Sales Specialist at Sabre Travel Network Limited (2 Openings)

Sabre Central & West Africa is a travel technology company headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, and a part of Sabre Corporation, the leading global technology provider to the travel industry. Sabre Travel Network is our global B2B marketplace that connects travel suppliers and buyers worldwide. Our market includes airlines, hotels, tour operators, travel agencies, rail carriers, car rental companies, and cruise lines operating across the globe, including the West African subcontinent. We provide data-rich solutions that enable travel industry suppliers and buyers to optimize their operations, customer shopping, and booking trends.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Sales Specialist

Locations: Kano and Rivers
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Proactively prospect and qualify new Sales opportunities in assigned territory
• At all times manage and maintain a full pipeline of new sales opportunities
• Develop sales strategies, respond to RFPs and generate proposals that meet sales objectives
• Understand, analyze and manipulate internal and external data, into meaningful and actionable insights for the purpose of prospecting and targeting new customers
• Prepare detailed sales reports, and make informed suggestions on how to improve the sales pipeline and boost profitability
• Keep current on the Sabre product line and third-party products and be able to effectively discuss these products with potential clients
• Be able to overcome objections and get to “Yes” to achieve contract signature
• Leading successful conversions to deliver contracted bookings.

Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a relevant field
• Sales experience of minimum of 3 years
• Technical sales experience will be an added advantage
• Experience with the GDS will be an added advantage
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.

Key Tasks:

• Achieve assigned annual target for agency conversion signatures
• Getting new customers to run rate within a minimum period
• Secure a pre-determined amount of new conversion flown bookings
• Maintain a full pipeline, documented, and continually updated in SPC
• Host sales events to increase Sabre brand awareness with prospect agencies

Application Closing Date
22nd October, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email.