European Sales Manager - Travel Retail
TYKO Travel Retail is an experienced supplier to the Duty Free sector worldwide, specialising in Watches, Sunglasses & Jewellery. Breo - http://www.breo.com/Hippie Chic - http://www.hippiechic.co.uk/Kartel - http://www.kartel-time.com/Responsible for managing, and maximize business profitability for the UK, Ireland & Europe Travel Retail department including Airlines, Ground Stores, Ferries, Cruise Ships & Border Stores.Main Responsibilities:•Forecast annual budgets,… Show more TYKO Travel Retail is an experienced supplier to the Duty Free sector worldwide, specialising in Watches, Sunglasses & Jewellery. Breo - http://www.breo.com/Hippie Chic - http://www.hippiechic.co.uk/Kartel - http://www.kartel-time.com/Responsible for managing, and maximize business profitability for the UK, Ireland & Europe Travel Retail department including Airlines, Ground Stores, Ferries, Cruise Ships & Border Stores.Main Responsibilities:•Forecast annual budgets, profit and loss, profitability progress of the Airline & Airport Businesses within my region.•Marketing, advertising, PR for both on-board and in-store promotions, budgeting and planning for each marketing calendar and oversee all artwork creation for each listing.•Negotiate marketing support & funding opportunities for listings and promotions.•Attend training days for airlines and ground store staff prior to each launch to ensure the brands are represented and the brand story is translated to give staff confidence to sell.•Stay ahead of market trends and feedback to marketing too ensure our product offering is relevant and current and offering the best possible products to our customers.•Assist in Brand/Product development for the business to ensure trends are captured and airline/ground store needs are met in product & packaging design.•Prepare and present each brand to all buying groups including Nuance, Dufry, WDFG, Dfass, Heinemann and all Airlines and work through the brand strategies to enable an effective launch.•Point of contact for all internal and external customers with regards to the European Business.•Actively seek new business to grow our customer portfolio•Attend Tradeshows including TFWA, ISPY, MEADFA, ARC to ensure we are the forefront of customers brand choices•Responsible for European budget. Show less