Director, Sales & Event Operations

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The Director Sales & Event Operations is responsible for leading a team to ensure appropriate business insights and measurements are created and leveraged in support of their assigned customer group.

The individual is responsible for creating proactive positive working relationships with various functions in the organization to foster collaborative innovative thought and business solutions. They are responsible for understanding each customers business drivers utilizing this knowledge to develop mutually beneficial strategies that maximize Company profit.

This individual is responsible for identifying hiring and developing and fostering the growth of the entire team maximizing each individuals potential to the betterment of the individual team and Company.

This individual should have an impeccable executive presence using influence to lead impactful change. This individual will identify opportunities and lead large-scale high-visibility projects to evoke necessary change across all TL Brands.

How Youll Shine:

• Lead a team to revenue opportunities and create operational efficiencies by developing innovative approaches and forward-thinking processes using data and building forecasts to create and present enterprise-wide solutions that capitalize on opportunities to increase company profit and/or lower Developer obligation. (30% of time)

• Lead a team to analyze data and use critical thinking to make balanced decisions delivering superior results that benefit the business and its customers. Lead a team to adopt and improve analytical processes and techniques that deliver accurate forecasts drive efficiency in completion including meeting deadlines. (25% of time)

• Acquire lead and develop team by mentoring direct reports enhancing potential skills and addressing development opportunities. Provide timely and behaviorally specific feedback align and mobilize the organization with a set of common goals while maintaining an encouraging demeanor at moments of stress in a way that will positively influence others attitudes. Partner with team leaders ensuring cohesive leadership and positive team culture and comradery. (25% of time)

• Establish clear objectives for the team and obtains and directs teams resources to ensure alignment to the organizational strategies including increasing Company profit. (5% of time)

• Build relationships across multiple business units including but not limited to senior and site leadership to remove barriers and foster collaboration by providing service guidance and influence that is mutually beneficial to all parties and to develop and champion courses of action that drive business results increase store profitability and position them to achieve strategic intents. (5% of time)

• Experience directing and ensuring proper policies and procedures are established and adhered to at all levels within responsibility area. Other projects and tasks as directed. (10% of time)

Travel Requirements
Minimal travel required up to 10% if required.

What Youll Bring:
Education

• Masters Degree preferred. Bachelors degree required in Business Finance Accounting Economics Statistics or Engineering

Knowledge and Skills

• Expert level knowledge on forecasting approaches and techniques

• An understanding and appreciation for working with large data sets implementing and adopting fully operational analytical processes

• Strong aptitude for analyzing data and making balanced decisions that will benefit the business and its customers

• Thought leadership in meetings providing influential recommendations supported by data and analysis

• Ability to think critically and manage to superior level of results

• Well organized and capable of managing multiple projects while able to perform under potentially stressful circumstances

• Capacity to coordinate multiple large complex projects and on-going programs autonomously and with holistic focus

Technical Skills

• Demonstrated capability of effectively utilizing MS Office product suite specifically MS Excel

• Demonstrated capability leveraging data and analytical tools such as snowflake power BI and other for value creation preferred

Job Experience

• Minimum 7 years of progressive business operations analytical and financial responsibility and experience (travel hotel or timeshare industry preferred)

  • Excellent experience working with a wide variety of data sources compiling and aggregating data across business information systems for performance measurement and executive summary purposes

  • Demonstrated capability leveraging data and analytical tools such as snowflake power BI and other for value creation

  • Strong financial acumen and aptitude for analyzing large data sets with critical thinking making balanced decisions that manage to a superior level of results maximizing Company profit

  • An understanding and appreciation for developing implementing and adopting fully operational analytical processes

• Minimum 5years of team leadership and management experience

• Developing direct reports addressing development opportunities enhancing skills maximizing each individuals potential and retaining top talent

• High caliber professional with impeccable credibility executive presence and communication skills demonstrated by positive working relationships that foster collaborative innovative thought to develop mutually beneficial strategies and business solutions that maximize Company profit

• Demonstrated responsibility for understanding each customers business drivers utilizing this knowledge to develop mutually beneficial strategies that maximize Company profit

• Demonstrated experience (a) identifying strategic opportunities and executing on business solutions that drive Company profit and/or (b) using influence collaboration and positive working relationships leading large-scale high-visibility projects to evoke impactful change

Experience directing and ensuring proper policies and procedures

Experience equivalent to the education requirement may be accepted in lieu of the education requirement.

How Youll Be Rewarded:

We offer a diverse range of comprehensive health and welfare benefits to associates who work 30 or more hours per week to meet your needs and support you throughout your career with us. Travel Leisure Co. benefits include:

Note: Temporary and/or seasonal associates are ineligible for Paid Time Off.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life and accident coverage
• Disability
• Depending on position paid time off parental leave and holidays (speak to your recruiter for additional information)
• Wish day paid time to volunteer at an approved organization of your choice
• 401k with employer match (subject to eligibility requirements including tenure - speak to your recruiter for additional information)
• Legal and identify theft plan
• Voluntary income protection benefits
• Wellness program (subject to provider availability)
• Employee Assistance Program

Where Memories Start with You

Hospitality is at the heart of all we do at Travel Leisure Co. Here youll find an inclusive environment where we deliver excellence and take time to have fun celebrate together and support one another. Were always looking ahead to whats next and how we can strengthen our business its neighboring communities and the customer experience. Join our global team and build a career where memories start with you.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all applications will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process please email your request to including the title and location of the position for which you are applying.