Mission:
The AREA SALES MANAGER is responsible for handling and developing a portfolio of hotels in specific destinations and the turnover generated by the private sales in these areas.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Portfolio elaboration: identify eligible hotels and convince them to participate to our private sales.
- Account management: commercial followup on existing partners and key accounts.
- Negotiation: negotiate conditions of private sales including competitive rates and inventories.
- Sales organization: KPIs analysis. Plan implement and optimize the private sales.
- Benchmark: be on the lookout and analyze the competitive practices to help the decisionmaking process in accordance with VeryChic brand positioning.
- Competitive intelligence: reveal new consumption trends new hotels and new popular destinations.
- Attend major fairs in Europe and travelled monthly to key destinations.
Key skills/ work experience:
- Natural born business developer with a robust knowledge of sales techniques (prospection negotiations deals closing).
- Sales hunger is a must! You may never take a no for an answer.
- Highly motivated resultsdriven strategic thinker with strong attention to detail.
- Creative and problemsolving capabilities.
- Pragmatic organized rigorous.
- Autonomous selfdriven selfmotivated.
- Team player led by example.
- Strong analysis skills.
- Top class presentation and communication skills.
- Comfortable in a fast growing and changing environment.
- I ntegrity loyalty.
Qualifications:
- 3 year professional experience preferably in the ecommerce and/or travel industry.
- Native/bilingual level of French.
- Spoken and written fluency in English and/or Spanish. Additional language would be a plus.
- Strong working ethics and adaptability.
Education:
- Graduate in ecommerce/Tourism.
Salary:
- Fix salary monthly bonus.
VeryChic advantages:
- Private health insurance.
- Flexible compensation with Flexoh (Save money and improve your worklife balance).
- Enjoy an employee discount on our already extraordinary offers (for you and your family).
- Regular home office days to promote worklife balance.
- Referral program bonus.
- Enjoy a comfortable open space office with plenty of natural light and ideally located in the heart of Barcelonas Eixample district.
- Become part of an international young dynamic & welcoming team.