Sales Manager with Italian

Job Description:

We're looking for a talented and driven Sales Manager with Italian language to join our sales team, specialising in your designated region. You'll play a key role in negotiating hotel and package contracts directly with suppliers, securing the best deals for our members. You'll collaborate closely with a dynamic, results-driven team in a fast-paced and rewarding environment.

About Secret Escapes
Secret Escapes is one of the world's leading members-only, online travel deals companies, offering inspiring travel experiences and hand-picked offers to over 60 million members worldwide. Operating in 10 countries across Europe, Secret Escapes continues to grow and establish itself as a world-class business, dedicated to giving our members the best range and value in luxury travel deals at low prices.

Secret Escapes operates a hybrid working policy and we are all in the office 3 days a week. We offer flexible working with core hours between 10 am to 4 pm, and you have the freedom to schedule the remaining hours to suit your routine.

In keeping with being an inspirational travel brand, we also have a 'Work from Anywhere' policy, so you can work from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks each year! This benefit is designed both to feed our travel passion and support parents and carers, especially during school holidays.

We're a diverse and inclusive bunch of individuals from different backgrounds and with varied interests, but the one thing we all have in common is that we're good people (even if we do say so ourselves!).

The Role & What You'll Do

* Build and Nurture Relationships: Identify and maintain business relationships with a diverse remit of hotels (and/or DMCs) in your region, from country spas and chic boutique city hotels to luxury beach resorts.
* Develop Your Portfolio: Curate a diverse pool of products across your assigned region, negotiating the best hotel deals to inspire our worldwide members to travel.
* AOHO, Flash and Package Evolution: Roll out the AOHO, Flash and Packages concept across your region, developing a diverse portfolio ranging from country spas to chic boutique city hotels and beach resorts.
* Drive Commercial Growth: Build strong relationships with key decision-makers in the supply chain to drive regional performance.
* Oversee the Sales Process: Drive all elements of the process from target identification and initial contact through to pricing, contract agreement, and ongoing account management.
* Optimise Performance: Report on, evaluate, and implement suitable sales measures to ensure continuous growth.
* Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Operations, Sales Steering & Revenue, and Customer Service departments.
* Be a Destination Expert: Generate new leads and research the competitive landscape and tourism trends within your region.
The Team
The sales team at Secret Escapes is made up of results-oriented individuals who are committed to securing the best deals from curated hotels and resorts. The team is a supportive and collaborative collective, focused on our mission to inspire the world to escape. We are open-minded and use data and insights to devise hypotheses to test in as lean a way as possible. We focus on positively impacting targeted outcomes in the sweet spot between customer and business value generation.

You Will Bring

* Proven Sales Expertise: Solid account management experience with a track record of successfully negotiating contracts in the travel industry.
* Regional Knowledge: Direct experience contracting in at least one or two specific areas within your designated region.
* Exceptional Negotiation Skills: The ability to establish and maintain long-term, strategic partnerships with hotel decision-makers.
* Analytical Mindset: Strong numeracy skills and the ability to leverage data to drive smart business decisions.
* Target-Driven Mentality: A history of exceeding sales targets and a passion for delivering results.
* Communication Skills: Fluency in English & Italian is essential for this role..
* Driving license: preferred or required depending on region (a bonus).
* Organisation: The ability to prioritise effectively and excel in a fast-paced environment.And You Are...

* Proactive & Entrepreneurial: You take ownership of your market and drive growth with a strategic mindset.
* Data-Driven & Commercially Minded: You use insights to make informed, impactful decisions.
* Results-Oriented & Resilient: You're highly motivated by targets and have a proven ability to deliver success.
* Solutions-Focused & Adaptable: You thrive in a fast-moving environment and embrace challenges.
* Independent & Self-Motivated: You're confident working autonomously while staying aligned with company goals.
We are an equal opportunity employer:
Diversity and inclusion are important to us at Secret Escapes and we encourage a culture where everyone can be themselves at work. We value and actively seek out a richly diverse range of talent and our policies ensure that every job application and employee is treated fairly, with equal opportunity to succeed. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by law