Travel Consultant - Travel Trade Recruitment : Job Details

Do you have a passion for sports and travel and have sales experience within the school travel sector? My client is a well-known Gloucester based sports touring specialist are looking for an experienced consultant to join their Clubs & Schools Sales team. The role involves generating new sales enquiries from schools and sports clubs and converting them into bookings. You will be selling to a range of schools & clubs across the UK, and internationally, who are looking to tour with variety of sports both domestically in the UK as well as worldwide. You will be rewarded with an very competitive basic salary and commission scheme. This role can be office based or homeworking.

THE JOB:

Generating and converting sales enquiries into bookings along with the Sales Manager in order to hit departments annual targets

Handling bespoke tour enquiry itineraries, flights and costings adjustments, ensuring tour costs and budgets are maintained at the point of Sale with all relevant supplements & deviations costed with appropriate profit margin

Itinerary design and costing proposals, including administration related to it

Ensuring clear handover of new bookings to the Operations team, which can include booking suppliers and flights ahead of handovers

Presentations to schools & clubs online and/or in person to groups of perspective schools/ club and their parents.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Sales experience and records of hitting targets, preferably within the schools sector

Ability to create and generate own sales leads.

Excellent presentation skills both in writing and in person

Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with others

Travel experience world wide

A passion for sport.

Driving licence and own car

THE PACKAGE

You will receive a competitive salary dependant on experience of 28k - 30k plus commission and discretionary annual bonus. You will have excellent opportunities to travel worldwide with school and supporter groups. This role can be office based in Gloucester or working from home with regular visits to the office.

INTERESTED:

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