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Head of Sales - Travel & Tourism

ABC Worldwide
Cape Town Full-day Full-time

Description:

Role Summary

The role of the Head of Sales is to provide day to day leadership to the Sales team. Working closely with the Sales Director, the ideal person will execute commercial strategies to accelerate growth. The key outcomes are to increase enquiry to customer conversion, overall customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership, analytical and numerical skills.

Key Areas of Responsibility Strategy

Together with the Sales Director, help to translate Go2Africa business strategy into sales strategy with clear objectives for the sales teams aimed at achieving targets, maximizing profitability and improving conversion rates Sales Leadership Provide day to day leadership to the sales team Develop KPIs per sales member and manage accordingly. Development of monthly and annual sales targets and per sales member Initiating and critiquing sales process to drive improvements/innovation Product mix optimization in line with agreed product strategies Overall responsibility for the team’s sales performance against targets. Develop remuneration models that are aligned to driving sales performance and motivating sales staff. Ensuring adoption of sales best practices as developed by the organization, to achieve: Continuous improvement of sales conversion rates Through product mix optimization, drive gross profit margins per booking Together with the Sales Director, help drive the organization’s value proposition in line with company’s strategy Role Profile – Head of Sales Identify sales and product knowledge and skills gaps; develop individual based development plans for sales members. Coach, mentor and train accordingly. Together with the Sales Director, help drive sales activity to improve overall client net promoter scores (NPS) PERSON PROFILE

Qualifications

Degree or Diploma is advantageous

Knowledge of

Africa and Indian Ocean Islands tourism and travel sales analytics and business actions Online sales CRM or customer experience knowledge Customer service Strategy development Coaching and mentoring Business and financial Acumen Customer, competitor, and industry analysis Market knowledge/ competitive intelligence

Experience

Minimum of 7+ Years sales management experience Proven sales management track record Retail (B2C) sales experience Luxury / high net worth segment experience Consultative or advice-based sales experience

Skills & Competencies

Proven experience in B2C sales and managing relationships with key clients Solid kno...


Additional Info:
7 to 10 years

Salary: RNegotiable

Job Reference #: 613039814

07 Sep 2022;   from: gumtree.co.za

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