Details:
- Salary: £50,000 - 60,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Nationwide
- Date: 3 weeks ago
Description:
Only candidates from a travel background with business development experience will be contacted for this post.**
We are seeking an experienced Strategic Travel Business Development Manager to join a highly successful travel company, working remotely. Our client, a dynamic and forward thinking organisation provides specialist travel solutions to its customers meet their complex travel requirements across the globe.
Strategic Travel Business Development Manager Duties:
* Pro-actively identify the continuous improvement of prospect quality and revenue performance
* Contact and secure new business in the non-profit, event travel and group travel markets by applying consultative sales techniques and by promoting relevant products and services to achieve maximum profitability.
* Identifying and delivering customer solutions that build long term partnership opportunities.
* Investigating industry trends and customer data to identify new prospects and revenue streams.
* Efficiently prospecting for potential new clients using multiple channels including networking, tender sites, and referrals.
* Identify market trends and monitor competitor product and pricing.
Strategic Travel Business Development Manager – Generous Perks:
* Generous bonus
* Pay rises
* Pension
* Retail discount card
* Travel perks
* Medical insurance
* M-F office hours
* Pension
* Career development
* Remote working – optional to come to the office
Strategic Travel Business Development Manager – Essential Requirements:
* Business Development experience within the travel industry.
* High energy and charisma.
* Ability to confidently interrupt client agenda and gain their buy-in in a short space of time.
* Keen to drive business performance, successful customer solutions, and personal success.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Proficiency in using MS Office (including PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
* Foreign language skills (French, German, Italian, Dutch) – ideal but not essential.
* Applicant must be based in the UK