Group Travel Ski Expert (German Speaker)

Group Travel Ski Expert - (German speaker)

Salary: £30k - £35k + performance Bonus + benefit package

Location: Hove (hybrid role 3 days office and 2 days remote)

Hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 17.30pm

Free on street parking and close to public transport links

Must be fluent German speaker to apply!

Do you want to work for a vibrant, proactive and expanding travel organisation that offers a friendly, proactive working environment and the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge and further your career? If so, I have a unique and exciting opportunity to join their group travel ski department over seeing and expanding suppliers’ relationships for their trips to Austria and Andorra.

You will already have a travel background with a proven ability to cultivate great business relationships with current and new suppliers to increase the business offering in Andorra and Austria.

Responsibilities:

• Liasing with the sales team and assisting in processing group travel ski trips.
• Liasing with suppliers in Austria and Andorra ensuring a smooth booking is administered.
• Reaching out to new suppliers and negotiating rates for the organisation (hotels, shuttle buses, ski schools, evening entertainment, ski hire, etc.) to generate new supplier agreements.
• CRM administration.
• Input into marketing strategy.
• Inputting passenger and school enquiries on to the database and sending suppliers room allocations.
• Travelling to Austria and Andorra to meet suppliers t nurture and generate new agreements.
• Attending trade shows and networking events.
• Processing financial information onto Xero.
• Update travel and passenger information and sending out accurate information via email, phone and correspondence.
• Working to targets to increase passenger numbers/trips to Andorra and Austria by increasing the supplier agreements.

The right candidate will have the following skills and experience to apply:

• Proven travel background ideally within group travel.
• Fluent German speaker.
• Flexible and happy to travel abroad to meet suppliers and build strong supplier relationships.
• Proven background in building strong business relationships and have great communication skills.
• Strong negotiation skills with a great commercial acumen.
• Great IT skills inclusive of Word, Excel, inhouse CRM systems and experience with Xero, accounting software would be a benefit.
• Highly organised, great attention to detail.
• Proven background in driving forward new business opportunities.

This is a great opportunity to join an evolving and expanding organisation that values their employees where you can have a direct and positive impact in the success of the organisation. To be considered for this role please forward your CV ASAP!