Travel Industry Sales Manager

Description:

Job Description:

• Maintaining effective strategic relationships with partners, front line staff, executives, marketing and sales teams
• Maintain and manage applicable sales agreements, including reporting, commissions, back-end incentives and marketing plans.
• Set targets, develop, coordinate and implement annual sales/marketing plans with key accounts using a customized approach to address the specific needs of each partner.
• Ensure ROI is monitored and maximized
• Strengthen relationships and achieve growth with key and new preferred accounts through regular sales contact and informative updates, while offering offer sales assistance when appropriate.
• Provide detailed in house and offsite webinar product & sales training
• Co-organize and host client (consumer) presentations and product information sessions,
• Escort familiarization trips for travel agents / media / partners as necessary
• Provide strategic input and leadership to a local and global group of fellow peers within the sales team members
• Ensure that marketing collateral is utilized to its full potential.
• Identify and develop new business opportunities through direct and trade channels.
• Evaluate ROI of potential trade and consumer activities and commit where beneficial
• Continually identify new opportunities that would be beneficial to the brand.
• Stay abreast of competitor activities and general trends within the industry.
• Deliver an accurate detailed weekly sales report
• Interpersonal Savvy-able to use good listening skills, be sensitive to customers, adjust quickly to different personal styles, and stay open to other viewpoints