Travel Sales Manager

Succeed Recruitment; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel agency based in Leeds is seeking an experienced Travel Sales Manager. In this hands-on role, you will oversee a small sales team, ensure sales targets are met, and provide excellent customer service. The position offers a competitive salary, bonuses, and benefits including overseas holidays. If you have strong managerial experience in travel sales and excellent sales skills, we want to hear from you.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunities

Complimentary holiday overseas

Company events

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Strong managerial experience required within a travel sales role.
• Ability to work to and achieve sales targets.
• Exceptional mentoring and coaching capabilities are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a small team ensuring sales targets are met.
• Lead by example with exceptional sales skills.
• Manage administrative staff for invoicing and ticketing.
• Develop sales activities targeting the local community.
• Work closely with the Marketing Manager to retain customers.
• Contribute ideas to drive business forward.
• Provide personalized service and match customer needs.
• Maximize profit and potential sales opportunities.

Skills

Managerial experience in travel sales

Focus on sales targets

Mentoring and coaching skills

Attention to detail

PC literate

Job description

Overview

We have a brand new and fantastic opportunity for an experienced travel sales manager to join an established and expanding travel agency / call centre based in the Leeds area.

This is a hands on sales role in which the successful candidate will be responsible for their own sales, in addition to the day to day management of the travel sales team, ensuring all sales targets are achieved.

This is a full-time position with working hours from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday, with occasional weekend or Saturday shifts and the flexibility to work from home when needed. Free on-site parking is available.

On offer is a competitive salary plus bonus and excellent benefits package inc. one week complimentary holiday overseas and fabulous company events, so if this role is of interest to you, please apply online.

Role of Travel Sales Manager

• Oversee a small call centre team, ensuring sales targets are met or exceeded across multiple channels, including sales calls, web enquiries, social media platforms and group bookings.
• Lead by example, demonstrating exceptional sales, mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Manage administrative staff responsible for 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 Manager to build a loyal customer base through innovative retention strategies and initiatives.
• Contribute fresh ideas to help drive the business forward, ensuring our client maintains a competitive edge in the market.
• Provide an exceptional, personalised service by utilising excellent product knowledge and effectively matching customer needs and requirements.
• Deliver sales targets by maximising profit and potential sales opportunities at all times whilst offering an exceptional and personalised service.

Skills required for the role

• Managerial experience gained within a similar travel sales role.
• The ability to work to and focus on sales targets.
• Ability to lead by example and possess excellent mentoring, coaching and people management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and to be able to work in a busy environment, working under pressure.
• PC literate and ability to use reservations and website booking systems to download and process bookings.

If you're interested in learning more about this Travel Sales Manager opportunity, please press the apply online button now!

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