A well-established Travel Company, with a strong presence in the Travel Industry have been in leading position for over 25 years are continuing to expand rapidly. With a record year in 2022, they are keen to continue this success. They're seeking an experienced Commercial Manager to work to continue and develop their ancillary product, managing partnership relationships successfully. Working on a hybrid basis, with offices based west of Manchester City centre, they offer a comprehensive set of benefits and excellent career progression opportunities. So if you have worked as a Product Manager, Commercial Manager or Contracts Manager within a Tour Operator then this could be a great progression step for you!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• This exciting role would see you 'own' the ancillary product journey.
• It would include: product sourcing & contracting, relationship management, contract negotiation, business admin, customer experience, digital transformation and overall engagement.
• Working in a dynamic and fast paced team you will demonstrate strong commercial skills managing the touring pathway from planning to delivery.
• Responsible for driving the ancillary product strategy for the business, with continual assessing and reporting.
• Ensure that the ancillary product meets the strategic aims and high standard of service for the business.
• Look for and implement the technological advancements to join up our systems with those of our ancillary partners.
• Be the champion and voice of customers for the product. Build impactful, personal customer relationships. Bring the customer's voice into the product process. Prioritise product requirements with product owners.
• Ensure all ancillary targets are met including sales growth, profit maximisation, pricing and contributions.
• Continue to evolve and streamline the reporting for our ancillary partnerships.
• Conduct travel trends and wider market research to identify new areas of opportunity and maximise sales.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

We are seeking an experienced Travel Product Manager. If you have worked for a Tour Operator or a Travel Company, in product, commercial, yield with good all round destination knowledge we are keen to hear from you!

THE PACKAGE:

This is a company that is renowned for it's benefits and career progression. Salary is circa £40k pa DOE and further fantastic benefits as follows: annual company bonus, Flexible hybrid working model (2 days home, 3 days office),25 days holidays (increasing to 28 after 5 years of service), Holiday buy and sell (up to 5 days per year), Enhanced Maternity / Paternity pay, 3 paid days charity leave, Company events, socials, and incentives, 3x annual salary death in service benefit, Company Pension scheme, Salary sacrifice, company car scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, Employee discount

INTERESTED?

Please follow the instruction to apply attaching your CV? For any questions contact the team on 0161 9236120. manchester@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk