Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
GeneralManager

Alexander Wollauz

Barcelona,Spain

Summary

Sales and Customer Experience Leader with 10+ years of experience driving revenue growth, improving retention, and building high-performing teams across SaaS, hospitality, and service businesses. Track record of delivering measurable commercial impact, including 34% revenue growth, 23-point improvement in client retention, and scaling international sales and customer service teams of 20+ people. Specializes in aligning sales, customer success, and operations to increase conversion, retention, and lifetime value.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manager

Gastronomic Arts Barcelona
2025.01 - Current
  • Responsible for overall commercial and operational performance of the business.

Key achievements:

  • Transitioned the business from volume-driven sales to profit-focused revenue strategy.
  • Built the company’s first RevPAR-based pricing strategy.
  • Implemented executive reporting on RevPAR, pricing performance, occupancy, and revenue.
  • Scaled business from one to two locations while reducing operational chaos from 10% over bookings to less than 1%
  • Yearly revenue target accomplished with +9% over achievement

Revenue & Sales Manager

Gastronomic Arts Barcelona
2025.01 - 2025.01
  • Increase revenue and profits by ensuring more direct business through outbound/inbound sales activities targeting travel partners, B2B, concierge and partnering with other local experiences.
  • Implement sales funnel, workflows, automation, follow up process and reporting.

Key achievements:

  • Implemented new commission structure for merchandise sales with 90% profit margin for company. Outcome: 300% revenue increase in per guest merchandise sales
  • Speed to client increased 95%.
  • Aligned sales, operations, and pricing strategy to improve profitability and capacity utilization
  • Acted as primary liaison between ownership and operational teams to execute growth strategy

Senior Team Lead – UK & Ireland

Sensorfact
2024.01 - 2025.01
  • Led a commercial team of 5 SDRs and 2 Account Executives focused on new business generation.
  • Coached team on discovery, objection handling, and value-based selling
  • Established sales KPIs, forecasting processes, and performance tracking
  • Reviewed sales calls and implemented improvements to increase conversion rates
  • Collaborated with marketing and product teams to improve lead quality and pipeline performance

VP Admissions (Sales) & Service

Opportunity Network
2021.01 - 2024.01
  • Owned global sales and customer lifecycle strategy for a high-value membership platform.
  • Key achievements:
  • Increased client retention by 23 percentage points
  • Surpassed annual revenue targets by an average of 12%
  • Led CRM automation and customer journey optimization across the business
  • Held full P&L responsibility for sales and service functions
  • Led strategic planning with C-level leadership on growth initiatives
  • Oversaw transition to remote operations during COVID while maintaining performance

Admissions Director (Sales)

Opportunity Network
2019.01 - 2021.01
  • Built and led a multilingual inside sales team of 20 agents
  • Developed KPIs, sales methodology, and performance management systems
  • Implemented CRM automation to improve follow-up efficiency
  • Led hiring, onboarding, and training for sales and service teams
  • Designed sales enablement programs to increase client lifetime value

Sales Team Leader – Northern Europe

Avis Budget Group
2016.01 - 2019.01
  • Managed B2B sales across UK, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
  • Grew a €15M corporate portfolio by 35% above plan
  • Led a team of 9 sales agents
  • Developed new lead sources and business development strategies
  • Reported performance and market insights to regional commercial directors

Avis Budget Group
2008.01 - 2016.01
  • Progressed through multiple commercial roles including:
  • Telesales UK Account Manager
  • Corporate Support
  • Reservation Sales Agent
  • Built experience in B2B sales, account management, and customer service while managing portfolios worth €1.5M+.

Education

MBA -

EAE Business School
Barcelona

Skills

Sales Leadership

Customer Success Strategy

Revenue Growth & Pricing Strategy

Customer Retention & Lifecycle Management

Sales Process Optimization

Team Leadership & Coaching

Pipeline & Forecast Management

RevOps & CRM Optimization

Cross-Functional Leadership

P&L Ownership

Tools: Salesforce, CRM Platforms, Sales Analytics, Automation Tools

(If you’ve used HubSpot, Outreach, Gong etc, add them)

Timeline

General Manager

Gastronomic Arts Barcelona
2025.01 - Current

Revenue & Sales Manager

Gastronomic Arts Barcelona
2025.01 - 2025.01

Senior Team Lead – UK & Ireland

Sensorfact
2024.01 - 2025.01

VP Admissions (Sales) & Service

Opportunity Network
2021.01 - 2024.01

Admissions Director (Sales)

Opportunity Network
2019.01 - 2021.01

Sales Team Leader – Northern Europe

Avis Budget Group
2016.01 - 2019.01

Avis Budget Group
2008.01 - 2016.01

MBA -

EAE Business School
Alexander Wollauz