- Experience
- 10+ yrs
- Salary
- —
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 4 weeks ago
- Work mode
- In office
- Education
- Master’s Degree
- Eligibility
- Experienced sales professionals with a master’s degree and a valid Indian driving licence, who have a strong background in hospitality or airline sales and are able to work in Bengaluru, India, may apply.
- Resume
- Required to apply
Where you'll work
Job description
Role overview
Air Arabia PJSC (G9) is looking for a Sales Manager to support commercial growth in Bengaluru, India. The role is focused on expanding business channels, strengthening relationships across the market, and improving brand presence in the territory. The position carries responsibility for revenue delivery, market share growth, and ensuring that sales performance aligns with company goals, productivity expectations, and internal policies.
What you will do
- Lead the GSA sales team across the assigned territory to uncover new business opportunities, onboard travel agencies, and develop markets that can increase sales and revenue.
- Use market conditions and customer needs to align sales activity with Air Arabia products and services.
- Convert feedback and insights from the sales team into practical recommendations for management, supported by cost-benefit thinking.
- Support and monitor sales objectives, target frameworks, and performance measures for the regional sales team.
- Regularly assess financial performance data to spot gaps, understand root causes, suggest improvements, and help implement corrective actions.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with travel agencies, GSAs, government bodies, ministries, tourism businesses, individual agents, and trade organizations.
- Strengthen rapport with stakeholders and major customers in the territory so offerings better match their needs and customer satisfaction improves.
- Assess the territory’s specific needs against Air Arabia’s product and service portfolio, review fares and flight options with the Revenue Management team, identify potential new routes, and present business-backed recommendations to management.
Qualifications and experience
- A master’s degree in Management, Commerce, Sales, Marketing, or a closely related field is required.
- Extra training or qualifications in Aviation, IATA, or Tourism will be considered an advantage.
- Strong command of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and general computer applications is needed.
- Excellent spoken and written English skills are expected.
- A valid Indian driving licence is mandatory.
- The ideal candidate should bring more than 10 years of sales experience in hospitality or the airline sector, including at least 3 years in a sales management role.
- Experience in a commercial airline environment will be an added benefit.
- Solid knowledge of the travel segment and travel agents in the region is important.
- The candidate should have a history of improving and sustaining sales growth and profitability.
- Strong analytical ability is needed to review data, identify issues, and suggest cost-effective solutions.
- Established relationships with clients and government authorities are preferred.
- The role calls for a cost-conscious mindset along with persuasive sales and marketing capability.
- The person should be able to combine technical understanding with strong interpersonal skills to support new initiatives aligned with company objectives.
- Experience in training employees and rolling out new concepts or initiatives related to the role is desirable.
Additional information
This opening was listed on 27 Oct 2025 for India (country code: IN). The employer referenced in the posting is Air Arabia PJSC (G9).
Terms and conditions
No salary, stipend, notice period, working hours, or number of openings were specified in the source. No internship duration was provided.