Travel Sales Manager

C&M Travel Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing travel company in Leeds is seeking a Travel Sales Manager to lead a small team. You will be responsible for driving sales growth, managing administrative operations, and enhancing customer experiences. The ideal candidate has experience in the travel industry and strong leadership skills. This role offers a salary of up to £35k plus benefits including holidays, bonuses, and hybrid working.

Benefits

Annual bonus

23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Overseas trips

Pension

Free onsite parking

Qualifications

• MUST have experience working in travel as a Manager, Assistant Manager, Team Leader, or Supervisor.
• Confident leading and developing a team to achieve targets.
• Customer focused with ability to create a personalized experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a small team ensuring sales targets are met.
• Manage invoicing, ticketing, and correspondence.
• Develop sales activities targeting the local community.

Skills

Experience in travel industry

Team leadership

Customer service focus

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Business development

Job description

Overview

Travel Sales Manager – Excellent opportunity to join an award winning, established and growing Travel business as a Travel Sales Manager based in the Leeds area. This role will be responsible for managing, supporting and developing a small team of experienced Sales and Admin Consultants, whilst driving business growth through retention and promotion of the business in the local area. This role will be working Mon-Fri with occasional weekends and is hybrid 4 days in the office and 1 day homebased. This role offers a salary up to 35k dependent on experience, plus an annual bonus. Other benefits including 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, overseas trips, pension and free onsite parking.

Travel Sales Manager Responsibilities

• Oversee a small team, ensuring sales targets are met or exceeded across multiple channels, including sales calls, web enquiries and social media platforms
• Manage administrative operations including invoicing, ticketing, and customer correspondence.
• Develop sales activities targeting the local community through leaflets, adverts, brochures, and by attending events and fairs.
• Work closely with the Marketing Team to build a loyal customer base through innovative retention strategies and initiatives.
• Assisting clients with bookings and offering a personalised service

Travel Sales Manager Skills required

• MUST have experience working in travel either within Retail Travel, Tour Operations either as a Manager, Assistant Manager, Team Leader or Supervisor
• Confident leading and developing a team to achieve both personal and business targets
• Customer focused with the ability to create a personalised customer experience and ensuring all paperwork within the team is completed to the highest level
• Excellent communications skills, with the ability to build relationships with both internal teams and external clients and suppliers
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to plan and manage a busy varied workload
• Confident developing new business opportunities

If you would like to apply for the role of Travel Sales Manager, please send an up-to-date cv to (url removed); alternatively please call Rachel on (phone number removed).