Sales Operations Specialist - Benelux & Scandinavia

Where passion meets opportunity

Discover your journey into the extraordinary.

Your Purpose

Explora Journeys is a vibrant, cosmopolitan, European luxury brand, imagined in the heart of Swiss hospitality in Geneva. Leveraging our parent company MSC Group’s hundreds of years of maritime expertise, our fleet of six luxury ships (four currently in the pipeline) are being built and designed in a totally different and unique way that will transform and redefine the cruise experience, creating a category of its own, appealing to the next generation of luxury travellers. 

We are excited to offer a unique opportunity for a skilled Sales Operations Professional to join Explora Journeys. Become a key member of the Global Sales Operations team, where you will lead, enhance, and implement processes to drive sales excellence, elevate the brand experience, and maximize profitability. This role is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

Your Impact

• Collaborate regularly with Global Sales teams worldwide to support and drive the global sales strategy.
• Provide support for sales intelligence, performance tracking, and reporting.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of multilingual training programs tailored to key source markets.
• Provide day-to-day sales support to field sales teams, including assistance with tools, materials, and information needed to drive conversions and maintain partner relationships.
• Support the onboarding and continuous engagement of Travel Advisors through effective training, communication, and the provision of sales resources.
• Oversee Conga contract management processes.
• Assist in preparing materials and presentations for commercial meetings, including quarterly business reviews.
• Manage Travel Advisor ship visit and educational inspection programs.
• Support events both trade and consumer, seminars, roadshows, consumer nights, large trade shows, both virtual and in person.
• Provide timely support for finance-related queries and administrative tasks.
• Assist in managing the global sales budget, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

Your Journey so far

• 3 years plus hospitality experience (preferably cruise industry) with a desired knowledge of luxury brand(s).
• Excellent understanding of luxury service and operations.
• Solid knowledge of sales processes, tools, and support functions.
• Experience supporting field sales teams and managing account relationships
• Passionate and collaborative as a proactive problem-solver.
• Demonstrable understanding and experience with contract management, reservation, sales automation, and CRM.

Your Essentials

• Excellent training and communication skills.
• Skilled in working with diverse stakeholders and can inspire buy-in to change
• Strong planning, organizational and budgeting skills.
• Fluency in Dutch, English and additional languages are a plus.

At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony. 
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.