Key Account & Partnerships Sales Executive

Are you looking for a fun and exciting job opportunity in the travel industry, working for a recognised youth travel brand? 

KILROY is looking for an experienced travel professional to join our growing team.

If you dream of working in a vibrant, young, international company and have a passion for sales and customer service, then you might be the one we are looking for!

You can hear more about what it's like working at KILROY here.

About us

KILROY is a travel agency specialising in worldwide conceptualised and customised journeys tailored for young people and their life stages, be it young learners and study trips, students and education, or gap year and backpacking. Our travels are based on meaningful experiences and sustainable options with key elements of going local, travelling far and slow, self-reflection, and having fun. We believe travel can have a profound positive impact on you and our world, so we take pride in trustworthy personal advice based on our own firsthand experiences and curated itineraries.

The KILROY history dates back to 1946 post-war and the early foundation of student organisations travel initiatives. We currently operate as market leaders in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. KILROY joins a group of companies 100% owned by KILROY International A/S which serves as our headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Group employs more than 400 people and had a total turnover of DKK 1.5 billion Danish kroner (£165m) in 2023, across the 5 brands BENNS, ISIC, Jysk rejsebureau, KILROY and Winberg Travel.

About the position

We are looking for an experienced professional to help grow and manage our portfolio of business, consisting of B2B partnerships such as schools, tour operators, volunteering organisations and more. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities, building and execution of the pipeline.

Travel will occassionally be required and driving license is a plus.

This is a new vertical of the business and there is great scope for the right candidate to have a high degree of influence over this business is shaped.

This role is based in Bristol with the rest of the team, but for the right candidate both hybrid and remote setups will be considered.

You will be reporting to our Head of Commercial whom you will work very closely with in this role.

About you

• Are an experienced travel industry professional having worked in a B2B/partnerships/groups environment previously.
• Have a commercial flair and love the selling aspect of a job.
• Have an existing network in the industry.
• Are responsible, structured, and able to work independently.
• Are a people person who confidently can engage with people a.t any levels throughout an organisation, during for example RFP and tender processes
• Are outgoing and with strong communication abilities.
• Like working in a high-performing culture and taking responsibility for your own development.

We are looking for:

• Ability to identify new business opportunities, build a pipeline and close new business. 
• Travel industry background is essential, with knowledge of travel in general and youth and student travel being a big plus,
• Previous Key Account Manager, sales and business development experience 
• Customer focused, flexible, caring, positive approach with the willingness to assist in other areas of the business as required.
• Very strong and effective verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self motivated with an ability to manage workload and prioritise tasks.
• Understanding of the operational aspects of individual as well as group travel with experience from working with airlines as well as using a GDS (we use Sabre) is a plus but not a requirement.

We offer

• Passionate and driven colleagues in a vibrant, young, and international working environment.
• A meaningful job – where “Power of travel” is key.
• Onboarding program and continuous individual training and development.
• Competitive salary, performance-based bonus, pension as well as various benefits including travel benefits.
• An active social committee with a great focus on events and activities.

About the recruitment process

We will invite for interviews as applications come in. If you have any questions about the role please contact Niclas Lundquist.