Travel Business Development - Fluent French - £23k basic

Job Title - Travel Business Development - Fluent French

Job Location - London

Salary - £23k

My client is recruiting a consultant that will be able to win business by offering exciting holiday quotations. You will be working in the groups department to develop and maintain excellent working relationships with the clients.

In the role you will have total responsibility for all confirmed traveling groups.

You will be acknowledging all amendments and changes from clients and advise the client of the most suitable options for their tours.

Another part of the role is to ensure that all services are booked in advance of the date of travel and meet all targets for under budget buying, placing of services and inserting information into tour plan.

Key responsibilities:

• Acknowledge all new requests with a telephone call within 2 hours of receipt.
• Ensure that all new requests are qualified.
• Produce good quality quotations
• Follow up all quotations consistently to maximize conversion rates.
• Acknowledge confirmations to clients.
• Log all new requests and follow-ups
• Log lost business (with clear explanation for rejection).
• Chase the hotels for signature before offering it to client
• Ensure that the correct services are booked at or under the budget
• Maintain close communication with the relevant
• Maintain good and up to date product knowledge at all times
• Process supplier's invoices within 48 hours of receipt
• Respond to supplier's payment requests within 4 hours
• Resolve invoice queries within 1 week

Experience needed:

• Experience of working in a sales environment
• Target driven and sales focused with proven successful sales track record
• Works well under pressure, rises to any challenge, and meets objectives
• Capable of working within a team structure or autonomously
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge and experience of selling tailor made holidays
• Tour Operation Experience