Regional Sales Manager - South Region in Kingston upon Thames

At Travelbag, we make travel a piece of cake. Our knowledgeable experts live and breathe holidays, so they’re always on hand with tips and advice, to help our customers discover somewhere new. Whether they want a relaxing week away or a month-long adventure, we’ve got it covered. We’re owned by dnata Travel, part of the Emirates Group. 

We’re excited to be recruiting for the new role of Regional Sales Manager to support our continued growth. As a Regional Sales Manager you will lead and motivate your Branch Managers to achieve and exceed their shop targets, while delivering the exceptional customer service that our customers expect from Travelbag.

This role supports our shops in Winchester, Cobham, Marlow and Harpenden which will open soon. You will be expected to visit each shop once every fortnight, but you can be based in one of our shops, from home or at our office in Kingston-upon-Thames.

You will work closely with the Regional Sales Manager – North to review performance, trading conditions and real time sales performance to ensure we deliver targets & budgets across our retail area. Together you will agree actions to influence positive change and product evolvement to support current and future sales.

We’d welcome applications from experienced Sales Manager's looking for their next role as well as experienced Regional Managers. You should have previous travel industry experience be an inspirational leader who can lead and motivate a team remotely to achieve results.

To be considered for this role, we need you to have the following skills, experience and qualifications:   

• Extensive travel sales experience, preferably in a retail travel environment
• Strong leadership/people management experience, ideally with some experience in a remote capacity
• Proven coaching & development skills
• Customer focussed
• Target driven - able to achieve results through others.
• Able to work on your own and as part of a team
• Full driving licence

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We have some fantastic benefits, making us a great place to work: 

• 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 5 full years of service (+ bank holidays)
• Additional annual leave purchase scheme 
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Private Medical cover for you
• Low-cost health care for your family
• Employee Assistance programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Ongoing development – we have an in-house People Development Team
• Travel discounts – we have a dedicated Staff Travel Team to source the best deals for our people 
• Industry/social events – including supplier events, office socials & parties and pop-up shops
• Cycle to work scheme
• Long service awards
• Belong programme - six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that play a crucial role in implementing our DEI strategy
• Volunteer days – one day’s paid leave each year to volunteer with a registered charity
• dnata4good – supporting the local communities we work, live and thrive in
• Refer a friend scheme
• Free eye care tests
• Free Taste Card membership– offering discounts on dining out, movies, attractions, takeaways and online shopping