Details:
- Salary: £47,000 - 50,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Royal Wootton Bassett Wiltshire
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
Sales Manager – Travel Industry
Do you have sales experience within the travel industry and the ability to motivate your own team?
Our client is seeking a dynamic, highly driven and focused person who loves sales and can demonstrate and motivate their team to achieve daily KPI’s. Selling a dream holiday is the first part of the customer experience. We are looking for a natural born communicator who can inspire and share great customer skills with their team.
About the Travel Sales Manager Role:
* Basic salary of £47K + 5% profit share bonus annually. £50k salary upon completion of probationary period + great benefits including free or subsidised travel
* Other benefits include staff discounts / offers on retail & travel, medical healthcare cash plan, additional annual leave linked to length of service.
* Shift patterns on a rota basis between 8.45am-8pm, including weekends
* Permanent role
* Based in Royal Wootton Bassett (car parking on-site)
Typical activities
* To oversee, manage, lead and motivate the sales team ensuring daily performance targets are achieved.
* Keeping up to date with products and competitors
* Collecting customer feedback and market research
* Feedback to the Product department on calls received and obstacles which you have had to overcome.
* Reporting on staff attendance, absence and address any concerns as they arise
Skill Set Required:
Essential
* Experience within Travel Industry
* Compiling and analyzing sales figures – daily, weekly and monthly
* Collecting customer feedback and market research
* Constantly evaluate success of Sales team through call listening and feedback on progress
* Monitoring individual’s & team’s performance and motivating them to reach targets.
* Implement change when new strategies delivered by the business.
* Always maintain a high motivational and positive Atmosphere within the sales office.
* Ensure highest level of customer service provided to deliver exceptional customer journey.
* Be able to demonstrate open, sell and close in line with company expectations and sales structure training and ensure staff can do the same.
* Proven track record in delivering results with the ability to deliver robust solutions.
* Resilient, excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with strong people skills.
* Ability to motivate, inspire and develop others, leading by example.
* A confident, strong, friendly personality
* The ability to be flexible, decisive and quick thinking.
* Self-motivated with a positive outlook, and a clear focus on high quality and business profit
* Able to work extended hours on occasions when required.
* Ability to work under pressure.
* Must be adept in use of MS Office 2000 or later, particularly Excel and Word, Internet and email.
* Able to understand profit and loss calculations and basic business finance, e.g., gross margin percentages and calculations