Business Development Associate

Waari™ (Musmade Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.) is among India’s top 1% travel companies, offering unique travel experiences through Group Tours, Customised Tours, Flights, Visas, and MICE.

We’re looking for a dynamic Business Development Associate to connect with professional groups, forums, and associations. Your efforts will help Waari reach new communities, convert group travel opportunities, and build lasting relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with professional groups, forums, and association leaders.
• Represent Waari™ at events, meetings, and networking opportunities to promote travel offerings.
• Identify and pitch travel solutions for large group movements (20+ pax), driving conversion and revenue.
• Develop partnership proposals as well as strong and influential PowerPoint presentations
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to design tailored travel packages and proposals.
• Develop and execute outreach strategies for targeted community segments.
• Maintain and update CRM with leads, conversations, and conversion data.
• Follow up with leads to drive repeat bookings and referral business.
• Gather and share community insights, preferences, and competitor activities with the team.
• Coordinate onboarding for new associations and manage long-term engagement.

Key Skill Set:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including confident presentation ability.
• Relationship-building and account management experience, preferably with B2B or group clients.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills to close group sales.
• Strategic thinking and execution abilities with attention to detail.
• Comfortable using CRM tools and Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Prior experience in travel or hospitality partnerships is preferred.
• Flexibility to attend offsite events, fairs, and association meetings as required.

What we will offer you:

• Work in a challenging environment and get opportunities to work in the industry
• Retention bonus (10% of joining package) on completion of 1 year
• Yearly bonus, Performance bonus
• Monthly Awards and Rewards
• Paid leaves
• Assistance in relocation (if required)
• Salary: INR 30,000 - INR 35,000 per month

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Experience:

• B2B sales & marketing: 1 year (Preferred)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected Start Date: 01/08/2025