Sales Director

Role Overview

The Sales Director will lead the strategy and delivery of corporate and large-group sales across the Group, building a productive enquiry engine with Marketing, improving conversion through coaching and performance management, and creating proactive local and national sales activity.

What You Will Do

The role will involve setting direction, inspecting the pipeline, coaching teams, developing routes to market, and removing friction from the guest booking journey. The Sales Director will also lead the Call Centre, using smart automation and strong booking-system capability to make it easier for guests to buy and for teams to sell.

Why It Might Be a Fit

To succeed in this role, you will have a strong record of leading multi-site or multi-channel sales teams and delivering material revenue growth against target. You will also have demonstrable success improving enquiry conversion through coaching, process design, data, and performance management.

Requirements

• A strong record of leading multi-site or multi-channel sales teams and delivering material revenue growth against target
• Demonstrable success improving enquiry conversion through coaching, process design, data, and performance management
• Experience generating both inbound and proactive outbound demand, including local business development and account management
• Commercial experience of agency or third-party sales channels and an understanding of channel margin
• Strong digital literacy, including practical knowledge of CRM, booking, telephony, automation, and performance-reporting systems
• Confident analytical and forecasting skills, with the ability to turn data into decisive action
• An engaging leader and coach who can set high standards, challenge constructively, and bring teams with them
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills

Benefits

• Up to £80,000 Per Annum
• Performance bonus (20%)
• 28 days holiday per year (Plus 1 day holiday for every year worked – Up to 5 years)
• Private Health insurance & benefits through Vitality
• Company pension contribution
• Free bowling and activities for you and up to 3 others when you aren’t working (off-peak time)
• 25% off food and drink
• Get involved with different social activities throughout the year through our team social calendar
• Annual team awards party
• Cycle2Work scheme partnered with Halfords
• Refer a friend scheme

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