An exciting opportunity to join a Manchester based Niche Tour Operator as a Commercial Manager. Have you worked in travel? Do you have experience working in Commercial, Account Management, Business Development? This is a newly created role for our client, where you will manage the commercial relationships with existing partners. These maybe travel businesses, media partners or sports/event organisers. Do you like Sport? Are you an adventurous individual? This could be the perfect role and company for you…

Job Description:
*Work with partners to promote Sports Tours' brands as per agreements we make with them, which could be with national sporting associations.
*Develop and manage the working relationship with publishing channels to capitalise on opportunities, liaising with the marketing department as to their needs.
*Work closely with tourist boards to create opportunities for promotion or securing fund for marketing.
*Working with the Operations team, to liaise with event owners to deepen our relationship beyond a simple purchase of entries.
*Source and develop partnerships with other third parties for mutual benefit, particularly with affiliate relationships.
*Develop white label solutions for third parties using our products and our IT resources.
*Work closely with our PR agency to take advantage of any new leads and develop the potential opportunities.
*Ensure the internal teams are aware of developments so they can feed into the process and help shape the relationships.

Experience Required:
*Commercial and/or marketing experience, preferably with a knowledge of travel and sports
*Experience working in the Travel Industry
*Commercial acumen
*Language skills, such as French or Spanish (an advantage)
*Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
*Strong planning capability
*Approachable and willing to work as part of a team

The Package:
Salary is dependent on experience, up to £25k (negotiable depending on experience) and comes with an excellent benefits package including, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, health care, pension, travel discounts. This is also an excellent career move to an established Travel Agency & Tour Operator, with a great reputation and ambitious & realistic growth plans.

Interested?
If you are keen to be considered and find out more, please follow the instructions to apply, attaching your CV. gemma@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk 0161 9236120.