West Midlands Trains has an exciting opportunity for a Sales and Partnership Manager, a brand new role as part of the new franchise. 

The role has been created to develop a brand-new business market strategy targeting corporate & independent business segments within the WMR and LNR geographic catchment to drive new revenues for WMT. Procure and lead targeting & fulfilment solutions to generate sales leads and conversions.

Drive additional passenger revenue streams from one-off partners (eg. sports events) and longer term strategic / marketing partners (eg. West Midlands Growth Company, airports, local enterprise partnerships etc).

Key Accountabilities

Develop and lead a brand new corporate business and independent business market strategy to drive modal shift to WMT services, to meet pre-determined revenue targets.

Identify large-scale tactical partners to deliver additional revenue streams from one-off events or longer-term relationships.

Own & manage the relationship with Abellio Corporate Travel utilising its sales services (and others) to facilitate e-commerce solutions or alternative fulfilment methods to support market needs profitably.

In addition to a competitive salary West Midlands Trains offers a wealth of benefits including free travel on Abellio trains for you, your partner and dependent children, 75% discount on all other train travel over most of the UK rail network, development opportunities to help further your career with West Midlands Trains, and a contributory defined salary pension. 

For more information please see the job description.

Please note; this vacancy is subject to the closed list process being concluded