Outside Sales Consultant (Based out of NY, NJ, or PA)
Do you love adventure? Can you enthuse and inspire teachers about the benefits of our life-changing expeditions? Do you love helping others? Do you think middle school and high school students need to help others and experience other cultures? Can you sell it?
Then we want you as an Outside Sales Consultant for World Challenge.
As part of the World Challenge team you will help teachers and students plan and deliver adventurous, educational expeditions to over 50 destinations within the developing world - from Tanzania to Mongolia; Borneo to Costa Rica.To become part of our dedicated Sales team, you will need to be energetic, motivated and responsible for your own territory. The ideal candidate will be based out of New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania, in order to support these regions. This position requires excellent face-to-face presentation skills that showcase your talents in sales and public speaking. You must be a self-starter with demonstrated history of closing new business, love adventure and be willing to show it.
What you’ll be doing…
Reporting to the Managing Director (Boston, MA), you will manage your own area and be responsible for achieving all sales objectives. By determining schools’ needs through a consultative approach - field meetings, aggressive self-lead generation and phone follow up - you will be articulating the benefits of working with World Challenge to key decision-makers to close the sale. The Outside Sales Consultant is responsible for managing a strong relationship with each teacher/school through regular contact while working closely with internal departments to deliver excellent customer service and pre-expedition delivery. You will not be stuck in an office.
To gain a full understanding of our exciting overseas programs, you can expect comprehensive training and support to help you to be in the best position to achieve every success in your new role.
This role requires full flexibility to work extended hours as there is a substantial amount of travel as well as evening presentations.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in outside sales and have exceeded your sales quota consistently
- Proven success in sales pipeline management including real-time forecasting and projections
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to travel 75%-100% of the year. Your own car and valid license are required (car allowance provided)
- Ability to convert interest into sales
- Ability to plan ahead, manage time and prioritize work load
- Strong skills within the following programs: MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook), CRM systems (Maximizer a plus)
- Experience of traveling within the developing world is a plus
- Experience working within the education market a plus
- Competitive salary and commission structure
- Training and development opportunities
- Generous vacation and benefits
- Casual dress policy
- The opportunity to go an expedition
As part of the Specialist and Activity sector within the TUI Group, World Challenge plans and delivers exciting, educational expeditions to over 50 destinations within the developing world.
We offer the opportunity for schools to enter into a program of learning and development, fundraising (money management) and team building, culminating in a 1-4 week Expedition to the developing world. Our aim is to ensure that our young challengers experience an awe-inspiring range of community project work, trekking and cultural adventure. We change their lives!
Offering these opportunities to young people and the teachers who accompany them are our dedicated Sales team. We are now seeking energetic and motivated Outside Sales Consultants to join our lively sales team.
To apply…
Please send your resume along with a cover letter explaining what would make you a successful Outside Sales Consultant for World Challenge to: recruitment@wcexpeditions.com
To learn more about World Challenge, be sure to check out our blog at www.worldchallengeus.wordpress.com and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WorldChallengeNorthAmerica
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