Senior Sales Manager - Global Athlete & Team Marketing

YOUR CAREER WITHIN THE SPORT BUSINESS

Discover exciting career opportunities within the sports business with us. Our activities cover every aspect of sports marketing: together, as a team, we span the entire value chain within the sports sector.

We offer you freedom and the chance to make an impact. At SPORTFIVE, you can look forward to exciting challenges day in, day out. Here, you can proactively shape your work and contribute your own ideas and viewpoints.

Diversity and inclusion are very dear to us at SPORTFIVE: we believe that differing perspectives and backgrounds are crucial to success. We are explicitly committed to gender equality and are striving to create a workplace where everyone feels empowered to act as their authentic self.

Want to help shape the future of the sports industry? Join us and contribute your skills and expertise as a...

Senior Sales Manager - Global Athlete & Team Marketing (m/f/d)

Your responsibilities

• Drive international partnership sales across various sports such as Basketball, American Football, Soccer.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with prospective new clients through multiole channels including such as phone, email, linked-in, networking events and meetings
• Advise and guidance for (global) brands on the sports sponsorship landscape and development of tailored solutions that align with their business objectives
• Lead sales pitches with clients to understand objectives, build relationships and secure revenue for the business (with occasional international travel)
• Provide regular updates in team sales meetings showcasing activity and pipeline development, business closed and share insights for potential collaboration with other sales team members
• Strenghten post-sales relationships to enhance renewal probability and identify cross-sales and upselling potential
• Act as an ambassador for SPORTFIVE, maintaining high professional standards in all external engagements.

Your profile:

• 3-5 years of sales experience, preferably from a sports team, league or relevant property and/or agency experience
• Proven track record in generating sponsorship revenues with several years of professional work experience
• A strategic and consultative sales approach, including the ability to create customized partnerships tailored to individual brands' objectives
• Outstanding sales communication, presentation and negotiation skills
• Experience delivering high-quality pitches to senior decision-makers in English
• Established network of brand contacts with the ability to expand relationships further
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple work streams in fast-paced & time-sensitive environments

Don't meet all the criteria? No worries! We focus on the individual. Our job descriptions are intended to give you an insight into the demands of the position in question. Your passion for working with us and your willingness to develop are just as important to us as your skills: there are some things we can teach you on the job.

What we offer you

• An innovative Environnement: An exciting role within the sports business, a dedicated team with short communications and decision-making channels
• Fair development opportunities: space for personal and thematic development, supported by individual development planning with supplementary CPD and “Training on the job”
• Family-friendly atmosphere: to promote work/life balance, including via flexible working hours, more sick leave for children than usual, mobile working, job-sharing and a free family service.
• Additional corporate benefits: discounted partner offers, plus an array of additional benefits e.g., company pension scheme, Deutschland Ticket train pass, a bike for work and an Urban Sports Club membership

Sounds good?

If so, hit apply!

We look forward to hearing from you.

SPORTFIVE Germany GmbH

Marco Bohlmann

Start Date

04/01/2025

Location

Hamburg or Barcelona