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Homeworking General Manager (Travel Company)

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Salary
Car allowance and additional benefits
Closing date
2 Jun 2019

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

Job Details

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced and commercially minded Retail Travel Manager to develop and manage a homeworking travel business based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The role comes with a highly attractive salary package, and excellent benefits. The role will encompass managing a team of Homeworkers which deals with Worldwide Leisure and Business Destinations. The role will also require a strong emphasis on business development, homeworker recruitment, marketing and promotion to actively generate new business. The role will report directly to the company Director.

Job Description:
*Managing a growing Homeworking team, the role will include systems training, sales training and motivation and ensuring the team maximises revenues and commissions
*Responsible for the active recruitment and training of Homeworkers with very ambitious growth plans
*Responsibility for the Homeworkers sales of a wide range of travel products and destinations with clients over the phone, and email. The products will include tour operator packages, self-packaged tailor made holidays and business travel products
*Responsibility for reservation administration, including invoicing, ticketing and customer correspondence
*Generating new business development - in particular expanding new high revenue sales of long haul and cruise products
*Marketing - developing new sales leads through advertising and the creation of sales leaflets and promotions, and regular mailshots
*Develop and maintain a customer relationship management system
*Deliver sales targets by maximising profit and potential sales opportunities at all times whilst offering an exceptional and personalised service
*Operate a flexi-time 7 day a week operation 9am-9pm
Experience Required:
*Retail Travel Management experience of at least 5 years with a retail shop, call centre or homeworking business
*Strong motivational and management skills required to lead the Homeworking sales team
*Strong commercial skills in developing new business ideas and driven to exceeding sales targets

The Package:
The working hours are a 5 day week with flexi hours from 09:00-21:00 operating over weekdays and weekends. Fantastic salary on offer, plus bonus and travel benefits

Interested?
If you are keen to be considered, follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV, or call Gemma on 0161 923 6120. Or Email gemma@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk

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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