Africa Trade Sales Specialist

Travel Trade Recruitment; London; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading travel company as an Africa Trade Sales Specialist. In this role, you will tailor-make holidays for travel trade partners, utilizing your expertise and excellent customer service skills to exceed sales targets. Enjoy a competitive salary with uncapped commission opportunities and flexible home working conditions.

Benefits

Uncapped commission

Flexible working hours

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Experience in creating tailor-made holidays.
• Knowledge of destinations, airlines, and ground arrangements.
• Strong customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Tailor-making itineraries to Africa.
• Meeting and exceeding sales targets.
• Providing outstanding customer service.
• Offering expertise to Travel Agent partners.

Skills

Experience selling tailor-made itineraries to Africa

Experience using a GDS, preferably Galileo

Target driven sales environment

Excellent geographical knowledge

Effective communication

Professional manner

Passion for travel

Job description

Africa Trade Sales Specialist

This leading travel company, one of the UK's largest independent Tour Operators selling via Travel Agents, is expanding its team of Travel Consultants. This Trade Sales Travel Company is seeking an Africa Travel Specialist to join their growing team as a specialist Travel Consultant homeworker, selling to Travel Agents.

You will be handling incoming sales calls from various travel trade partners, putting together tailor-made holidays to Africa by understanding the customer's travel needs, budgets and interests to build their perfect tailor-made holiday.

If you are looking for competitive basic salary, uncapped commission (OTE £60k pa), and the flexibility to work from home, please apply now! No late nights or Sundays.

Job Responsibilities:

• Tailor-making itineraries to Africa to suit the clients individual needs.
• Meeting and exceeding personal objectives, including sales, revenue and productivity targets
• Follow up sales enquiries promptly and liaise with customers and Travel partners
• Provide outstanding customer service.
• Offer expertise, advice and knowledge to Travel Agent partners and customers about destinations, airlines and ground arrangements.
• Provide packages that are "tailor-made" to suit the individual needs of our clients.
• Take advantage of opportunities and up-sell whenever possible.

Skills Required:

• Experience selling tailor-made itineraries to Africa
• Experience using a GDS, preferably Galileo
• Experience within a target driven sales environment
• Excellent geographical knowledge and previous travel experience to Africa
• The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally
• To have a professional manner
• To have a passion for travel

The Package:

• A competitive basic salary of £26,000 - £28,000 plus uncapped commission (OTE £60k pa)
• Fully home working

Hours:

• Monday - Friday: 9am - 5:45pm
• Saturday: 9am - 5pm (2 Saturday's per month with a day off In Lieu)
• No bank holidays or Sundays

INTERESTED?

Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV! For any further information please call 0203 8879444 or email [e-mail] If this role is not quite right, but you have Travel Industry experience and are keen to find a new opportunity, please do send your CV, we may have something else that could be perfect for you! Know someone else who might be interested in Travel Industry opportunities? Please share our details!