Royal Caribbean Group
Manager, Business Development Corporate Sales
Royal Caribbean Group, Miami, Florida, us, 33222
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Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.
The Royal Caribbean Group’s Royal Caribbean International brand has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Manager, Bus Develop Corp Sales on the Sales team reporting to the Sales department.
This position will be based in the Mid-West area.
Position Summary:
The primary role of this position is to grow corporate direct meeting and incentive business by calling directly on corporations. The sales manager must negotiate business to meet assigned goals and corporate objectives. This Corporate Sales Manager will manage all sales and marketing efforts with corporate clients, either direct or through Incentive House accounts in their designated geographic territory. The Corporate Sales Manager will be required to develop lead generation strategies, relationships with corporate decision-makers, and rapport with high-level executives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Corporate and Incentive Sales: Create awareness and preference for the Royal Caribbean brand as the right choice for corporate meetings and incentives.
Develop relationships with Fortune 1000 decision-makers.
Establish business relationships with incentive houses and direct corporate clients; responsible for lead generation.
Cold calling and qualifying opportunities.
Sales manager to have an independent & entrepreneurial mindset.
Manage all sales and marketing activities for corporate business in their assigned territory.
Expand on past corporate client business and capture additional opportunities from these accounts, such as Royal Incentive Rewards Gift Certificates.
Establish cross-functional relationships with shipboard and corporate staff by building trust and respect.
Maintain all records and correspondence for corporate business in Salesforce and other department systems.
Ability to analyze market trends and adapt business plans accordingly to surpass business objectives.
Manage multiple non-standard situations simultaneously and independently.
Be the expert in the corporate sales arena: monitoring competitive cruise line policies and pricing.
Work closely with regional trade associations such as SITE, MPI, IMA, and FICP.
Carefully follow corporate sales systems and protocol with discipline and consistency.
Manage budget expectations for the territory.
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
7+ years of outside sales experience required.
Previous cruise line or travel industry experience preferred.
Proven success and skill in creating, negotiating, and closing business with top producing corporate accounts must be demonstrated.
Experience in both direct corporate sales as well as through a distribution channel is very important.
Past/current history in incentive or meeting knowledge highly recommended.
Must be able to travel extensively (50% +).
Established success and advanced proficiency in core competencies.
Strong analytical, financial, conceptual, and strategic thinking skills; as well as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Effective communicator in meeting/conferences/trade show settings.
College degree required; MBA preferred but not required.
Business Effectiveness: Drive for results using advanced industry and functional expertise to make timely and sound decisions.
Demonstrates effective strategic thinking to ensure decisions are aligned with corporate goals.
Utilize financial principles and models to develop and implement effective business solutions.
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Understands customer requirements, needs, and expectations; seeks feedback to ensure exceptional customer experiences.
Removes barriers to ensure customer satisfaction; ability to relate to people in an open and honest manner.
Initiates relationships as a key priority for success.
Personal Effectiveness: Ability to display the highest level of personal integrity, build trust, take responsibility for personal and organizational results, and strive for continuous improvement.
Positive attitude, excellent communication skills, energy, and resiliency are also required.
We know there's a lot to consider.
As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!
It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.
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Nearest Major Market:
Miami
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Combine your career goals and sense of adventure by joining our exciting team of employees. Royal Caribbean Group is pleased to offer a competitive compensation and benefits package and excellent career development opportunities, each offering unique ways to explore the world.
The Royal Caribbean Group’s Royal Caribbean International brand has an exciting career opportunity for a full-time Manager, Bus Develop Corp Sales on the Sales team reporting to the Sales department.
This position will be based in the Mid-West area.
Position Summary:
The primary role of this position is to grow corporate direct meeting and incentive business by calling directly on corporations. The sales manager must negotiate business to meet assigned goals and corporate objectives. This Corporate Sales Manager will manage all sales and marketing efforts with corporate clients, either direct or through Incentive House accounts in their designated geographic territory. The Corporate Sales Manager will be required to develop lead generation strategies, relationships with corporate decision-makers, and rapport with high-level executives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Corporate and Incentive Sales: Create awareness and preference for the Royal Caribbean brand as the right choice for corporate meetings and incentives.
Develop relationships with Fortune 1000 decision-makers.
Establish business relationships with incentive houses and direct corporate clients; responsible for lead generation.
Cold calling and qualifying opportunities.
Sales manager to have an independent & entrepreneurial mindset.
Manage all sales and marketing activities for corporate business in their assigned territory.
Expand on past corporate client business and capture additional opportunities from these accounts, such as Royal Incentive Rewards Gift Certificates.
Establish cross-functional relationships with shipboard and corporate staff by building trust and respect.
Maintain all records and correspondence for corporate business in Salesforce and other department systems.
Ability to analyze market trends and adapt business plans accordingly to surpass business objectives.
Manage multiple non-standard situations simultaneously and independently.
Be the expert in the corporate sales arena: monitoring competitive cruise line policies and pricing.
Work closely with regional trade associations such as SITE, MPI, IMA, and FICP.
Carefully follow corporate sales systems and protocol with discipline and consistency.
Manage budget expectations for the territory.
Qualifications, Knowledge, and Skills:
7+ years of outside sales experience required.
Previous cruise line or travel industry experience preferred.
Proven success and skill in creating, negotiating, and closing business with top producing corporate accounts must be demonstrated.
Experience in both direct corporate sales as well as through a distribution channel is very important.
Past/current history in incentive or meeting knowledge highly recommended.
Must be able to travel extensively (50% +).
Established success and advanced proficiency in core competencies.
Strong analytical, financial, conceptual, and strategic thinking skills; as well as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Effective communicator in meeting/conferences/trade show settings.
College degree required; MBA preferred but not required.
Business Effectiveness: Drive for results using advanced industry and functional expertise to make timely and sound decisions.
Demonstrates effective strategic thinking to ensure decisions are aligned with corporate goals.
Utilize financial principles and models to develop and implement effective business solutions.
Interpersonal Effectiveness: Understands customer requirements, needs, and expectations; seeks feedback to ensure exceptional customer experiences.
Removes barriers to ensure customer satisfaction; ability to relate to people in an open and honest manner.
Initiates relationships as a key priority for success.
Personal Effectiveness: Ability to display the highest level of personal integrity, build trust, take responsibility for personal and organizational results, and strive for continuous improvement.
Positive attitude, excellent communication skills, energy, and resiliency are also required.
We know there's a lot to consider.
As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon!
It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.
#LI-AZ1
Nearest Major Market:
Miami
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