Brand Manager - Schools Travel

Brand Manager - Schools Tour Operator - Hampshire ££ Competitve salary

This luxury Tour Operator are looking for a Brand Manager to oversee their School Travel programme and develop the brand to sell a range of safe, adventurous and educational products for the youth market

Brand Manager Schools Tour Operator - Responsibilities

• Evolve the comprehensive operational process and customer journey for the brand, and all associated documentation.
• Research and create new and on-going product opportunities, ensuring the product offers wildlife and community conservation trips to appeal to a youth market
• Ensure the product and all elements offered, meet the operational policies of the company
• Form alliances with a range of in-country suppliers, to meet our customers and company's needs
• Research and identify the needs of the market and new opportunities for product/customer ratio
• Maintain, provide and share knowledge of the product, to ensure staff can do their jobs effectively
• To effectively sell destinations and trips, inline with your own interests and knowledge as well as the ongoing campaigns of the product and marketing departments
• Maintaining and expanding the customer base, using sales skills and destination knowledge both to receive incoming calls and to make outbound calls
• To ensure that each trip is developed and confirmed within set operational and financial guidelines
• To serve their customers to the very highest standard with the advice and experience you provide

Brand Manager Schools Tour Operator - Qualifications & Experience

• Experience of working within the travel industry
• Proven experience in a travel sales role
• Proven 'operations' experience, regarding safety and responsible travel
• Proven experience with writing copy and creating costs
• A passion (through first hand experience) for travelling abroad, including independent travel
• Computer literate with Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Databases (eg Access)
• Numerically literate to create accurate quotations
• Planning workloads and delivering to deadlines
• Experience of working in the education and or youth travel sector
• Can demonstrate commercial awareness, working to target and developing predictions
• Good destination knowledge (including airlines, airports, visa and health requirements)
• Experience of working a customer facing environment
• Fluent in foreign Languages

Brand Manager Schools Tour Operator - Skills

• To be able and willing to travel throughout the UK and overseas
• To be able to work flexible hours (weekends and evenings where appropriate)
• To be independent and able to work autonomously
• Thrive on deadlines, no matter how tight, with a 'can do' attitude
• Meticulous attention to detail at all times
• To ensure the company succeeds
• Represent the company to the highest standard overseas and in the UK
• Actively participate in everything that the company needs to do to succeed
• Be on call as part of our Duty Management system

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