This is a great opportunity for an ambitious Salesperson with sound experience and business contacts within the travel and hospitality industry in Russia and CIS countries to join an ambitious start-up based in the Maldives and the UK.
Have you dreamt of selling tours to one of the world’s most stunning destinations – the Maldives?
Do you have the drive to develop connections with travel agents and tour operators from scratch, create great representation within Russia and CIS and earn impressive income along the way? If it sounds like you, read on!

Responsibilities:

• To develop business connections with travel agencies and tour operators in Russia and possibly the CIS region
• To work closely with the Management to establish well-packaged tours and exciting programs for visiting the Maldives
• To sell the tours to the Maldives in bulk offers (BtoB) to travel industry representatives
• To coordinate the contracts, negotiate the deals and close the sales
• To travel within Russia and CIS to meet industry representatives and establish a strong business relationship
• To report on your progress to company Management, participate in creating targets and KPIs for the role, prepare industry reports and analyse the possibilities
• To strive for excellence and create a new representation for the company brand in the Russian travel and hospitality market

Requirements:

• Sound sales experience in the travel industry within Russia and CIS
• Proven business connections with Russia and CIS based tour operators and travel agencies
• Entrepreneurial drive and self-motivation
• Excellent negotiation and diplomacy skills
• Superb communication skills
• Go-getter attitude
• Ability to self-motivate and self-organise your work
• Fluent Russian and English language skills
• Responsible and target driven approach

What is in it for me?

• You will be working on exciting projects in an exciting location – the Maldives
• You will have a solid base salary plus a very impressive commission structure, with the possibility of reaching around $100k per annum during your first year!
• You can work remotely with occasional travel within Russia/CIS to meet the industry representatives and clients
• You will be a part of an exciting, fun team based in London and the Maldives
• You will have a creative and ambitious management
• You will have excellent career prospects with the possibility of growing your own sales team in the near future
• You will become a valuable member of an exciting start-up with ambitious goals
• You will feel like growing professionally, as a member of the team, as well as an individual – career and financial opportunities of this role are endless!