Assistant Manager - Southend

Hays Travel; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Hays Travel, the UK's largest independent travel agency, seeks an Assistant Manager passionate about travel. This role involves maximizing branch sales, coaching staff, and maintaining a positive team environment. With competitive salary and unlimited bonus potential, it offers opportunities for professional growth and discounts on personal holidays.

Benefits

A range of training programmes

Strong recognition and promotion opportunities

Opportunities to travel on educational trips

Discounts on booking your own holidays

Uncapped earning potential

Health care plan

Eyecare vouchers

Shopping discounts

Loyal service awards

Recommend a friend scheme

Smile Rewards programme

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience as a Travel Consultant with a proven sales record.
• Strong leadership skills with experience in coaching a team.
• Exceptional product knowledge in travel & tourism.

Responsibilities

• Help maximize sales and ensure profitability of the branch.
• Supervise and coach the team.
• Lead by example in achieving sales targets.

Skills

Sales

Problem-solving

Team leadership

Customer focus

Organizational skills

Job description

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Job description

If you're passionate about travel, why not come and work at Travel Weekly's Best Agency to Work For 2024?

Full-time

Competitive Salary & Unlimited Bonus Potential

At Hays Travel we put people at the heart of everything we do, that extends to our customers and colleagues alike. As the UK's largest independent travel agency, we welcome new ideas, foster innovative thinking and encourage career development.

Not only are we dream holiday makers, we are also passionate about living and breathing our SMILE values.

• Supportive
• Motivational
• Innovative
• Loyal
• Excellent

What makes a successful Assistant Manager?

• You've got a minimum of 2 years' experience as a Travel Consultant with a proven sales record
• You're a problem-solving leader with the ability and experience to coach, develop and motivate a team to maximise job satisfaction and performance.
• You have a customer focused approach to work towards and achieve individual and team sales targets
• You're an enthusiastic and positive team player with a commitment to contribute to the growth of the business as well as the colleagues in your team
• You live and breathe travel & tourism and so you have exceptional product knowledge
• Your organisational and time-management skills help you always stay on top of your tasks.

If you do not have 2 years' experience of working in a travel agency, then please check out our New to Travel opportunities which is a fantastic way to join Hays Travel , see: https://careers.haystravel.co.uk/new-to-travel or alternatively to find out about our Foreign Exchange positions please visit https://jobs.haystravel.co.uk/jobs/foreign-exchange?source=careers.hayst...

So, what does an Assistant Manager at Hays Travel do in a day?

• Assistant Managers are integral to the effective day-to-day running of our branches. You will assist the branch manager in maximising sales and ensuring the profitability of the branch.
• Career development is key - you will assist in supervising and coaching your team.
• You will represent the branch in promotional events to increase the exposure; and use social media to promote offers, generate customer engagement and sales leads.
• You will lead your team by example and set standards by achieving your own sales targets and learning & development objectives.
• You, along with your branch manager, will ensure your team is motivated and effective so that the branch can benefit from the productivity

Why should you really work for Hays Travel?

There's more to life than work, annual leave, and pensions. At Hays Travel we emphasise the value of having a work-life balance, we offer:

• A range of training programmes to help you progress personally and professionally
• Strong recognition and promotion opportunities
• Opportunities to travel on educational trips
• Discounts on booking your own holidays
• Uncapped earning potential
• Health care plan
• Eyecare vouchers
• Shopping discounts
• Loyal service awards to celebrate important milestones
• Recommend a friend scheme
• Smile Rewards - A personalised Mastercard loaded with daily & monthly cash booking incentives
• A work environment that thrives on uplifting one another

We pride ourselves on the quality of service we provide and uplift one another with our enthusiasm, positivity and passion. Sound like you? Apply now!

Hays Travel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all colleagues. As an accredited employer provider of apprenticeships, we undertake basic checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure the safety of our apprentices for relevant roles.

Data Security - You are responsible to ensure all personal & business data is kept secure at all times & any data breaches are reported immediately.