Sales Manager – Mid-Market, German Speaking

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Sales Manager acquiring mid-market hotel customers for Cendyn’s cloud-based hospitality software. Managing territory pipelines, consultative sales, contracts and regional events.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop and execute territory sales plans for Cendyn’s cloud-based software and services platform
  • Acquire new customers across Cendyn’s products and services
  • Build and maintain a diversified sales pipeline
  • Review market data and identify hotel, management company, brand and ownership targets
  • Conduct cold calling, lead generation and proactive inbound lead response
  • Analyze prospect business needs and develop appropriate solutions
  • Use consultative selling to uncover needs, identify barriers and overcome objections
  • Qualify decision-making processes, timelines and stakeholders
  • Build relationships with prospect and customer stakeholders
  • Prepare and deliver sales presentations and proposals
  • Identify additional product opportunities and upsell existing customers
  • Negotiate and prepare customer contracts
  • Consistently achieve sales quota
  • Represent Cendyn at trade shows, hotel conferences and association events
  • Maintain Salesforce or another CRM as the system of record
  • Learn Cendyn’s products, services, pricing, contracts, policies and procedures
  • Liaise with Marketing to implement territory strategy
  • Support Project Management and Customer Success teams with new-customer onboarding
  • Monitor industry trends, opportunities and the competitive landscape
  • Interact daily with customers, team members and critical departments, including mid- and upper-management stakeholders

Requirements:

  • Bachelors Degree preferred / required or any equivalent relevant business knowledge
  • Proven experience in sales in hotel, travel or hospitality suppliers in a sales environment
  • Experience successfully selling cloud-based software and SaaS solutions
  • Experience working independently and being self-motivated
  • Successful track record of building, managing and closing sales pipeline
  • Strong sales, analytical, pragmatic, organizational, communication and people skills
  • Working knowledge of hotel sales management
  • Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies, products and procedures
  • Ability to work and thrive in a multitasked and fast-paced environment
  • Ability to innovate, overcome obstacles and implement best practices including sales methodologies
  • Ability to travel as required to support regional and corporate business objectives
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and ability to learn other applications
  • Up to 30–50% travel, frequently outside the local area and overnight
  • German-speaking capability indicated by the role title

Benefits:

  • Home office environment / ability to telecommute or work remotely 100% of the time
  • Participation in regular structured sales and business training programs
  • Equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination protections