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Team Leader / Sales Coach

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Surrey, England
Salary
£24000 - £26000 per annum
Closing date
12 Aug 2019

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent

Job Details

Team Leader Required for bustling office in Surrey, join out dynamic team and in return you will be rewarded with a competitive salary , commission scheme , monthly incentives , 3 week comprehensive induction programme , weekly developmental training , annual familiarisation trips to visit our overseas bases and experience first-hand knowledge , Employee travel discounts across all product types, access to our exclusive rewards portal , 25 days annual leave and excellent career progression opportunities. In this role you will lead our sales team in delivering a premium level of service to all customers through knowledge, skills and your experience. You will show a passion for travel and people management, inspiring the team to excel in their day to day roles and support in their future development
The Job:
*You will be a role model for the team
*Support a seamless end to end customer journey
*Increase sales and service, performance within the team across key KPI's
*Encourage a high performing, fun environment to ensure the team is motivated
*Monitor call volumes and match resource within the team ensuring that targets & service levels are achieved
*Coaching, training and developing the team through all customer interactions
*Identify training requirements (product, process & soft skills) and developing appropriate training based on the teams needs
*Conduct weekly training sessions to ensure the teams constant improvement
*Ensure smooth integration of new members in the team, ensuring they receive the relevant induction training.
*Conduct regular 121s, SMART reviews and daily team talks with their team including team huddles on the sales floor
*Monitor and manage poor performance within the team through the relevant performance management programmes
*Monitor attendance/timekeeping, shift adherence and manage any absence, return to work interviews, investigations and disciplinary issues with the assistance of the Sales & service manager
*Log and monitor the levels of errors and take preventative action to avoid a repeat
*Ensure team are up to date with latest offers, changes in product or processes through effective communication
*Provide the team with regular updates from the rest of the business i.e. latest marketing/social media projects
*Building monthly incentives
*Provide feedback to business on sales and service performance, highlighting risk & opportunity
*Producing a weekly sales report and attending weekly trading meetings
*Take responsibility for escalation of calls, concerns or feedback received by team members and take appropriate action
*Managing the sales roster with the assistance of the sales and service manager
*Attend and/or lead educational trips when required
*Develop strong working relationships with brokers & group agents
*Manage our communication templates through our CRM system
*Manage the team's performance on live chat

Skills Required:

*Able to manage people and drive high performance in their teams
*Customer focus and the ability to deal with, take ownership and solve complex customer issues
*Displays a good commercial awareness and understanding of company business plans, objectives and strategy, including competitor awareness
*Excellent verbal and written communicator, with strong interpersonal skills
*Displays a good commercial awareness and understanding of company business plans, objectives and strategy, including competitor awareness
*Lead by example in all areas i.e. attendance, punctuality, sales ability, willingness to learn and exceed expectation
*Positive role model for change and able to support teams through it
*Confident and demonstrates initiative to improve processes and deliver results
*Displays high energy and able to motivate self and others
*Highly flexible, positive and resilient with the ability to be innovative and create a fun environment
*Experience of working in a target driven sales environment
*Passport and the ability to travel abroad when the business requires it of you
*Flexibility to lead, support and attend working event
*A willingness to go the extra mile for the team even if this means working extended hours during business periods

The Package:

*Starting salary of £24,000 - £26,000
*Competitive salary
*Commission scheme
*Monthly incentives
*A 3-week comprehensive induction programme
*Weekly developmental training
*Annual familiarisation trips to visit our overseas bases and experience the product first hand
*Employee travel discounts across all product types
*Access to our exclusive rewards portal
*25 days annual leave
*Career progression opportunities

Interested:

*If you would like to be considered for the above position, please click 'APPLY' or send your cv to helen@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk or call Helen on 02038879444






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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