Wholesale Business Development Manager

Here at Luxury Escapes, our mission is to delight our customers with incredible deals for the world's best holidays.

We are a collective of forward-thinking people, driven to challenge the travel industry and ourselves to bring ever better travel experiences to our customer community.

Awarded one of the best places to work multiple times our employee experience is king here, with lunches provided 5 days a week, an onsite gym with state of the art change facilities, weekly events, monthly recognition programs, the opportunity to experience the travel we offer and significant professional development opportunities, we do what we can to make you look forward to waking up every day!

We are now looking for a Business Development Manager that will be responsible for growing our wholesale offer.

Known as "Agent Hub" you will be responsible for driving sales, growing active users on Agent Hub, and representing LE Wholesale at industry events with trade partners and agents. 

Consistently educating our wholesale network on Luxury Escapes propositions, incentives, and feature developments, you will aid in developing Luxury Escapes’ strong and trusted brand to the travel trade.

You will be responsible for:

• Achieving monthly sales targets for Agent Hub through engagement of travel trade network, including onboarding new agents and working with existing agents. 
• Grow number of active agents on Agent Hub, using Luxury Escapes as their supplier of choice 
• Increase number of agencies subscribed to Lux+ for agents. 
• Achieve the required contacts/updates per quarter through regular agent interactions in store, at events and virtually. 
• Increase sales of LE Groups through agents selling private group departures. 
• Work with commercial GM’s, giving feedback on what products would increase AH sales and engagement. 
• Work with agencies and affiliates to create strategic goals to increase agency sales.  
• Attendance and representation at Agency Sales conferences, industry events as needed. 

What we are looking for:

• Familiarity with travel trade dynamics, agency operations, and wholesale travel propositions.
• High level presentation skills necessary 
• The ability to develop and proactively manage a strategy for finding, visiting, and turning agents into active Agent Hub Users 
• the ability to establish and manage commercially beneficial relationships with agents and agency groups.  
• You will be expected to actively manage agent expectations and internal stakeholders, providing frontline feedback ongoing. 
• Ability to be flexible and creative. This is a new role to LE and there are not any current processes or blueprints for the role.   

What's in it for you?

• First class health and well-being program including onsite yoga, meditation, onsite gym, daily breakfast, lunches 5 days a week, fruit and an exceptional EAP offered.
• Access to experience the travel we sell via famil trips.
• Fun & flexible working environment - Friday afternoon onsite gatherings (wine included!), monthly celebrations and recognition programs.

If this sounds like you and you feel you have the skills and experience to meet the requirements of the role, please apply online today!

Please only apply if you are based in Melbourne and have full working rights in Australia.

At Luxury Escapes we embrace diversity in our people and make hiring decisions based on experiences and skills. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. You'll find a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful workplace here at Luxury Escapes, and we are proud to celebrate who you are. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process. 

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