Travel Consultant - Budleigh Salterton with ref. 029305

Job description

Full time and part time hours available

Competitive salary with unlimited bonus potential.

We are looking for experienced Travel Consultants to join our successful teams in our branches.

You will have excellent product knowledge, questioning and listening skills to help our customers plan, choose and successfully book their holidays.

Working as part of a team you will drive business through social media, events and maintaining relationships with existing customers.

Our customers are at the forefront of everything we do so exceptional customer service experience is required.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Build and maintain relationships with customers
Identifying and meeting customers’ needs
Use social media to promote offers, generating customer engagement and sales leads
Participating in promotional events and activities to increase exposure of the branch
Achieving individual and team sales targets
Assisting with the day-to-day operation of the branch
Willingness to participate and deliver training appropriate to own development
Effectively performing administrative duties and follow processes accurately

What competencies we are looking for?

Ability to work towards individual Travel Consultant targets and team sales targets
Excellent communication skills and customer service experience
Good accuracy and numerical skills
Enthusiasm and positive attitude with a commitment to contribute to the growth of the business
Competent IT Skills

What experience we are looking for?

At least 1 year experience as a Travel Consultant
A proven sales record
Passionate about travel and tourism
Excellent travel product knowledge with a good working knowledge of tour operator systems
Good sales and presentation skills
Customer focussed
Problem solving
Team player
Good organisational and time-management skills
Excellent communication skills
A recognised travel qualification (desirable)

If you don’t have 1 years’ experience of working in a travel agency, then please check out our New to Travel Programme which is a fantastic way to join Hays Travel as an employee who trains to become a Travel Consultant, see: https://careers.haystravel.co.uk/new-to-travel or alternatively to find out about our Foreign Exchange positions please visit https://jobs.haystravel.co.uk/jobs

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 for over 40 years, 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.

Of course, it's not all about work, we're very sociable and there are always lots of team nights-out and company parties. Plus, there are opportunities to travel abroad on educational trips, and you can also take advantage of our colleague discount when booking your own holidays.

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.

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