• Challenge yourself to drive high performance across our Leisure, UK & Ireland market
• Enjoy heavily discounted Qantas flights from day one in the role for you and your family
• Permanent role based in our Hammersmith office in London

We’ve always been pioneers, and we’re proud to see that spirit in our people today. Our resilience has helped us through good and tough times, and it still drives us to keep pushing the challenging expectations today.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Sales Manager – Leisure, UK & Ireland to manage a dedicated team of account managers, overseeing a portfolio of UK and Ireland-based Leisure Agencies, including multi-point of sale Agency customers. In this role, you will provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to drive high performance and capability, ensuring the team achieves its business objectives. As a key member of the broader UK EMEA team, you will role model leadership behaviours, fostering a culture of employee engagement and continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will include maximising revenue, increasing yield, and retaining existing business while actively developing new opportunities. You will also manage expenditure within budget guidelines, align customer strategies with the overall Qantas strategy, and cultivate strong, multi-level relationships with customers. Collaborating with Global Sales and Distribution teams, you will play an integral role in representing the UK & Europe area and contributing to the delivery of global sales strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact within a global aviation leader.

You’ll have –

• Qualifications in business management –desirable
• High level of IT literacy, including a good working knowledge of MS Office applications, RADAR and a high level knowledge of Salesforce
• Exceptional people management skills with the ability to lead, motivate and develop teams
• Strategic selling, account management and business planning skills developed in a competitive customer service environment
• Strong commercial orientation and high level of business acumen
• Highly developed negotiation, communication, organisational and leadership skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of management, both internally and externally
• Outstanding presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge and awareness of the UK & Europe airline and travel industry
• Extensive knowledge of Qantas product and processes
• Extensive knowledge of IATA NDC developments within the travel industry

*Please note, we will only consider applicants that currently have full work rights for the United Kingdom.

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

Qantas offers great benefits that extend well beyond travel

• Love to travel?  Enjoy heavily discounted air travel from the UK to Australia, within Australia and across the globe for you and your family or friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health or creating your very own tailored nutrition plan, our interactive wellbeing app will support you to manage your wellbeing. 
• You’ll be eligible for private medical insurance and a health cash plan.
• Want to develop your skills?  We’ve got you covered.  You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching and we’ve got great learning and development opportunities available including our online learning hub, Academy Q.  While you may start in this role, we’ve got a track record of supporting our people to take their career in a any number of different directions.

Qantas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

If you’re ready to step into a culture that will challenge and excite you, submit an application and let’s explore how we go places together.

Applications close: Tuesday 8th October