Experienced Product manager who specialises in luxury Caribbean, you will have previous product management experience, strong supplier relationships and a love for pinacoladas and sandy shores!

This is an award winning tour operator with an excellent fast paced sales team and a supportive product team. They are looking for a manager to lead, someone creative, driven and innovative who can continue with the company's success. This role can be remote or office based (North West) Monday- Friday, full time.

If this role sounds of interest and you are ready for you next adventure please reach out!

Key Responsibilities:

• Full responsibility for negotiating market-leading rates, exclusive offers and availability with suppliers
• Accountability for the trading performance of designated destinations and product lines
• Creation of the product strategy for designated destinations using market research, competitor analysis and performance reviews
• Development and management of strong supplier relationships (at all levels) across a range of product types and a range of international destinations
• Working with internal stakeholders to develop and drive forward the supplier connectivity strategy
• Ensuring all designated Product lines and suppliers adhere to full Health and Safety requirements
• Developing and sourcing funding for marketing opportunities from suppliers
• Supporting the sales teams with product training and information

The Person: Essential Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Previous experience working within a product/purchasing role
• Strong knowledge of the online travel sector
• Strong knowledge of supplier connectivity technology
• Strong commercial acumen
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint)

Personal Qualities:

• Excellent negotiation skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Self-motivated, proactive and enthusiastic (willing to go the extra mile)
• Able to work as part of a team
• Confident decision-maker
• A flexible and adaptable approach to work
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage workload efficiently to tight deadlines
• Ability to effectively lead and manage others in their day-to-day work

This is a FULL-TIME office-based role where you will be required to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Interested:

Please call Hollie on 0161 923 6120, or email your CV to hollie@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk