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Country Manager Uk

Created on 04-06-2019
Location London

Description

Founded in 2013, Sailogy Group is the leading European online charter agency with the widest range of boats ready to be booked in just a few clicks. Sailogy offers more than 22,000 boats in 800 destinations, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, and has clients from 84 countries.

Sailogy is looking for an experienced leader with strong business acumen and entrepreneurial attitude to be the UK Country Manager, reporting into the CEO.

The objective of this position is twofold: (i) set-up and grow UK operations, (ii) develop new business and ensure profitability.

The selected candidate will have the following responsibilities:

  • (i) Operations responsibilities
  • Set-up UK operations: open UK office + build, train, mentor and lead the UK team
  • Manage the quality and quantity of employee productivity and hold team members accountable for delivering strategic outcome
  • Contribute to shaping office budgets and producing country specific reports when needed
  • Ensure that the local branch adheres to group guidelines and respects local regulations
  • Collaborate and improve communication with corporate functions in Headquarter
    • (ii) Business responsibilities
  • Full P&L responsibility running the UK business Operation overseeing sales and local marketing activities
  • Leverage the company’s current market positioning, increasing lead generation and accelerating growth
  • Formulate and execute business strategies for the region, looking holistically across commercial, marketing and technology
  • Understand and improve commercial processes to speed-up the growth, planning and controlling the allocation of resources and the selection of senior staff
  • Source and execute strategic local partnerships to drive traffic, increase company reputation / brand awareness and hunt for new prospects
  • Be responsible for weekly and monthly reporting UK market across key customer and business metrics
  • Contribute to defining annual business budgets and produce monthly, quarterly and annual reports
  • Identify and recommend new opportunities to ensure customer base growth and customer experience improvement
  • The UK Country Manager will join the young, multicultural and talented team of Sailogy Group and will have the following skills:

    • 5-8 years’ work experience with at least 2 in a managerial role (proven P&L and team management experience) in one of the following industries: sharing economy, tech businesses, travel industry, start up or dynamic high-growth digital companies
    • Previous experience as Country Manager or in leading strategy consulting firms is strongly considered as a plus.
    • Good financial literacy and familiarity with budgeting processes
    • Demonstrated ability to assemble, motivate and manage a team of talents
    • Very strong analytical skills coupled with ability to present ideas in a punchy and convincing manner
    • Prepare winning sales presentations and close deals with suppliers, partners, clients
    • Knowing how to sail a boat or having done sailing holidays is not required but considered as a plus
    • The candidate must be native English speaker

    From a personal aspect we are looking for:

    • Very strong ambition and desire to create something meaningful
    • Passion and dedication, ability to be easy-going even under stress and contribute to create an exciting work environment in the Italian Office
    • Leadership and standing; candidate must be able to handle any type of interaction with confidence, must be able to convince the audience around ideas and does not take no as an answer
    • Judgment in decision making and clear ability to have an impact on the business

    The UK Country Manager will be based in London.

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