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Retail Travel Manager

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Salary
£22000 - £27000 per annum + bonus, educational & much more
Closing date
14 Mar 2019

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Sector
Travel Agency
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Management

Job Details

CALLING ALL TRAVEL MANAGERS!! Are you an experienced Travel Manager who is passionate and very sales driven? Are you looking for a new managerial role within the travel industry then is the role you should be applying for!! My clients is a leading independent retail travel company, which has seen expansion into new locations this year, and they are seeking a dynamic, experienced Retail Travel Branch manager to lead, manage and motivate it's busy team in their Leicester city centre branch. Offering a wide variety in travel products, this established company sells European and Worldwide Holidays, from city breaks through to dynamically packaged itineraries. A highly competitive basic salary is available to the successful candidates along with commission & benefits. If you are passionate about leisure travel and have the experience to inspire a team of Travel Consultants to success, this is a great opportunity to join a growing company.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
As the Retail Travel Branch Manager your duties will include:
- Lead the branch to exceed sales targets, whilst offering exceptional customer service and growing the brands reputation
- Be the external face of the company, dealing with all face to face and telephone enquiries from customers
- To deliver and exceed individual sales and productivity
- Contribute towards the sales and profit targets of the business
- To contribute new, alternative and innovative ideas of achieving new business
- To be proactive in feeding back ways to enhance sales
- Participate in making holiday bookings
- Participate and willing cooperate with colleagues to achieve the team objectives
- Look for innovative ways to generate customer enquiries and put them into practice
- Keep your own product knowledge up to date and make best use of the information facilities available
- To lead by example - demonstrating to the team an exceptional high level of customer service going above and beyond
- Dealing with management and travel related administration.
- Working on a rota basis to cover 0900-2000 Mon - Fri and a rota for weekends too, with time off mid-week when a weekend is worked. (Sat 1100-1900, Sun 1100-1700)

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
The successful candidate will ideally have current retail travel manager experience, with the ability to motivate and inspire. You will also have solid product knowledge and be confident in talking about and selling long-haul and short-haul destinations. A proven back record in reaching and exceeding targets, excellent customer service and a real drive and passion for travel are also required! The main aim of this role is to build and maintain a new customer base and will focus on putting together travel itineraries so your product and destination knowledge is essential. To succeed in this role you must have outstanding time management skills and the ability to effectively organise the workload for the branch.

THE PACKAGE:
Offering a highly competitive basic salary depending on experience, additional bonuses, company benefits and discounts, as well as career progression are all available for the successful candidate.

INTERESTED?
If you are keen to be considered for this Retail Travel Branch Manager role in the Leicester area, please follow the instructions to apply, send your CV to me at katy@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk and if you have any questions please call Katy Gaskell on 0121 450 9776

Company

TRAVEL TRADE RECRUITMENT
Travel Trade Recruitment handles vacancies from hundreds of employers each year. We have a wide variety of permanent and temporary job opportunities within all sectors of the travel industry, including business travel, tour operations, retail travel, and reservations.
We want to help you find the ideal travel industry job, make the next career step, and maximise your potential. We do this by finding out about you, as well as what is important to your career goals and lifestyle aspirations.

TRAINING
We also offer CRS training courses in the four major systems of Galileo, Sabre, Amadeus, Worldspan, and can advise which course would enhance your career.
Find more details at www.traveltradetraining.com

VOTED 'BEST UKTRAVEL RECRUITMENT CONSULTANCY'
Travel Trade Recruitment won three awards in 2009 for Best Travel Recruitment Consultancy, including 'Best UK Travel Recruitment Consultancy' at the Globe Travel Awards, Star Recruitment Consultancy at the Travel Bulletin Awards, and Travel Recruitment Company of the Year at the recent British Travel Awards. We are an official ABTA Industry Partner, Members of the Institute of Travel and Tourism (IATA) and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

All information supplied to Travel Trade Recruitment will be dealt with confidentiality. Your details will not be passed onto a Client without your specific permission.

Our service to job seekers is completely free. Contact your nearest office and speak our friendly consultants for free advice, or register for our online recruitment services at

www.traveltradejobs.com

London Office
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: london@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Birmingham Office
Tel: 0121 222 2624
Email: birmingham@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Manchester Office
Tel: 0161 923 6120
Email: manchester@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Leeds Office
Tel: 0113 394 4147
Email: leeds@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Scottish Division
Tel: 0141 248 5222
Email: scotland@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

Temp Division
Tel: 0203 887 9444
Email: temps@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0203 887 9444
Location
3rd Floor, 1 Aldgate
London
EC3N 1RE
GB

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