£35,000 per annum + quarterly bonus + fleet vehicleBusiness Development Manager – South (Travel Trade)Salary £35,000 + Quarterly performance-based bonus + Company Vehicle Permanent Field based across South Region (From Cornwall to Kent and as north as Oxfordshire)Do you thrive on creating memorable, passionate and professional interactions with your customers?Are you results focused, ensuring that your accounts are performing to the max?Can you educate and motivate our trade customers to #ThinkTitan in their customer interactions?At Titan Travel, we are recruiting for a Business Development Manager to work across our South region. Could this be you?It is an exciting time to join our Trade team at Titan, we have an ambitious growth plan and redefined strategy but also want to keep the customer at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for a true ambassador to be out in the field to ensure Titan Travel is our travel agent partners first choice to deliver on our mission of being the most trusted touring partner.Saga Travel Group (UK) Limited acquired Titan Travel in 2009, and while they are now part of the same group, Titan Travel continues to operate as a separate, though integrated, entity within the Saga Travel business. This is a field-based role, where roughly 80% of your time will be on the road meeting with accounts. There will be the expectation that you will need to work flexible hours around industry and trade events.Role ResponsibilityRegional Performance – Excellence Every day.• Act as an ambassador for Titan Travel ensuring brand messaging is effectively spread across your region.• Take ownership of your region and identify brand exposure and training opportunities for local agents and create a plan to effectively execute them.• Attend all trade events in your region including (but not limited to) TIPTO, ATAS & Travel Gossip.• Drive participation in Titan Rewards to drive upsell and focus on business priorities.• Host Fam trips.• Maximise engagement with TITANium & trade communication sign ups to help us achieve our KPIs.• Support the trade inbox where necessary to ensure timely responses. Strategic Planning – Make It Happen• Analyse your regions weekly, monthly and quarterly account activity and performance, spotting opportunities to improve performance and put in place tangible, measurable action plans that drive results.• Drive trade incentives and campaigns.• Deliver on your promises and be the most trusted partner to your accounts.• Ensure that agreed sales and marketing activity is implemented, tracked and monitored to assess ROI.• Monitor and report on competitor activity in the touring and wider holiday sectors to ensure Titan Travel remains at the forefront of our sector.The Ideal CandidateOur ideal Business Development Manager will have 2+ Years background in sales and/or account management. Experience within a travel agency or within the travel industry is preferred.Based on the field nature of the role you will need to hold a full driving licence.Skills required include:• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to quickly form relationships• Sales driven and with an eye for identifying commercial opportunities, and turn them into results• Conceive and execute engagement initiatives unaided and/or with the partnership of other business stakeholders• Innovative thinker constantly looking to improve ways of working• Excellent time manager who can identify priorities, balance them with the core day-to-day tasks and build out their diary to maximise opportunitySaga Values: Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us SpecialPackage DescriptionAt Saga we recognise that our people make us special. We believe our colleagues deserve rewards for the excellence they demonstrate every single day, that's why we have put together an amazing benefits package for all colleagues. BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO ALL COLLEAGUES: 25 days holiday + bank holidaysOption to purchase additional leave - 5 extra daysPension scheme matched up to 10%Company performance related annual bonus - Up to 5%Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salaryWellbeing programmeColleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insuranceRange of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companiesEnhanced maternity and paternity leaveGrandparents leaveIncome protectionAccess to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platformAbout the CompanyOver the past 70 years we have become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic, recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.At Saga we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement. We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better.Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity. We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required. For more information on our DEI policies please visit our Saga Careers page.Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.Job Reference: saga/TP/40191/3388