General Manager

Succeed Recruitment Solutions; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment solutions company is seeking a General Manager to oversee their retail travel business. This role involves managing a team, developing marketing strategies, and driving business growth in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in retail travel management and a proven track record in achieving sales targets.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

Holiday/travel concessions

Qualifications

• Significant experience in travel management.
• Strong people management skills.
• Experience in developing new business ideas.

Responsibilities

• Managing a call centre team to meet sales targets.
• Developing marketing plans to generate sales leads.
• Recruiting and training homeworkers for the business.

Skills

Retail travel experience

Motivational skills

Commercial skills

Sales target achievement

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Director at Succeed Recruitment Solutions

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced senior retail travel manager to develop and manage a retail business and award-winning homeworking division, with annual revenues in excess of £20 million.

Reporting to the Director, the role will involve managing a retail leisure travel business encompassing call centre, office admin, websites and a developing and fast-growing homeworking division.

The role will also require a strong emphasis on business development, homeworker recruitment, marketing and promotion to actively generate new business.

On offer is an attractive package comprising of a salary of up to £70k, performance related bonus, holiday/travel concessions and other excellent benefits. Please note, this is an office-based position in Leeds with some flexibility for homeworking.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply online.

Role of General Manager:

• Retail sales - Managing a call centre team of 4 staff to ensure sales targets are met / exceeded through various channels including sales calls, web enquiries, social media and group bookings.
• Retail admin – Managing an admin staff team of 4 for invoicing, ticketing and customer correspondence
• Marketing – Developing marketing plans to generate sales leads through the call centre and online with regular mailshots to the customer database, marketing through various social media platforms, brochures, leaflets and promotions through local businesses.
• Financial – Responsibility for dealing with head office accounts and customer payments as well as managing
• homeworker finances including invoicing and monthly commission payments.
• New Business Development - Developing and expanding new products for retail and homeworker sales including high revenue long haul and cruise products.
• Homeworker business – Develop the homeworking division from the current 30+ homeworkers with ambitious plans for growth being responsible for recruitment, advertising, candidate selection, training and ongoing business support and development.
• Deliver ambitious sales targets by maximising profit and potential sales opportunities at all times whilst offering an exceptional and personalised service.

Skills required for the role:

• Retail travel experience with significant experience in travel management within a shop, call centre or homeworking business.
• Strong motivational and people management skills
• Strong commercial skills in developing new business ideas
• Driven to exceeding sales targets.

If you’re interested in learning more about this General Manager role, please 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.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

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