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Product Executive

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
London, England
Salary
Bonuses
Closing date
10 Jul 2019

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

Job Details

Product Executive

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)

We offer:

⦁a position with responsibility and variety
⦁Coaching and development on the job. We commit to help you be your best
⦁A positive, good energy team where we help one another to win
⦁An international environment: our multinational team work with international clients
⦁Benefits include contribution towards gym memberships, season ticket loan, staff discount platform
⦁A modern, air-conditioned office in North West London with state of the art office equipment

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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