• Job Description

  Req#: 7588

  We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist. If you have more, less or different experiences, but really relevant skills, we’d love to hear from you.

  We work flexibly and will help you to find a healthy balance of remote working and time in our fantastic Southampton office, collaborating, taking part in events and getting to know people that makes working with us so rewarding. We welcome the opportunity to discuss reduced hours and job share arrangements.

  
  The Role

  The Sales Development & Engagement Manager will act as the voice of Princess Cruises and will be responsible for a variety of tasks such as sharing key information with front line travel agents, executing training plans in support of our strategic accounts alongside pursuing new business development opportunities.

  • Working within the travel trade you will play a vital part in delivering various development and engagement activities via a number of different platforms.
  • Commercial responsibility to ensure ROI delivery against a sales revenue target and any regional investment of budget.
  • Working collaboratively with Sales Managers to deliver commercial goals set with in strategic accounts
  • Participation in conferences, events and FAM trips including outside of the UK where business requirements permit
    

  Our role categories range from CUK15 (entry level) to CUK1 (Brand President) so you can clearly see internal development opportunities. This role is a CUK08 and is offered on a full time, permanent basis, and is 100% home-based working as you will be travelling to visit your travel agency clients.

  
  About You

  Fresh ideas and different perspectives are what excite us most and help us to succeed. Alongside bringing these to the role, you’ll also need:

  • Experience of working within a business development, sales or account management role (advantageous if within the travel or cruise industry).
  • Have strong commercial acumen
  • Experience of presenting in person and online to a large audience and be able to adapt to a fast-paced environment.
  • Be an effective communicator
  • Offer great customer service
  • Have strong administrative/organisation skills

  
  Being part of our team has its advantages…

  We’re a holiday company so we know there’s more to life than work. Our comprehensive range of benefits are designed to help your personal and financial health and wellbeing.

  • Annual bonus
  • Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
  • Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
  • Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
  • Extensive learning and development opportunities
  • Employee-led networks
  • Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
  • Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
  • In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
  • Life Assurance
  • Parental and adoption leave
  • Employee Shares Plan
  • Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
  • Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
  • Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
  • Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
  • Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
  • A friendly welcome with help settling in

  Please note: Being able to create unforgettable holiday happiness is a brilliant opportunity so we often receive high volumes of applications for our roles. In these cases we may close our job adverts early and aren’t able to consider applications once this happens.

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• About the company

  Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world's largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands.

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