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Topflight, Ireland’s leading tour operator, requires an assistant sales manager who has a passion for customer service

Key Responsibilities
• Manage a team of 10 sales staff, including telesales
• Coordinate promotions and other activities with the marketing department
• Responsible for relationship managment with key partners in the travel retail trade
• Coach and train individual sales staff to highest performance and customer service
• Working with sales manager on reports and incentives

Person specification
We are looking for an ambitious and experienced commercial sales professional. The candidate should have the ability to lead and motivate teams to work to targets and timeframes . Strong communication and interpersonal skills are very important as are excellent reporting and presentation skills.

Experience is required in the following
• successful team leading and supervision, sales team management
• working in sales in the travel industry, not essential though would be beneficial
• 5 years plus successful sales experience
• target driven and innovative, ability to inspire others
• successful sales coach, showing others how to successfully meet customers needs

A degree or equivalent third level qualification would be attractive but is not essential, strong sales training or sales qualification is more desirable