Responsibilities
- Developing and executing sales activity to generate meetings and incentive travel opportunities
- Proactively identifying and prospecting new business leads across corporate and agency buyers
- Building and maintaining strong relationships with meeting planners, incentive agencies and event procurement teams
- Managing a pipeline of opportunities and supporting clients through the RFP and bid process
- Representing our destination client through sales calls, presentations, networking events and buyer meetings
- Coordinating and delivering sales missions, industry events, site inspections and familiarisation trips
- Representing our client at key international trade shows such as IMEX and IBTM
- Providing the client with regular reporting, pipeline updates and market insight
- Supporting strategic planning and contributing to new business development
Requirements
- Experience in B2B sales, partnerships or account management
- A proven ability to build relationships and generate new business opportunities
- Confidence presenting to clients and representing brands in professional settings
- Strong organisational and project management skills
- Experience managing multiple stakeholders and projects simultaneously
- A commercial mindset with the ability to manage pipelines and deliver against targets
Nice to Have
- Experience within business events, meetings & incentives, tourism, hospitality or travel
Benefits
- A flexible hybrid work schedule
- Generous annual holiday package including 25 days of annual leave, 3 personal days and year-end holiday break
- Private medical, life and income protection insurance and pension scheme contribution from the company
- Lively social calendar with numerous activities and events to take part in
- Weekly fresh fruit deliveries
- Dog friendly office
- Cycle to work scheme/Season Ticket Loan
- Work from anywhere / work from any office benefits
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Additional Information
- The role includes regular travel within the UK and internationally to attend industry events, trade shows and client activities.
