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Sales Team Lead
Location
Europe
Posted
1 day ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Sales Team Lead
Ventura TRAVEL
• Lead, motivate, and develop a team of currently 10 Sales Specialists while fostering a high-performance culture. • Coach your team and other customer-facing colleagues across Ventura TRAVEL to continuously improve customer experience and commercial results. • Use KPIs, customer insights, operational data, and AI-driven solutions to identify opportunities, solve problems, automate recurring work, and improve team effectiveness. • Continuously challenge and improve existing sales processes by identifying inefficiencies, implementing enhancements, and proactively escalating risks and blockers. • Translate changing priorities and business initiatives into clear goals, actionable plans, and successful execution. • Collaborate closely with peers and senior leadership, share insights and ideas, stay informed about our destinations, and lead by example through hands-on support when needed.
Job Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in Sales, Customer Success, or another customer-facing commercial environment, including previous people leadership experience.
- A proven ability to develop, motivate, and hold teams accountable while maintaining high engagement and performance.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience using KPIs, data, and AI tools to improve business outcomes and drive operational excellence.
- A proactive, improvement-oriented mindset with a passion for experimenting with new tools, challenging the status quo, and turning ideas into practical solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, confidence in giving direct feedback, and the ability to create clarity and direction in fast-changing environments.
- Fluency in written and spoken English, availability within CET working hours, and the resilience to stay calm and focused under pressure.
Benefits
- Freedom to be creative in achieving results.
- International & friendly working environment.
- Quarterly Social Days and Team Events.
- Work out of other offices in the Ventura network around the world.
- Opportunity to constantly learn and grow.
- We care about the well-being of your employees (regular O3, satisfaction surveys etc.)
- Yearly 2-week offsite.
- Participation in the overall company's profits.
- Visit our Career Page to get more insights into our office life.
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