Our Experience Education business incorporates our fantastic brands, SkiBound, Travelbound, Edwin Doran & Masterclass, World Challenge and JCA Adventure. The EE division is part of the Travelopia Group, a KKR owned company, and is a leading provider of educational travel offering a wide range of experiences for students in the UK and Australia: from ski and adventure breaks to international travel supporting core curriculum subjects, sports tours and expeditions to places near and far.
The sales support role works with the UK based sales team to service the many requests for quotes and packages from the playing tours market. The role will involve supporting the Sales Managers with constructing life changing tours and packages for our customers, many of which we have been working with for over 40 years!
This is a hybrid role covering Monday to Friday (08:30 17:30). Our office is in Century City, Cape Town, and we ask for you to be able to come into the office two days a week.
What you will be doing:
- Create sales proposals and exciting tour itineraries via our web-based platform.
- Gather costs from our online booking system Travelink to finalise tour packages for the sales team.
- Act as a link between the sales and operations team to ensure all sports tour proposals are accurate and workable, logistically and financially.
- Update Hubspot our CRM with accurate figures for monthly reporting.
- Research and prospect potential new touring destinations for a range of sports.
- Design fascinating PowerPoint Presentations for parents and staff.
- Research potential new clients and leads for the sales team and booking meetings.
- Support our on the ground operations team in South Africa during busy periods, including airport meet and greets, fixture support and general client liaison.
- Proven success in a Sales Coordinator role
- A degree in sports, travel or events management is highly advantageous
- Well-travelled and a good knowledge of the main destinations we offer.
- Passion for exceeding customer expectations.
- Experience using a CRM system to monitor leads and sales (ideally HubSpot).
- A knowledge of sports tour destinations and the school sports market is advantageous.
- Sense of fun and ability to work in a small office team and remotely with UK.
- Confidence in communicating with internal and external stakeholders
- Lastly, an interest or curiosity in sports is always welcome!
- Competitive salary
- 21 days annual holiday plus SA public holidays
- Opportunity to travel abroad.
- Career Progression with Experience Education
We believe people are happier and perform best when they are able to be their true self, and that diverse teams deliver better results. Together we will cultivate a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where everyone can flourish.
We are committed to inspiring change through increasing awareness of, and counteracting, unconscious bias; building an inclusive culture, and embracing diversity in all its dimensions.
