Apprentice - VISTA Sales Support

Earn while you learn with our award winning training team

This is an exciting apprenticeship opportunity within our VISTA B2B sales department based in our Head Office in Sunderland.

The Sales Support team focus on supporting the Vista Sales team in all aspects of their role.  The Team delivers exceptional customer service to both internal and external customers.

As part of the Sales Support team, you will process customer holiday bookings and suggest varying extras to further enhance the customer’s experience, helping to create lifelong memories.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do so exceptional customer service is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Delivering a first-class customer experience to all customers
• Working towards and striving to achieve ancillary targets by looking after the customer journey from start to finish.
• Attending training workshops and supplier visits, including overseas educational visits, to continuously develop product knowledge.
• Being flexible and adaptable to meet business needs.
• Being open to change as the team will continue to grow and develop new skills and processes, to further support the Tour operation.
• Engage with the wider business by living and breathing the Hays Travel SMILE values.

Competencies Required

• A good team player
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload
• A clear and effective communicator with the ability to liaise with internal and external customers
• Ability to build relationships with customers, providing exceptional customer service at all times
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to work as part of a team in a dynamic and vibrant department
• Strong team player who is supportive and strives for success for themselves and their team
• An enthusiastic and positive approach to learning and progressing within the company

Technical Skills Required

• Basic knowledge of computer systems i.e. Microsoft Word and Excel with the ability to utilise its key functionalities
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy skills
• File management skills
• Web Navigation Skills

Qualifications/Experience required

• English & Maths grade 4 or above

General

• To be committed and dedicated to completing the customer service Apprenticeship programme within the 12 month timescale, attending all relevant training workshops
• To undertake any other duties that may fall into the job criteria
• To conform with all company policies and procedures including Health and Safety
• To treat all employees, customer and suppliers with dignity and respect

About Hays Travel

As the UK’s largest independent travel agency, Hays Travel specialise in providing good value, quality holidays alongside excellent customer service. We work with all leading suppliers and can package holidays that include hotels, flights, cruises, tours, attraction tickets, and more. We have over 470 Branches throughout the UK and our Head Office based in Sunderland, is home to tour operator teams, finance, marketing, people/HR and IT, plus many more. We have been operating since 1980, and continue to grow each year.

Our values

Our SMILE values are embedded in to our Company and ensures our teams work strongly together. You and all of our colleagues will ensure that the Hays Travel values are demonstrated at all times.

• Supportive
• Motivational
• Innovative
• Loyal
• Excellent

What it’s like to work for us?

Whichever location or department you work in, our people are always at the heart of everything we do. We offer a range of training programmes to help you progress personally and professionally, as we know the benefits of promoting and rewarding our hardworking colleagues are extremely important.

This job description is not intended as an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the post but simply reflects the key areas involved

Hays Travel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all colleagues. As an accredited employer provider of apprenticeships, we undertake basic checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to ensure the safety of our apprentices for relevant roles.