Sales Manager

The Travel Corporation is a leading travel company comprising of well-known travel brands such as Contiki, AAT Kings, Trafalgar, Busabout, Adventure World, Uniworld Cruising, Insight Vacations and Luxury Gold. The Travel Corporation is represented by over 40 sales offices and 10,000 team members globally, whilst serving over 2 million customers annually across more than 70 countries.

**The Role**:
Reporting to the Head of Trade Sales, the focus of this role is to maximise the sales potential within the designated territory by cultivating strong relationships with existing customers, driving brand awareness, and identifying new customer prospects.

Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to;
- Develop and implement sales and marketing plans with key accounts using a customised approach to address their specific needs.
- Strengthen relationships and achieve growth with key accounts through regular contact and informative productivity and progress updates; offer assistance to help achieve their goals.
- Provide robust training opportunities for agents through weekly trainings, client presentations, product information sessions and ongoing website and e-commerce strategies.
- Ensure that marketing collateral is utilised to its fullest potential and effectively manage brochure supply and regional distribution.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities and evaluate ROI of potential trade and consumer shows/events and participate where beneficial.
- Manage Sales Manager Budget in the most cost-effective way adhering to established policies.
- Demonstrated proven experience in a sales driven role with the results to match.
- Understanding of strategy and implementation of sales and marketing plans.
- Adaptable communication and work style to meet changing needs of stakeholders.
- Continuous process improvement through feedback and detailed analysis.
- Previous experience in the Travel and Tourism industry highly desirable.

**Benefits**:

- Generous domestic and international travel discounts for you, your family and friends
- Career development and growth opportunities with supported training and development to grow your skillset.
- Flexible work options available with some interstate travel to maintain and source new group business.
- 2 team engagement days per year to share quality time with your team.
- 2 days paid leave per year for volunteer opportunities of your choice.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees.
- Access to retail discounts and Employee Assistance Program.
- Great working culture working with people who are passionate about travel.

**About Contiki**:
When Contiki was born back in 1962 the story began with a van and a group of travellers - they had the spirit of adventure and the passion to make every second count. That ambition started our journey and continues to drive us today.

We’re founded on an insatiable appetite for discovering new things in every corner of the world and developing lifelong friendships along the way. We truly believe we exist to connect young travellers to the time of their lives. All in all its about making every second of being young count.

**About Trafalgar**:
As the world’s most awarded and loved travel company, Trafalgar tours offers personal service, attention to detail and travel ease for our guests while they enjoy unmissable experience they have always dreamed of.

**About Insight Vacations**:
For over 40 years Insight Vacations has been designing the world’s finest touring itineraries offering an extensive range of premium and luxury escorted journeys throughout Europe, North America, India and the Middle East.

‘The Art of Travelling in Style” lies at the very heart of Insight’s philosophy. Its unique features and unsurpassable services standards ensure quality, unequalled value and unforgettable experiences.

**About Costsaver**:
**About Luxury Gold**:
Luxury Gold features an exclusive collection of luxury guided tours and cruises, each elevating travel beyond the ordinary.

Providing the finest end to end experience on the world’s leading limited edition small group tours, every journey is filled with unrivalled Passport Moments, the golden threads creating an exclusively curated extraordinary vacation.

**_ The Travel Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We not only encourage and support diversity in the workplace, we celebrate it If you feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment, we want to hear from you_