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Trade Sales Consultant - North America

Travel Trade Recruitment
Posted 17 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Witham, Essex CM8 1UG

Salary

£26,000 - £60 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The North America Trade Sales Specialist position is offered by one of the UK's largest independent Tour Operators, focusing on selling tailor-made holidays through Travel Agents.
  • Candidates should have experience in selling tailor-made itineraries to North America and must be comfortable working in a target-driven sales environment.
  • The role offers a competitive basic salary of £26,000 with uncapped commission, making the on-target earnings (OTE) approximately £60,000 per annum.
  • Working hours are Monday to Friday from 9am to 5:45pm, with two Saturdays per month required, and no late nights or Sundays.
  • Applicants should possess excellent geographical knowledge of North America and have a passion for travel, alongside effective communication skills.

North America Trade Sales Specialist - Leading Travel Company, one of the UK's largest independent Tour Operators selling via Travel Agents, is expanding its team of Travel Consultants. This Trade Sales Travel Company is seeking a North America Travel Specialist to join their growing team as a specialist Travel Consultant homeworker, selling to Travel Agents.

You will be handling incoming sales calls from various travel trade partners, putting together tailor made holidays, including city breaks, fly drives, escorted tours, RV holidays, cruises and many more to North America by understanding the customer's travel needs, budgets and interests to build their perfect tailor-made holiday.

If you are looking for competitive basic salary, uncapped commission (OTE £60k pa), and the flexibility to work from home, please apply now! No late nights or Sundays.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Tailor-making itineraries to North America to suit the clients individual needs.
  • Meeting and exceeding personal objectives, including sales, revenue and productivity targets
  • Follow up sales enquiries promptly and liaise with customers and Travel partners
  • Provide outstanding customer service.
  • Offer expertise, advice and knowledge to Travel Agent partners and customers about destinations, airlines and ground arrangements.
  • Provide packages that are "tailor-made" to suit the individual needs of our clients.
  • Take advantage of opportunities and up-sell whenever possible.

Skills Required:

  • Experience selling tailor-made itineraries to North America
  • Experience using a GDS, preferably Galileo
  • Experience within a target driven sales environment
  • Excellent geographical knowledge and previous travel experience to North America
  • The ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally
  • To have a professional manner
  • To have a passion for travel

The Package:

  • A competitive basic salary of £26,000 plus uncapped commission (OTE £60k pa).
  • Fully home working

Hours:

  • Monday - Friday: 9am - 5:45pm
  • Saturday: 9am - 5pm (2 Saturday's per month with a day off In Lieu)
  • No bank holidays or Sundays

INTERESTED?

Please follow the instructions to apply attaching your CV! For any further information please call or email If this role is not quite right, but you have Travel Industry experience and are keen to find a new opportunity, please do send your CV, we may have something else that could be perfect for you! Know someone else who might be interested in Travel Industry opportunities? Please share our details!

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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.