Job Description
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Location: St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Criminal Record Check: DBS Basic
What is the role?
Working in the C&E Sales Team, you will be working on both football and non-football products and bringing these into conversations with prospective clients. You will need to be confident in outbound campaign calls and holding face-to-face meetings to source new clients and building relationships with existing ones.
What will you be doing?
You will be expected to respond to all inbound enquiries in a timely and professional manner, recognising up-sale opportunities. You should develop leads through research and outbound calls, with a targeted potential customer base, and convert to deliver and exceed the budget for the month and the financial year. In addition to this, you will need to proactively sell special events put on by the club such as concerts and Darts. You will also be the face for C&E at the club, and have the confidence to hold audiences, be engaging and interesting, ensuring all customers feel welcomed when the visit the venue.
Skills and Experience
- Experience in sales with a track record of exceeding sales targets
- A passion for customer service and satisfaction
- Must be pro-active with their sales approach and be self-motivated and drive to achieve targets
How this benefits you…
If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;
- Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game
- Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health).
- Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.
- 25 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year.
- Contributory Pension Scheme.
- Worldwide Travel Insurance for you and your family.
- Learning & Development opportunities - supporting you to develop your potential and achieve in your career.
- Free onsite parking.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Collaborative & inclusive working culture.
How can I apply?
Just click on the apply button below, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire, then attach your CV.
The closing date for applications is 25 March 2025
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.*
Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary’s Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity – the Saints Foundation.
We as a Group compete as a Premier League club at the highest level of professional football with a culture which promotes respect, unity, aspiration, innovation and discipline – this is The Southampton Way.
We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others.
Within the walls of St. Mary’s Stadium, Staplewood Campus, the Bath Academy and our other sites and development centers across the South of England, you’ll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do.
We don’t stand still, we are constantly moving forward.