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Placing travel professionals in their dream roles - Recruitment Consultant/Account Manager at Travel Trade Recruitment
Role: Business Development Manager
Location: UK/North
Benefits: 24 days holiday + bank holidays, 1 month work anywhere per year! Fam trips, volunteer day and MUCH more!
We are working with an attraction specialist tour operator that have been established for over 20 years. They are looking for their next Business Development Manager to promote the brand and ultimately increase product sales for the travel trade and travel agency partners. Covering the North of the UK from Manchester and upwards, the successful candidate will be based in the North to enable easy and convenient access to their catchment area. If you have a passion for travel and fun related experiences around the world, and have experience within the UK travel industry, we’d love to hear from you!
JOB DESCRIPTION:
* Developing and implement sales strategies
* Work closely with other departments to align sales objectives.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with key agents and suppliers.
* Daily meetings with Travel Agents, ensuring all agents throughout your area are visited regularly.
* Respond to and follow up sales enquiries using appropriate methods.
* Produce a monthly call plan to cover agents in your specific region ensuring the call plan manages personal time and productivity
* Develop new ways to grow business in own region.
* Lead overseas FAM trips and represent the Company by attending UK or overseas conferences, functions, networking events as required.
* Work closely with commercial partners and key agents to put together commercial deals to include tactical marketing and promotional plans in order to increase mutual business
* Review and analyse sales figures for all accounts in your region, put together plans and implement actions for any underperforming or inactive accounts liaising with Agency Sales Support.
* Communicate information and knowledge to agents and ensure that relevant feedback is communicated to internal departments
* Assist the Marketing Team in carrying out marketing activities.
* Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant examples and information
* Deliver presentations at agent meetings, internal meetings and other functions
THE PACKAGE:
Starting salary is circa £30k pa dependent on experience, plus mileage. This is an established but still growing fun and entrepreneurial company. Benefits include enhanced pension, holiday buying and rollover scheme, high street discounts and loads more!
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
• Full lean driving licence
• Flexible approach to working hours. There will be occasions where you will be required to work away from home for up to 5/7 nights. Events are often in the evening after working hours and at weekends
• And a YES attitude
DESIRABLE:
* Theme park and attraction lover!
* B to B sales experience and experience of working with travel agents
* Experience in presenting
* Experience using social media platforms and creating content e.g. TikTok videos
INTERESTED?
Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV. This vacancy is being managed by Nichola Simpson. I can be contacted on 0161 9236120 or nichola@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Sales and Business Development
* Industries
Travel Arrangements
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