Sales Manager

Ark Recruitment; Chester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Ark Recruitment are partnering with a premium luxury travel company to recruit a Sales Manager to join their established and growing sales team.

You will lead a small team, nurture client relationships, and confidently upsell luxurious travel packages to high-net-worth clients, while driving KPIs and collaboration across brands.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a management position and ability to demonstrate success in leading a team.
• Experience within luxury travel and selling to high networking clients.
• A proven track record of achieving sales targets.
• Strong business development and account management skills.
• Confidence speaking with senior decision-makers.
• A consultative, resilient and relationship-led approach to sales.

Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed targets and KPIs by identifying new opportunities and leads within existing and new business
• Confidently upsell luxurious travel packages to high networking clients
• Maintain and grow relationships across the client base and existing trade clients from TMCs
• Manage and support the team to ensure KPIs are met and support is provided where needed
• Conduct daily and weekly performance reviews within the team
• Create weekly and monthly sales initiatives within the team to drive performance and revenue

Skills

Management experience

Luxury travel experience

Sales to high-net clients

Business development

Account management

Relationship-building

Negotiation

Job description

Are you an experienced sales manager with a background in luxury travel?

Ark Recruitment are partnering with a premium luxury travel company, who are looking for a sales manager to join their established and growing sales team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a strong background in luxury sales and travel or premium hospitality, enjoys nurturing and growing client relationships through both existing and new business and can confidently upsell luxurious holiday and travel packages, along with managing a small team of sales members.

You'll be joining a well-established business with an impressive portfolio of clients and exceptional luxury travel experiences such as wilderness safaris, glamorous yachts and premium live sports events.

The Role

You'll be responsible for delivering high- quality service and selling luxury travel packages to both existing and new clients and trade partners and responsible for developing cross brand collaborations & support, ensuring we ae maximising all customer opportunities & leads across their luxury brands.

You’ll also be leading from the front and ensuring your team are fully equipped to develop and meet their KPIs and targets, by being proactive and engaging and listening to the team and their sales barriers, with the support from the training manager to ensure you have everything you need to run the team successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Meet and exceed targets and KPIs by identifying new opportunities and leads within existing and new business
• Confidently upsell luxurious travel packages to high networking clients
• Maintain and grow relationships across the client base and existing trade clients from TMCs
• Manage and support the team to ensure KPIs are met and support is provided where needed
• Conduct daily and weekly performance reviews within the team
• Create weekly and monthly sales initiatives within the team to drive performance and revenue

What we’d love to see from you

• Previous experience in a management position and ability to demonstrate success in leading a team
• Experience within luxury travel and selling to high networking clients
• A proven track record of achieving sales targets
• Strong business development and account management skills
• Confidence speaking with senior decision-makers
• A consultative, resilient and relationship-led approach to sales

What's On Offer

• £40k per year + bonus
• Hybrid working – 3 days onsite, 2 days a home
• Excellent career progression within a growing global events business
• Opportunity to work in a high-end industry within an ambitious and vibrant sales team