Destination Sport is hiring a
Regional Sales Manager

Summary

The job is for a Regional Sales Manager at Inspiresport, a leading provider of school sports development tours. The role involves managing relationships with clients, growing sales pipelines, identifying new clients, and developing strong relationships with key stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in the school's travel or sports travel sector, possess excellent communication skills, be sales-focused, self-motivated, and able to travel regularly.

Requirements

• Have extensive experience working within the school's travel or sports travel sector
• Be sales-focused with a desire to learn and develop skills
• Possess excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Be confident and keen to develop presentation skills
• Be self-motivated and able to manage own time effectively
• Have a desire to succeed in a competitive environment and work to targets
• Possess a good eye for detail
• Have a passion for sport and travel
• Possess first-hand knowledge of some key destinations such as Europe, South Africa, North America, and the Caribbean (desirable)
• Be able to create and deliver accurate costing proposals to the client in a timely fashion
• Must be able to travel regularly both domestically and internationally
• Able to work remotely and use own initiative to meet deadlines

Responsibilities

• Manage relationships with clients from initial contact to implementation
• Generate recurring business through promotional and selling activities
• Identify sales prospects, prepare quotes, manage the bid process, and monitor sales of tours
• Grow own sales pipelines and pitch and present to win new business
• Consistently review the sales funnel to ensure there are enough prospects for conversion throughout the year
• Identify new clients and implement a business development plan
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with schools, clubs, colleges & universities
• Develop and maintain a strong relationship with the operations team, 3rd party suppliers, professional partner clubs, and governing bodies
• Promote excellent customer service throughout the customer journey to ensure complete customer satisfaction
• Assist the operations team in the effective delivery of tours