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Aviation Manager

Employer
Succeed Recruitment Solutions
Location
Birmingham
Salary
Up to £45,000 plus bonus & excellent benefits
Closing date
27 Sep 2019

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

Job Details

We have a brand new opportunity for a travel industry professional to join a well known and award winning Tour Operator as an Aviation Manager. Based in our client's Birmingham office, the role will see the successful candidate responsible for all aspects of Aviation, to include building of relationships with airlines, securing new deals and marketing funds, meeting sales targets and driving sales of preferred airlines through the business. The role will involve liaising with existing e-sales customers, reservations and airlines.

Previous experience within a similar role is essential for the position, along with a pro-active, motivational approach and in return, our client can offer a competitive salary of up to £45k plus bonus and excellent industry benefits. If this role is of interest to you, please contact us today for a confidential chat, or apply online.

Role of Aviation Manager:

  • Ensure that reservations team & e-sales managers are updated with new fares, special fares, changes to routings by communicating effectively daily fare updates and update vibe daily
  • Produce airline reports for preferred airlines, flown revenue and booked revenue on a monthly basis vs commercial deals
  • Assist Product Department by providing airline and long-haul content for offers for marketing
  • Assist with GDS Relationship at operational level
  • Monitor competitor activity and pricing against our own across Airlines on a weekly basis
  • Specialist Fare Management, to include cruise fares, cat 35, e-global, corporate fares and one ways ensure that they are loaded into all GDS systems to include Amadeus, Galileo and Worldspan
  • Liaising with e sales customers to keep them updated with relevant new fares, special fares, changes to routings, drop netts via e-shot
  • Liaise with MD to ensure that reports are prepared for airline meetings
  • Assist MD with Airline Marketing Plans, ensure they are kept updated and monitored

Skills required for the role:

  • Previous experience gained within a similar role within the Travel industry
  • Good attention to detail
  • Strong customer focus and excellent communication skills
  • Strong analytical and organisational skills
  • Excellent worldwide knowledge, airline and fares knowledge
  • Strong computer and written skills

If you’re interested in learning more about this Aviation Manager role, please contact Succeed Recruitment Solutions or press the apply online button now!

Not for you? Then please visit our website to view the other exciting roles we have available; www.succeed-recruitment.com.

Succeed Recruitment Solutions – for the best Travel jobs, Multilingual jobs, Airline jobs and Contact Centre jobs.

Company

Succeed Recruitment Solutions is a specialist recruitment consultancy dealing with roles across the travel sector, including Airline, Business Travel, Cruise, Conference & Events, Contact Centre, Hotel/Hospitality, Homeworking, Leisure Travel, Multilingual, Retail Travel, Tour Operations & Travel Technology.

We partner with some of UK’s leading organisations, recruiting from entry level right up to senior management positions. Whether you’re a candidate looking for an exciting career opportunity or a client looking to fill an urgent vacancy, we’re with you every step of the way.

We’re renowned for the highly personal service we offer and have a singular aim for clients and candidates – success!

If you want to speak to people who will take time to understand exactly what you’re looking for and are prepared to go just that little bit further to help you achieve success - you’re in the right place! At Succeed, we place huge emphasis on finding roles which will not only match your skill set but will offer you the working environment and career potential you deserve. 

We enjoy excellent relationships with our clients and want to spend time getting to know you so that we’re able to confidently recommend you to them and them to you. By taking the time to do this, we can be sure the fit will be a good one. We also understand how important feedback is to our candidates and will always provide this following an interview or assessment day – we know only too well that there’s nothing worse than being left in the dark after all your hard work and preparation! 

To find out more about how we can help, or to view our current vacancies, please visit our website; www.succeed-recruitment.com or call us on 0161 408 0357 / 0358 for a confidential chat. We look forward to hearing from you!

Company info
Website
Telephone
0161 408 0357 / 0358
Location
Peter House, Oxford St
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M1 5AN
GB

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