Travel Sales Executive

Succeed Recruitment Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Travel Sales Executive to provide exceptional customer service and drive sales. The ideal candidate will have significant travel industry experience and a proven sales track record. This role offers a competitive salary of up to £24k, with an additional £10k OTE, and a hybrid work environment. Responsibilities include understanding customer needs, delivering exceptional service, and achieving sales targets.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in the travel industry is essential.
• Strong sales ability with a proven track record is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional customer service during the booking process.
• Work to and achieve sales targets.
• Analyse competitor activity and pricing.

Skills

Travel Industry experience

Sales ability

Communication skills

Customer service

Relationship building

Job description

Join our award-winning client as a Travel Sales Executive!

Specialising in holidays for a dedicated market, our client takes their guests to all four corners of the world and offers unique, hand-picked itineraries to European and Worldwide destinations, cruise holidays, city breaks, ski, golf, adventure travel and much more!

As a Travel Sales Executive, you'll be responsible for representing our client's brand by delivering excellent customer, listening to your customers' needs to ensure they select the right product and helping to attract new customers to their award winning product.

Previous travel sales experience is essential for the position, along with an empathetic approach and the ability to communicate confidently with people of all levels. In return, our client can offer a competitive salary of up to £24k, plus excellent earning potential, circa £10k OTE. Hours of work are Monday - Friday 9am – 5.30pm with one Saturday per month. They offer hybrid working, with three days in their smart, centrally located Birmingham office based and two from home.

If this role is of interest to you, please contact us today for a confidential chat, or apply online.

Role of Travel Sales Executive :

• Understand your customer and seek to understand their reason for considering a trip
• Ensure any advice given is genuine and trips recommended are suited to your customers to ensure they get the most out of their trip and return to book in the future
• Be confident using your personality with interacting with customers mostly over the telephone, web chat or email
• Deliver exceptional customer service during the booking process and support with further incoming queries with the customers
• Analyse competitor activity and pricing and report on areas where action is necessary
• Work to and achieve sales targets

Skills required for the role :

• Significant experience in the travel Industry – essential
• Strong sales ability and a proven sales track record
• Enthusiastic and motivational individual who can communicate well at all levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident and friendly personality
• Ability to build relationships, credibility and rapport quickly and successfully with the customers
• Commitment to providing exceptional customer service
• The ability to work effectively as part of a close-knit team and individually

If you’re interested in learning more about this Travel Sales Executive role, please contact Succeed Recruitment Solutions or press the apply online button now!