Sabre is a technology company that powers the global travel industry. By leveraging next-generation technology, we create global technology solutions that take on the biggest opportunities and solve the most complex challenges in travel.
Positioned at the center of the travel, we shape the future by offering innovative advancements that pave the way for a more connected and seamless ecosystem as we power mobile apps, online travel sites, airline and hotel reservation networks, travel agent terminals, and scores of other solutions.
Simply put, we connect people with moments that matter.
Sabre UK is looking for a Senior Sales Executive who will report to Head of Corporate in our UK office. This role will be accountable for a territory in the regional agency sales and account management team, with the focus on new business acquisition
Role and Responsibilities:
- Align sales strategy for growth and revenue generation for new and existing business, which includes renewals, new sales efforts, and share shifting opportunities across the agency territory
- Evolve annual territory sales strategy and execution; perform ongoing market landscape analysis and market research to identify top opportunities and risk
- Negotiate profitable contracts to maximize Sabre revenues
- Partner with sales organization to ensure effective management of customers and long-term commercial success
- Implement and maintain effective sales management to provide current and accurate revenue projections and pipeline forecasts to support business growth
- Sell new solutions to both existing and new customers to reach annual regional sales targets
- Establish and maintain a high level of customer engagement at various levels, positioning Sabre as an innovative player in the territory
- Provide regular detailed status and activity reporting in customer activities and solutions performance to leadership
- Work closely with the marketing, customer engagement, product management, delivery, and consulting leaders to ensure activities (including marketing strategies, implementation, and execution) are aligned with the overall corporate strategy
- Foster strong relationships with internal leaders/stakeholders across Sabre; responsible for collaboration and global process development across all segments in the region
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
- Solid business travel sales leadership and management
- Extensive understanding of market landscape, including knowledge of key players, knowledge of the competitive landscape, key trends, opportunities, and challenges
- Proven experience selling and driving negotiations to a successful close
- Passion and success managing and growing a sales organization
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams within a global matrix organization, with strong capabilities to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Professional presence and business acumen with articulate and persuasive oral and written communication skills
- Critical thinking skills with the ability to anticipate potential issues and suggest creative alternatives to overcome barriers
- Strong people skills and extremely resourceful
- Strong knowledge of the travel/hospitality markets and/or enterprise software space
We will give careful consideration to your application and review your details against the position criteria. You will receive separate notification as your application progresses. Please note that only candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role will proceed in the selection process.
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What We Do
We are a software and technology company that powers the global travel industry. With decades of revolutionary firsts, our team of experts drive innovation and ingenuity in the industry.
Today, we are creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. We partner with airlines, hoteliers, agencies and other travel partners to retail, distribute and fulfill travel. We are committed to helping customers operate more efficiently, drive revenue and offer personalized traveler experiences with next-generation technology solutions.
Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives.
Sabre's technology powers the nearly US$8 trillion travel industry. Our technology and data-driven solutions help our airline, hotel, travel agency and corporate customers grow their businesses and transform the traveler experience. The scale, breadth and depth of our technology is unmatched and sustains a complex industry.
We provide an open and stable platform to deliver flexible, reliable and scalable solutions. Over the years, we have shaped and modernized the travel industry. We pioneered online travel agencies, corporate booking tools, revenue management, and web and mobile itinerary tools, to name a few.
Our travel marketplace transacts more than US$120 billion of travel spend per year. And we are the world’s largest provider of airline and hotel technology.
We have been named to the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative technology companies for 11 consecutive years. And InformationWeek named Sabre seventh on its list of the “Greatest Software Ever Written.”
