Product Executive - HOTELS
- Employer
- DCV Specialist Recruitment
- Location
- HA4 0AA, Ruislip
- Salary
- upto £30k
- Closing date
- 10 Jul 2019
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- Sector
- Tour Operator
- Hours
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Job function
- Purchasing
Job Details
The Product Bookings department is responsible for securing hotel space for the leisure group market and ensuring that the product offered is within the standards and quality required for each market and client.
This is a supplier (hotel) facing role and requires close cooperation with the Quotations Team and the Sales Team. It is a busy, multiple priorities environment where a strong teamwork mindset and a positive attitude is essential for success.
We expect our employees to apply and uphold our values in their daily working lives. Our Company Values are:
Partnership Respect
Inspiration Passion
Role and Responsibilities:
Acquiring a competitive price for our client, within a short turnaround time
Negotiating hotel rates and terms & conditions
Achieving an expected margin for the company
Developing relationships with hotels: exchanging feedback, providing updates, identifying ways of presenting group booking requests to each individual supplier to optimise outcome
Maximising usage of pre-booked space
Liaising with internal clients (Sales, Quotations, Business Development)
Storing and presenting product knowledge
Your profile:
A positive attitude; confident and persuasive manner
An effective team player
Negotiation skills
Accurate working style, with strong attention to detail
Good knowledge of our destinations Great Britain and Ireland
Strong communication skills, including an excellent knowledge of both written and spoken English
Previous experience in group or coach travel is an advantage
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Company
DCV is a specialist recruitment agency providing Permanent, Contract & Interim staffing solutions throughout the UK and Worldwide.
Our many areas of expertise within Travel include:
Specialist Tailor-made Consultants
Business Travel Consultants
Sales Consultants
Administration & Operations Consultant
Ticketing Consultants
Product Managers
Commercial Managers
Marketing Managers
Account Managers
Business Development Managers
Finance Controllers
To name just a few of the travel backgrounds within the Travel Industry we deal with
Our Senior Consultants and Resource’s specialise in The Travel Industry with over 22 years’ experience by offering both candidates and clients an unrivalled recruitment service.
DCV Specialist Recruitment work in collaboration with its clients to provide a consultative service aligned to their business goals. This industry focused approach has enabled DCV to forge business partnerships with SME’s, Corporate & Blue Chip Travel Organisations across the globe.
DCV Specialist Recruitment has a targeted approach when sourcing candidates, enabling us to provide our clients with the most qualified and experienced candidates within the market place providing quality at all times.
Our candidate attraction strategy is be-spoke to each client to ensure that we resource Travel professionals from the background desired, coupled with the skills and experience to deliver results. These attraction methods include but are not exhaustive off:
- Our Database
- Traditional client specific Head Hunting
- Niche Job boards
- Social networking
- Travel Industry specific publications
- Referrals
The delivery of our service is harnessed by our Skilled Consultants and our Resource Team, all of whom have a wealth of experience within the Travel Industry sector.
Contact us
DCV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Biz Space
575-599 Maxted Road
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7DX
Telephone number : 01442 270 711
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