New Business Development Manager within the unique sector of the Travel & Tourism industry of Holiday Lettings to cover Oakham, Rutland and Stamford plus surrounding areas and down the A1 corridor into Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire. Based from your home office in the area, ideally Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Rutland and Stamford, you will be responsible for developing and winning new business across the area, working Monday - Friday, with a basic salary and uncapped OTE averaging circa £45k - £50k, fully expensed company car, 25 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays, and additional ad hoc sales incentives throughout the months and quarters too!
The role of New Business Development Manager - Holiday Lettings in brief:
1. You'll be based from home selling and communicating with prospective new property owners in your area, developing relationships with new clients to promote and sell the travel company's excellent branding for their properties as holiday lets.
2. You'll be working for the UK's longest established and most successful travel brand for the UK's leading holiday cottage company.
3. You'll be responsible for self-generating your own leads as well as converting warm leads and effectively managing your sales pipeline to deliver results and meet sales targets.
4. You'll be identifying and sourcing new clients through local networking and developing relationships with estate agents and other key suppliers such as cleaning companies, accountants, and maintenance contractors to generate referrals.
5. You'll be negotiating with new and existing suppliers.
6. You will be offering advice to new property owners on how to best feature and sell their properties as holiday lets.
7. You will be responsible for taking professional photographs of the properties and assisting in writing strong creative marketing literature - training and a professional camera is provided.
Successful candidates for this Business Development Manager role in the past have backgrounds in:
1. The travel industry, having worked in a similar role securing and developing new business sales within the UK based Tourism & Travel industry or holiday lettings.
2. Other travel industry sectors within sales, business development, or account management, or as retail travel branch managers.
3. Estate agency sales, especially within residential lets/lettings, having held roles such as Lettings Manager, Lettings Negotiator, or Estate Agency Branch Manager.
4. Area sales manager, field sales, regional sales manager, or business development manager from other sectors.
What's in it for me?
1. You will use your home office as a base and live in the area of Melton Mowbray, Oakham, Rutland, or Stamford.
2. Basic salary plus monthly sales commission with realistic Annual On Target Earnings of £45k - £50k per annum; however, it is uncapped, so you can earn more if you're an excellent sales professional.
3. Additional ad hoc sales incentives throughout the months and quarters.
4. Fully Expensed Company Car, laptop, and phone, plus discounts on some of their travel brands.
5. Working Monday to Friday with flexible hours to adjust your schedule depending on client needs and business demands to meet sales targets.
6. 25 days holiday plus all Bank Holidays, totaling circa 33 days holiday in total.
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