We're seeking an experienced Travel Consultant to work for a truly independent Travel Agent. This award-winning Travel Agency offer a tailored and personal service, and a variety of Tour Operators, to ensure they can create the perfect holiday for their customers. This well-established travel branch is based in North Leicestershire, with a friendly team. Offering a competitive basic salary from £26k pa with a realistic OTE of £30k pa and a variety of other benefits, if you have at least 2 years recent retail travel experience, this could be a great career move.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Working face-to-face and over the phone taking enquires from customers
• Offering excellent customer service, listening and building rapport with your clients and potential client
• Quoting holidays and converting these to bookings.
• Upselling of additional products to enhance profitability.
• Hitting personal and team targets.
• Managing bookings, customer communications and travel partners.
• Keeping your product and brand knowledge up to date whilst having in- depth knowledge of the company's brochures and destinations.
• You can expect to be dealing with dynamic packaging/tailor-made itineraries, along with package holidays.
• A fair rota working 5 days over 7. Opening hours are 0900-1730 Mon - Sat and Sundays 1000-1600

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

The successful candidate will ideally be an experienced Travel Consultant, looking for a new challenge within an independent retail travel agency. You will have great inter-personal skills and proven background of achieving and exceeding sales targets.

THE PACKAGE

You will receive a competitive salary of circa £26k pa, along with an uncapped commission scheme, company pension, annual bonus, monthly sales rewards scheme, educational opportunities, discounted personal holidays and free parking.

INTERESTED?

Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV. This vacancy is being managed by Claire Muge. I can be contacted on 0121 4509776 or claire@traveltraderecruitment.co.uk Not right for this role, or this role not right for you, but keen to further your career in the Travel Industry! We have a variety of different opportunities so do submit your CV to us! You must have full rights to work in the UK. We have a high volume of applications, so unfortunately we are unable to reply to unsuccessful applicants.