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Account Executive - Group Travel

Employer
Succeed Recruitment Solutions
Location
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Salary
Up to £23,000 plus bonus & excellent benefits
Closing date
3 May 2019

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Sector
Business Travel
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Fares & Ticketing

Job Details

Are you a Business or Leisure Travel Consultant with experience of arranging Group Travel? Can you use a GDS? If so, we have a superb opportunity for you to join an award-winning Travel Management Company in Manchester as a Group Travel Account Executive!

This interesting and really varied role will see the successful candidate arrange bespoke trips and tours for a variety of clients, negotiating with airlines, hotels and ground transport suppliers, both in the UK and overseas and essentially be responsible for their own bookings from receipt of the initial enquiry through to confirmation. We're looking for candidates with experience gained in a similar role, exceptional customer service and account management skills and previous experience of working on a GDS.

On offer is a competitive starting salary of up to £23k plus bonus and excellent benefits, so if this role is of interest to you, please contact us today for a confidential chat or apply online.

Role of Group Travel Account Executive:

  • Arrange bespoke trips and tours for a variety of clients within a niche client base
  • Build rapport and good relationships with all new and existing clients and suppliers, ensuring specific client policies are adhered to
  • Use commercial awareness and product knowledge to maximize revenue while ensuring the best value for money for clients
  • Negotiate with airlines, hotels and ground transport suppliers, both in the UK and overseas
  • Coordinate numerous travel requests at any one time, handling multiple supplier deadlines in the process
  • Work independently for much of the time but as part of a larger team and with other departments as and when required
  • Provide consistent, excellent customer service
  • Make contact with existing clients to discuss potential future travel plans

Skills required for the role:

  • Previous experience in a similar travel management role
  • Experience in supplier negotiation and understanding terms and conditions of sale
  • Strong commercial understanding
  • The ability to take ownership of the customer experience from enquiry to confirmation
  • Good geographical knowledge
  • General knowledge of worldwide airlines and the travel industry
  • Experience working towards targets and deadlines

If you’re interested in learning more about this Group Travel Account Executive opportunity, please contact Succeed Recruitment Solutions or press the apply online button now!

Not for you? Then please visit our website; www.succeed-recruitment.com to view the other exciting roles we have available.

Succeed Recruitment Solutions – for the best Travel jobs, Multilingual jobs, Airline jobs and Contact Centre jobs.

Company

Succeed Recruitment Solutions is a specialist recruitment consultancy dealing with roles across the travel sector, including Airline, Business Travel, Cruise, Conference & Events, Contact Centre, Hotel/Hospitality, Homeworking, Leisure Travel, Multilingual, Retail Travel, Tour Operations & Travel Technology.

We partner with some of UK’s leading organisations, recruiting from entry level right up to senior management positions. Whether you’re a candidate looking for an exciting career opportunity or a client looking to fill an urgent vacancy, we’re with you every step of the way.

We’re renowned for the highly personal service we offer and have a singular aim for clients and candidates – success!

If you want to speak to people who will take time to understand exactly what you’re looking for and are prepared to go just that little bit further to help you achieve success - you’re in the right place! At Succeed, we place huge emphasis on finding roles which will not only match your skill set but will offer you the working environment and career potential you deserve. 

We enjoy excellent relationships with our clients and want to spend time getting to know you so that we’re able to confidently recommend you to them and them to you. By taking the time to do this, we can be sure the fit will be a good one. We also understand how important feedback is to our candidates and will always provide this following an interview or assessment day – we know only too well that there’s nothing worse than being left in the dark after all your hard work and preparation! 

To find out more about how we can help, or to view our current vacancies, please visit our website; www.succeed-recruitment.com or call us on 0161 408 0357 / 0358 for a confidential chat. We look forward to hearing from you!

Company info
Website
Telephone
0161 408 0357 / 0358
Location
Peter House, Oxford St
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 5AN
GB

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