Love the Japanese travel trade? Happy to talk sales strategy in the morning, help untangle a group booking in the afternoon and get genuinely excited about a glass-bottom boat? We should talk.
At Sunlover Reef Cruises, we take guests from Cairns to the Outstanding Barrier Reef and Fitzroy Island. We’re looking for a Japan Sales Manager to grow our Japanese market, strengthen trade partnerships and help more Japanese travellers discover what’s on our doorstep.
You’ll lead our Japan sales activity and get hands-on across the business, including group reservations and operations. One day you might be pitching Fitzroy Island to a trade partner. The next, you could be helping reservations work through a student group booking or coordinating the details with our operations team before the group arrives.
What you’ll do
- Manage and grow relationships with Japanese travel agents, tour operators and inbound trade partners.
- Win new business and identify opportunities across independent travel, groups and education.
- Run sales campaigns, product training and familiarisations that help agents sell Moore Reef, Fitzroy Island and our Reef & Island experience with confidence.
- Help with group reservations, from working through booking details to coordinating with operations so the day runs smoothly.
- Pitch in across the business when it’s busy and share what you’re hearing from agents and guests with the wider team.
- Represent Sunlover at trade meetings and industry events, and keep track of what’s turning into bookings.
What you’ll bring
- Business-level Japanese and English, written and spoken.
- Sales or account management experience in tourism or travel, with a strong understanding of the Japanese outbound travel market.
- The confidence to open new doors and the follow-through to keep those relationships going.
- An eye for detail and a willingness to roll up your sleeves when a booking needs sorting or a teammate needs a hand.
- Existing Japanese trade relationships or experience in group reservations or tour operations would be a bonus.
Why Sunlover? You’ll have room to bring your own ideas to the Japan market and work with the people who turn those bookings into great days out. And when an agent asks what makes the experience special, sometimes the best answer is to get them on the boat and show them.
Apply via SEEK with your CV and a short note about your experience in the Japanese travel trade. Tell us about a partnership you’ve built, a piece of business you’re proud of or a group booking you pulled together when the plans changed at the last minute.