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Business Development Manager

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
South East London, London, England
Salary
Up to £28000 per annum + commission/benefits
Closing date
7 Jun 2019

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Sales

Job Details

Do you have a passion for Adventure Travel? Do you 3 or more years' experience in a BDM position and enjoy helping a business grow? Are you a confident and enthusiastic public speaker? We have the position for you!

We have an amazing opportunity for an experience/enthusiastic Business Development Manager to join one the UK's leading Charity Adventure Travel companies.

Summary of Role:

1.As Business Development Manager you are expected to drive growth in annual participant registrations. As the most experienced member of sales and business development staff within a small and dynamic London team, you'll be expected to account manage a number of university campuses across the UK and Ireland, working closely with student Leaders and our partner charities to recruit as many challenge participants as possible.

2.The second key area of responsibility will be to grow and develop our participant numbers in the wider challenge market in the UK and Ireland by building relationships with corporate and non-profit organisations and helping them deliver awesome bespoke trips for their staff or supporters.

3.The third key area of focus is developing and delivering a standardised campus sales process in collaboration with the various Charity Partners to maximise the number of people who register for our trips - and therefore maximise the amount of money raised for good causes by our partners.

The role is predominantly office based but is ideally suited to someone who is happy travelling extensively within the UK and Ireland and who enjoys sales account management.

Essential Experience:

*At least three years previous professional experience of either B2B or B2C sales in a face-to-face environment
*Building and maintaining professional relationships
*Working in a small team to meet targets
*Completed at least one overseas challenge event and/or marathon event OR previous experience of working within campus promo/marketing
*Good understanding of a diverse range of sales and marketing techniques

Essential knowledge:

*University degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent
*The principles of selling and an overview of sales processes
*Understanding of the challenge event market in the UK and student-led fundraising

Essential Skills:

*Excellent spreadsheet and word-processing skills
*Excellent written and oral communication skills
*Ability to Influence others
*Creating and maintaining effective working relationships
*Enthusiastic and outgoing personality
*Strong networking skills
* Exceptional presentation skills
*Drive, ambition and a desire to hit targets and achieve results
*Passion for running and/or adventure travel


What's in it for you?

Working at this amazing Charity Travel company will give you the opportunity to work for an award-winning
niche travel company, in an environment where a culture of achievement and a passion for excellence sits at the heart of everything we do. Their products are designed to challenge participants but also to enrich their lives, whilst raising huge amounts of money for worthwhile causes.

A basic salary of £28,000 plus commission (OTE roughly £35,000) is on offer plus the below amazing benefits -

*Opportunity to participate in familiarisation trips
*Modern Central London office with onsite games room, coffee shop and lots of local
*amenities
*A generous holiday allowance (Time on fam trips may be deducted from this)
*Access to training, personalised development plan and ongoing career development
*Casual dress code
*Subsidised staff social calendar and annual team building trip

INTERESTED?

To apply for the position of Business Development Manager - please Click 'apply' to submit your CV
This role is being managed by Joe@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk / Tel: 0203 887 9444
Please note that only candidates who meet the shortlisted requirements will be contacted

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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