Head of Spanish Desk
A fantastic new role for an experienced property or business development professional to join our International Sales team.
Role Overview
Based at our Global Head office in London, this new role is designed to provide a link between our residential operations in Spain with all other areas of the business.
The ideal candidate will have a strong record in agency sales and thrive working in a target-driven environment. They'll be responsible for ensuring effective cross-border communication between buyers, sellers and other stakeholders.
A primary objective of the role is to ensure that our local international partners are aware of the benefits that Savills is uniquely able to offer the market and then ensuring opportunities are followed up and converted into business.
Essentially you'll be joining up the dots to make sure that we are delivering exceptional service to all stakeholders, all of the time.
Key Responsibilities
- Work closely with our residential offices in Spain to maximise potential business opportunities
- Keep up-to-date with local markets, including stock, activity and wider trends so that you are speak authoritatively on them
- Develop relationships with key people in the business to build trust
- Ensure that leads are followed up with efficiently with positive outcomes
- Become an expert, 'go-to' person for Spain
- Keep our CRM system up-to-date
- Ensure we are compliant and have full information on the properties we are marketing
- Keep a detailed tracker of activity and deliver regular reports to the business
- Provide support to Savills network of international residential associates
- Work on internal and external marketing initiatives
- Visit the Spain offices periodically throughout the year
Key Skills
- Be fluent in Spanish
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment
- Be data literate, with the ability to make inferences and spot trends
- Must be a strong communicator with the ability to challenge ideas where necessary
- Be flexible with your approach depending on who you are dealing with and take care in understanding local cultures and practices
- Enjoy delivering successful outcomes both individually and as part of a team
- Knowledge of the Spanish residential market (desirable)
Team Overview
You'll be joining our Global Residential Sales department based in our Margaret Street HQ, sitting within our International Sales Team. This role requires the successful candidate to build effective relationships with the residential team in Spain, including international travel to achieve this throughout the year.
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- Business area
- Residential
- Role
- International
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role is office based
- Salary
- Competitive
Margaret Street, London
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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