Travel Sales Executive

Are you looking for a role that will combine your travel expertise with your passion for sales?

Holidaygems.co.uk is part of Travcorp Holdings Ltd and almost 15 years old. Within that time, we have grown from strength to strength in both financial terms and passenger carryings. We are an ATOL bonded Online Tour Operator specialising in the short to medium-haul markets providing customers with a comprehensive range of travel services including holidays, flights, hotels and accompanying services.

We are seeking dynamic professionals who are sales driven, passionate about travel and enjoy a fast-paced environment where hard work is rewarded.

You will be responsible for helping to make holiday dreams come true, dealing with warm leads, inbound calls, and online holiday enquiries. You will use your personal service, previous sales experience, and travel expertise to maximise opportunities by building rapport; matching the right holiday to your customer's needs, overcoming objections, and offering solutions to close the sale. Ultimately your aim is to provide outstanding customer service building a strong rapport for future repeat business.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify customer needs through effective questioning.
• Use all suppliers and systems to find the most suitable match.
• Overcome objections to close the sale.
• Processing customer payments.
• Confirm and load details of the holiday accurately into our systems.
• Continuously work towards booking targets.
• Maintain a great level of customer service and building a repeat customer base.

Want to join our talented team?

To excel in this role apart from having

a) a proven track record of achieving sales targets daily,

b)  travel agency/travel call centre experience

Having experience in a fast-paced environment you will need to be:

• Bonus driven and successful in working to targets
• Skilful with a PC to book holidays swiftly and efficiently
• Highly organised with great attention to detail
• An excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills
• A quick learner
• Self-motivated, proactive, and enthusiastic
• Knowledgeable of supplier websites
• Experienced in selling Europe and Worldwide Holidays
• Experienced in packaging multiple products together

We operate a shift pattern open 7 days until 9pm weekdays. You will be required to work a 40-hour week and varying shift patterns; therefore, flexibility is a must.

This role is based in either our Halifax or Stockport Office, however, homeworking will be considered for the right applicant.

In return for your hard work and commitment we will offer:

• Competitive basic salary
• Bonus Scheme with fantastic On Target Earning Potential of up to £50k
• 20 days holiday rising 1 day per year (up to 25)
• Bank Holiday allowance
• Company Pension Scheme
• Discounted holidays
• Educational trips
• Incentives
• Friendly working atmosphere
• All booking leads provided

To apply for the role, please click "Apply"