SALES MANAGER Hotelbeds.com - Melbourne based

Hotelbeds Accommodation & Destination Services is a leading  B2B provider of incoming travel services to travel trade professionals worldwide, serving over 45,000 hotels & resorts in 130 countries, with more than 1,800 destinations

Responsibilities – Job Profile

• Develop business relationships with new and  existing tour operators, wholesalers, internal travel portals, in Melbourne, Perth and New Zealand
• Manage all prospective wholesalers in assigned regions
• Develop sales strategies and development programs to increase sales in assigned regions.
• Develop sales plans to achieve optimum coverage of accounts.
• Initiate and execute action plans to source and develop new clients.
• Train clients to book via our website
• Sell all our products and online services, Hotels, Transfers, Excursions, Rent-a-car through our different distribution channels, offline,  online and XML Transactions
• Support clients in their IT requirements and XML Integrations
• Support clients with customer service and accounts
• Submit monthly Sales Reports, new projects, competition status and market information
• Monitor and meet sales targets
• Identify potential business within these regions

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma holder, with at least 5 years' sales experience in the travel industry.
• Travel industry sales experience is essential in this role. Those with work experience in hotels will also be preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Dynamic, outgoing, with a high degree of customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills.
• Self-motivated, resourceful, highly independent, innovative, creative, and results-oriented.
• Strong computer skills.
• Frequent travelling is required.
• Must possess own transport.
• Driven, hardworking, and goal-oriented individual.

Please email your resume to:

Deadline Friday, September 7th, 2012