ABOUT US

Regent Seven Seas Cruises is the leading luxury cruise line, delivering An Unrivaled Experience™, with every luxury included, for 30 years.
Carrying no more than 732 guests, the line’s spacious and stylish ships - Seven Seas Explorer®, Seven Seas Mariner®, Seven Seas Navigator®, Seven Seas Splendor®, Seven Seas Voyager® and from 2023 Seven Seas Grandeur™ - form The World’s Most Luxurious Fleet™ and explore more than 450 immersive destinations globally.
Offering Unrivalled Space at Sea™, guests enjoy sumptuous all-suite accommodations, nearly all with private balconies, which are among the largest at sea, as well as highly personalized service throughout lavish public areas and expansive outdoor spaces.
Unique to Regent Seven Seas Cruises, unlimited complimentary shore excursions are available in every port, making it the only truly all-inclusive cruise line. Voyage fares also include round-trip business-class air on intercontinental flights from the U.S. and Canada, gourmet cuisine in a range of specialty restaurants and al-fresco dining venues, fine wines and spirits, entertainment, unlimited internet access, free valet laundry service, pre-paid gratuities onboard, transfers between airport and ship, and one-night pre-cruise hotel package for guests staying in Concierge-level suites and higher.

EXPERIENCE

• Min. 2 years of professional experience in tourism sales and account management (within the relevant region). Knowledge of the cruise industry will be considered a plus.

COMPETENCIES/SKILLS

• Open-minded and outgoing sales personality.
• Enthusiastic and passionate with a “can-do” attitude.
• A team player, able to work under pressure, with the willingness to travel and high dose of flexibility.
• Secure handling of common MS-Office programs and intermediate level knowledge of PowerPoint.
• Good analytical and organizational skills.
• A background in developing and implementing sales and marketing plans.
• Perfect written and spoken Dutch and English, preferably French as a 3rd language.
• Ability to build strong and effective business relationships by way of solid product knowledge, services, procedures, consistent follow-up, and problem-solving skills in order to sell our brand services.
• Availability to travel within the designated territory, overnight stays and weekend work will be required.
• Ability to adapt to a quickly changing sales environment, shifting priorities per business requirements.
• A strong strategic thinker, able to identify and exploit business opportunities at an early stage.
• Driving license.
  If you do not hear back from us within 10 working days of sending us your application, it means that unfortunately on this occasion you have been unsuccessful
  Job Type: Full-time
  Pay: Up to €45.000,00 per year
  Work Location: Remot

ROLE LOCATION

This role will be a remote role based in Benelux.

BASIC PURPOSE

The main task of a Business Development Executive is to identify and build up new sales opportunities/travel partners in order to achieve the highest possible turnover in this region and to increase the brand awareness of both Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support and maintenance of travel agencies and selected distribution partnerships in the region.
• Active search for new sales opportunities (also besides the classic sales channels).
• Initialization of business/marketing plans with the travel agencies and sales partners as well as further sales activities to achieve the given sales target.
• Permanent controlling of results, allocated budgets and business development within this region.
• Development and implementation of customized training programs for travel agents & sales partners.
• Participation in trade fairs, training, ship visits, roadshows & consumer events to represent the company.
• Preparation of statistics and reports and permanent maintenance of the CRM (Salesforce).
• Active and effective cooperation with the relevant departments in our headquarters for Continental Europe in Southampton.
• Continuous reporting to the Senior Sales Manager.
• Projects/Tasks may change or be adjusted according to business requirements along with the further development of the position, its role within the company and the overall organizational development.
• Assigned territory: Benelux.