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Senior Business Travel consultant OOH Business travel Home working

Redcube recruitment
Posted 6 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Home Working OOH Senior Business Travel Consultant at a well-regarded TMC, requiring a minimum of 3 years of experience in a TMC environment.
  • The role involves providing out-of-hours support to customers facing travel disruptions or needing urgent bookings, typically working 4 shifts a week including weekends.
  • Candidates must be calm under pressure, possess excellent customer service skills, and have a strong knowledge of fares and ticketing.
  • Proficiency in Native Sabre and Amadeus GDS is preferred, along with a solid understanding of global travel routes and products.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, reflecting the level of expertise and experience required.

Home Working OOH Senior Business Travel consultant for a great TMC and friendly team !

Hours of Work: 4 shifts per week, typically 2 midweek and 2 weekend. Full-time permanent. Various shift patterns. Monday - Friday 1800-0830. Weekends.

The Role:

This role will support the travel operation out of hours by providing assistance to our customers whose travel has been disrupted, or who need to make urgent travel bookings.

The Person:

The role of the Senior Business Travel Consultant can be a pressured. The successful candidates will be calm, and have a sympathetic and reassuring approach to providing assistance at highly stressful times. You will therefore be self-motivated and able to work comfortably under pressure, providing travel solutions to clients outside of normal working hours.

Job Function:

  • Answering calls and emails from clients in a polite, efficient, and professional manner
  • Offering expert advice in all aspects of travel
  • Maintain the outstanding level of customer service provided by the 'day’ team.
  • Work as part of an efficient team, communicating effectively both internally and externally.
  • To issue, re-issue and perform re-calculations of international and domestic airfares.
  • Sourcing the best and most cost-effective worldwide routes booking all flights, rail, hotel, and all ground products
  • Providing additional Quality Control to day team processes when call volumes permit.
  • Provide 'riskanalysis’ of global travel news and communicate to Senior Management as appropriate

Skills Required:

  • Knowledgeable in Native Sabre and Amadeus preferred GDS
  • Minimum 3years’ experience within a TMC
  • Excellent fares knowledge, Cat35 and Route Deals
  • Excellent ticketing experience.
  • Fares & Ticketing Level 1 & 2 (or equivalent experience) essential
  • Knowledge of Microsoft products, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
  • Possess good geographical and product knowledge of destinations and airlines.
  • Good organisational skills and excellent customer service & communicative abilities are essential.
  • Flexible approach and desire to think 'outside of the box’ to provide innovative travel solutions in times of increased stress for our clients.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.