Sales Manager

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We're Houst : A professional management service for properties. Our mission is to make hosting on websites hassle-free for everyone using technology to disrupt the short-term accommodation sector. We've grown fast. Since launching in 2015, we've partnered with thousands of happy hosts, helping them to make important earnings. The business has now expanded worldwide - we're operating in over 20 cities globally, from Auckland to Lisbon, and there's a lot more to come. From holidaymakers to full-time landlords, host happiness is central to everything we do.

What you will be doing:

As a Sales Manager, you will lead a small team focused on closing deals. Your primary responsibility will be to drive sales performance, mentor your team, and directly engage with prospective clients to secure new business. You'll play a key role in expanding our host network and contributing to the overall growth of the company.

Responsibilities :

• Lead a small team of Sales Executives whilst managing personal sales targets
• Develop an outbound sales strategy to increase overall sales volume
• Build strong industry partnerships
• Coaching, inspiring and motivating team to ensure sales targets are met.
• Sales training, development, and performance management.
• Forecasting and analysing sales pipeline
• Regular reporting of KPI's to the Senior Leadership Team

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in sales
• Ideally some management experience
• Strong understanding of Salesforce
• Excellent communicator with a natural ability to motivate teams.
• Understanding of the full sales lifecycle
• Growth mindset: comfort with a rapidly evolving work environment; with experience in taking initiative.
• Highly organised with the ability to multitask and prioritise workload

Benefits

• Uncapped bonus
• Enviable company culture - we've put time into getting our work culture just right. Regular team social events, company-wide recognition of outstanding work.
• Hybrid Working (office days: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
• Enhanced Parental Leave - Family comes first. We offer great parental leave to spend time with your new child, regardless of your gender
• MacBook - For business use
• 25 days paid holiday (plus public holidays) - plus an extra day off on your birthday (because who wants to work on their birthday