Manager - Sales
Company: Voyzant USA LLC
Location: Hiring in the following states: New York City, Los Angeles, Detroit and Houston
Term: Full-Time Employment
Email Resume to: hr.voyzant.com
Status: Active
About the Company
Voyzant Inc is America’s fastest growing and most diversified wholesale travel consolidator working exclusively with travel agents, agencies and suppliers. Voyzant provides a broad range of services and solutions in technology, corporate travel, group travel and customized services through our brands Holidays by Voyzant, Hotels Voyzant and Onvigo by Voyzant. Our mission has always been to provide consumers with personalized service and reliable travel solutions for their travel needs.
Job Overview
The Manager – Sales plays a critical role in driving the revenue growth and expanding Voyzant’s brand in the American travel market. You will be responsible for leading and motivating the Reservation team to drive sales, ensure KPIs and sales targets are set and achieved by the team, and work closely with other business units in the Company to develop strategic plans to increase revenue growth.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Proactively identifies and secures new travel partners to increase business growth
- Maintains an in-depth knowledge of market conditions and competitive set
- Establish and strengthen relationships by sourcing, and conducting business reviews with key strategic travel partners to ensure long term visibility, stability, and profitability
- Take leadership in the development of presentations and proposals to generate business opportunities and partnerships
- Work effectively as a team, supporting other members of the team in achieving business objectives
- Support Organizational Leader in all activities and ensure the maximization of all commercial opportunities and productivity
- Keep abreast of assigned GDS, industry and supplier developments.
- Schedule and conduct regular review meetings with designated partners/clients to further strengthen relationships and identify potential opportunities
- Increase engagement and secure new business from travel partners through effective marketing strategies which include email blasts, social media campaigns, etc
- Create an environment oriented to trust, open communication, creative thinking and operational excellence to meet and exceed commercial targets.
- Provide exceptional service to our industry partners and to build a mutually beneficial and profitable long-term business relationship.
- Schedule and implement sales calls to designated customers to further strengthen relationships
- Conduct ongoing analysis of market developments and identify new opportunities for business growth or diversification.
- Supporting the team to adequality fill their roles in order to ensure operations run efficiently
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years of strategic sales expertise is a must, preferably in the travel industry
- Excellent oral and communication skills
- Working knowledge of CRM and/or equivalent Customer Relationship Management tools
- Strong decision making, communication, negotiation, leadership, and organizational skills
- Strong understanding of Air Consolidator and wholesaler market
- Proven ability to achieve sales objectives
- Proficiency with MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint)
- Demonstrates self-initiative and excellent customer service skills
- Experienced in working with Global Distribution Systems including but not limited to Sabre, Amadeus and Apollo is preferred
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and comfortable working with new technologies
- A positive and team-player mindset is key
Voyzant values diversity in the workplace and is committed to fostering employment equity by encouraging applications from the following designated groups: women, Aboriginal people, people with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. Voyzant will work to accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process. Applicants are asked to please make your accommodation known to us so that we can work together to adequately meet your needs.