companies, accountants, maintenance contractors, etc., to generate referrals.
5. You'll be negotiating with new and existing suppliers.
6. You will be offering advice to new property owners and support on how to best feature and sell their property as a holiday let.
7. You will be responsible for taking professional photographs of the properties and assisting in writing strong creative marketing literature - training and a professional camera are provided.

Successful candidates for this Business Development Manager role in the past have backgrounds in:

1. The travel industry, having worked in a similar role securing and developing new business sales within the UK based Tourism & Travel industry OR holiday lettings.
2. Other travel industry sectors within sales, business development, or account management, or as retail travel branch managers.
3. Estate agency sales, especially within residential lets/lettings, having held roles such as Lettings Manager, Lettings Negotiator, or Estate Agency Branch Manager.
4. Being an area sales manager/field sales/regional sales manager/business development manager from within other sectors.

What's in it for me?

1. You will use your home office as a base and live in East Devon areas such as Exeter, Axminster, Honiston, Colyton, Seaton, Sidmouth, Budleigh, Exmouth, Dawlish, Collumpton, Tiverton, Crediton and will also cover Lyme Regis and Bridport.
2. Basic salary plus monthly