Customer-focused role requiring excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with a large number of stakeholders. Occasional evening and weekend working will be required. This role covers London and the South East, therefore you must live in commutable distance to the M25, and should be located in the territory.

Responsibilities

Act as an ambassador for Royal Caribbean and demonstrate an exceptional level of product / sector knowledge ensuring the brand has an extremely high profile across travel retail and homeworking

Develop and nurture relationships with retail and homeworking contacts and business influencers, with the goal of gaining greater share of voice and to build positive partnerships

Develop a deep understanding of regional account mix, challenges and opportunities so that communication, activity and interactions are relevant and productive

Set clear SMART objectives for all visits and meetings to ensure effective use of time

Own regional relationships across Trade Partner organisation (such as Regional Cruise Experts) to ensure brand engagement, education, sales plan implementation and awareness

Drive participation in the corporate trade incentive programme "Upper Deck", identifying and following up on minimum engagement targets

Develop a training plan alongside Training Manager EMEA for accounts that recognises specific business needs, identifying and following up on minimum engagement levels

Work with the Senior Strategic Sales Manager to prepare and host successful customer educational events/trips i.e seminar at sea, ship launches/visits, conferences, cruise shows, etc. as required, with targeted sales performance post the event to ensure return on investment

Leverage social media to maximise engagement with trade agents

Arrange and attend monthly/quarterly sales meetings with stakeholders relevant to the account mix to plan targeted activity including engagement and training opportunities

Develop and implement annual, quarterly and monthly sales plans, ensuring the plan will drive achievement of all key metrics across the territory

Analyse weekly, monthly and quarterly account activity and performance, spotting opportunities to improve performance and put in place tangible, measurable action plans that drive results

Develop effective Coop marketing plans with regional accounts that will drive mutual return on investment

Monitor and report all holiday competitor activity, pricing and marketing relevant to account mix

Provide store visit reports and follow up consistently on the actions set using the CRM app

Spend up to 80% of time interacting with retail stores, homeworkers and regional accounts face to face and 20% of time building plans, course correcting and following up on opportunities

Ensure that agreed sales and marketing activity is implemented, tracked through the toolkit to ensure full compliance to brand guidelines, and the success of all activity is tracked and monitored to assess ROI

Work with trade marketing to ensure that Royal Caribbean International are truly represented in all sales activity

Effectively represent the Royal Caribbean brand by developing relevant training content that is delivered in an engaging, motivational and inspiring way

Submit a rolling three-month training and engagement plan to be agreed by the SSSM

Structure workload effectively to ensure maximum time with accounts and all administration and support activities are completed effectively and to time

Qualifications

Minimum of 18 months experience in a sales role, preferably with field sales experience

Proven track record in driving tangible sales results

Knowledge of cruise or travel industry preferred

Outstanding communication and presentation skills

Ability to spend up to 4 days a week on the road as required, visiting trade partners/stores (may require overnight hotel stays)

Must live in commutable distance to the M25, and should be located within London or the South East

Clean current driving license

Traits To Excel In This Role

Analytical - Understands category trends, dynamics and opportunities for growth

Excellent negotiator, persistent and optimistic

Understands the importance of monitoring performance against plans and course correcting to achieve/exceed goals

A natural drive for results and seeks to improve performance

Influencing and Selling - Has an interest in convincing or influencing others to purchase a product or service

Warmth/Empathy - Can invite others to participate in or join an effort

Enthusiastic and takes initiative - Demonstrates passion and enthusiasm toward own goals

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