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Bulgari
Area Sales Manager, Travel Retail
Location:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Department: Sales
Job Description
Position
Mission
Step into a high-impact role where strategy meets adventure.
We're looking for a dynamic professional to take the lead on our Middle East Travel Retail accounts, shaping customer strategies and driving performance. You’ll be at the heart of a fast-paced, international business—responsible for growing sales, boosting market share, and expanding our brand footprint across key travel retail channels.
Job responsibilities
Commercial Strategy:
- Problem solving applied to complex and ever-changing situations implying innovative concepts and solutions
- Assessing and scouting the market of reference
- Propose plans and programs to find new business opportunities in the area/market of reference.
- Develop and implement the sales strategy per client across the Region.
- Brand visibility management: spaces negotiation, promotional bookings, coordination media booking,
- Manage prospect and customer data to provide market expertise, sales performance, product/marketing recommendations
- Protect brand positioning and improve brand ranking in the Point of sales (POS).
Account Management:
- Manage clients across 10 countries with different clients’ typologies (Airports, Airlines, Border Shops, Downtown shops, etc.) from international operators to local independent actors.
- Strengthen positions with Top clients, develop destination airports and source additional growth from new potentials and to work in collaboration with the Bulgari Marketing team to support sales
- Negotiate and effectively plan marketing activities by location, in agreement with local partners and marketing, within the allocated support budget.
- Perform presentation in the area/market of reference to operators/distributors.
- Build, maintain and improve relationship with partners.
- Assess Points of Sales compliance to Bulgari guidelines (visual merchandising, store layouts etc.)
- Successfully manage negotiation of commercial conditions
- Proactively monitor order process and local stock issues
Budgeting Reporting:
- Strictly monitor support budget expenses and create relative purchase orders.
- Manage all activities related to accounts receivables.
- P&L management per account/POS, A&P monitoring per client
- Perform presentations in the area/market of reference.
- Update internal analysis/reporting
Team Management:
- Manage hiring process of beauty advisors and negotiate with external agencies their contract coach and motivate sales team (field supervisor/beauty advisors)
- Coordination with Regional trainer to train and develop the sales team, sales seminar organization
- Responsible for the close management of 35 Bulgari Beauty Advisors
Profile
- Business studies and significant experience in sales activities (4 - 6 years, preferably in luxury brand companies) and some international exposure within a similar Luxury Market. Previous perfumes experience is essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the market competitors, luxury business etc.
- Entrepreneurial and economical skills with outstanding negotiation skills
- Knowledge of contractual and legal issues regarding the market of reference
- Organization, Planning, Analysis and Innovation skills
- Leadership, Initiative and Communication with Excellent presentation skills
JOB NUMBER
BULG09220
COUNTRY / REGION
United Arab Emirates
CITY
Dubai
CONTRACT TYPE
Permanent

Bulgari
Area Sales Manager, Travel Retail