Sales Manager UK & US (Native English Speaker) / Commercial anglais natif (H/F)

Join Vintage Rides, a small company passionate about motorcycle travel. As the Sales Manager for the UK and US markets, you will handle inbound inquiries, grow the UK market, and provide valuable feedback to the company. You will be based in our Lyon office, travel to the UK several times a year, and report to the Sales Director. Ideal candidates are native English speakers with 3-5 years of sales experience, a passion for motorcycle travel, and a willingness to improve their French.

• Gérer le pipeline de vente en anglais, de la première prise de contact à la réservation confirmée.
• Développer le marché britannique en représentant l'entreprise lors de salons de moto et de voyages.
• Fournir des retours d'expérience sur le marché pour influencer le développement des produits.

**Must have**

\- Native English speaker. Our riders in the UK and the US should feel they are talking to one of their own, in writing and on the phone.

\- Conversational French. You do not need to be fluent, and we will not test your grammar. You do need enough French to work naturally with a team that operates in French every day, and you should be willing to keep improving.

\- 3 to 5 years of sales experience minimum, ideally in travel, hospitality, premium or considered-purchase products with a long sales cycle. You know how to build trust over several weeks, not how to push a discount.

\- You have travelled by motorcycle. Not "you like bikes": you have actually ridden, loaded up, somewhere far from home. Our riders can tell the difference in the first two minutes of a call, and so can we.

\- You are comfortable travelling to the UK regularly for shows and partner meetings.

\- You are structured. Clean CRM, disciplined follow-up, reliable forecasting. A lead that falls through the cracks is a rider who books with someone else.

**Nice to have**

\- Existing knowledge of the UK or US motorcycle scene (clubs, media, events, dealers).

\- Experience opening or structuring a new market, not just running an existing one.

\- A motorcycle licence and the appetite to ride with our groups.

\- Experience with a CRM.

**Who fits here**

We are a small company where autonomy is real and so is accountability. You will not be handed a script or a fully built market. You will be given a product people genuinely love, honest support from the team, and the room to build something. If you want a large structure with everything already in place, this is not it. If you want to own a market and see your fingerprints on it, come and talk to us.