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Travel Industry Product Manager

Employer
Travel Trade Recruitment
Location
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Salary
£25000 - £30000 per annum + Plus great company benefits!
Closing date
15 Oct 2019

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

Job Details

I am currently recruiting for a rapidly growing tour operator who are based in Manchester, your role will be to develop innovative and competitive land based product across regions worldwide that can be combined with cruise and air to create our iconic Cruise and Stay Holidays. Product lies at the heart of this growing business who are building the strength and experience within their Product Team.

THE ROLE:
*Sourcing and building competitive cruise and stay product to protect our core product pipeline
*Be fully aware of key competitor activity. Completing thorough competitor analysis when presenting any new product concepts
*Working with our cruise line partners to secure allocations and exclusive/competitive rates to tie in with our land USP's
*Evolve our core product categories to deliver against business plan targets, bringing inspiring, exclusive products to market
*Provide very clear purchasing briefs to our contracting and flights team
*Work closely with the Operations team to ensure the 'customer journey' of each product is effective and to the right service delivery level for our customers
*Provide very clear product briefs to the Marketing, Sales and Service Teams
*Review the commercial and operational performance (CSQ's) of each product
*General product management and growth including the monitoring of sales and key performance deliverables
*Provision of accurate and timely management information to key stakeholders, with responsibility of for identifying both opportunities and barriers to success
*The Product Managers are responsible for their product from research through build into marketing trading and will be measured on the resulting ROI and net contribution of the product

EXPERIENCE:
*Passionate about travel and keen/able to travel to and research a range of destinations
*Commercially astute, numerate and comfortable with analytics, pricing, negotiating, ROI and yield management
*Comfortable working as part of a dynamic team and able to show individual initiative
*Experience of managing a small team - with a focus on leadership, KPI's and development
*Comfortable working with other teams - Purchasing, Operations, Marketing and Sales - and able to agree timescales and delivery through influencing skills
*Able to balance future planning with fast-moving and high pressure trading needs*


THE PACKAGE:
The successful candidate can expect a very competitive salary in the region of £25,000 - £30,000 plus great travel industry company benefits!

INTERESTED?
If you would like to be considered for this fantastic new role please follow the link and click apply, send your CV to Helenc@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk or call Helen Cassin on 01293 850647 for more information.


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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