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Tour Operations Executive

Employer
Succeed Recruitment Solutions
Location
Redditch
Salary
£23,000 plus excellent benefits
Closing date
6 May 2019

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

Job Details

We have a brand new opportunity for those with Tour Operations and/or strong flights experience to join the growing Tour Operations department of an award winning Travel organisation based in Redditch. The role of Tour Operations Executive is challenging and varied and will involve making logistical arrangements for our client's large group tours across world-wide destinations with an emphasis on taking the lead for flights. There will also be responsibility for providing administrative support for the Sales Team and working closely with the Marketing Department.

The successful candidate will be a passionate, customer focused and organised travel industry professional, keen to become a part of a developing Tour Operations team. In return, our client can offer a highly competitive salary of £23k, plus excellent benefits and career development opportunities. If this role is of interest to you, please contact us today for a confidential chat, or apply online.

Role of Tour Operations Executive:

  • Working with the Marketing Dept. to help plan the International & regional flights on the company’s high-end group tours for out of range flights before packages are released for sale
  • Discussing the flight plans on each booking with the individual sales staff responsible at booking stage, either out of or in date range
  • Booking International flights, once in agreement and on behalf of sales staff
  • Booking domestic/regional group flights & liaising with wholesalers
  • Assess the needs of premium economy & business class clients with regional internal flights
  • Researching flights with Marketing to reduce costs & plan and book as above for Sales Staff
  • Potential to develop direct relations with regional airlines & hotels, in order to book groups direct avoiding the wholesalers, where possible, especially in Central & South America and Asia
  • Involvement with other Tour Op dept tasks as required e.g. finalising tour departure information, assessing hotels and itineraries, managing flight & hotel allocations etc.

Skills required for the role:

  • Extensive experience with booking flights
  • Excellent Travel industry knowledge
  • Organised, self-motivated & proactive
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Service orientated, putting the customer at the heart of decision making
  • Strong problem solver with a positive approach
  • Calm, confident people person, with excellent communication skills
  • Driven and results focused
  • Flexible, team player

If you’re interested in learning more about this Tour Operations Executive role, please contact Succeed Recruitment Solutions or press the apply online button now!

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

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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