Job description

Join our rapidly expanding Virtual Contact Centre sales team, - with increase in high-quality leads from our top-performing website, inbound calls, live chat, and social media enquiries you’ve got endless opportunities to sell and lead a successful team. Enjoy flexible hours and the freedom to work from home while leading a buzzing, fast-paced team that’s shaping the future of customer experience. If you’re ready to inspire and make an impact, this is your moment.

Role Summary

As a Virtual Contact Centre Team Leader you will get the opportunity to lead a team that fulfils customer enquires generated by our websites and social media platforms. You will lead by example and showcase exceptional customer service using both your own personality and our company ethos to provide our customers with a unique and hassle free booking experience.

Main Responsibilities

Manage day to day performance and productivity of a busy sales team
Perform regular motivational performance reviews
Lead by example in personal sales
Identify, meet and exceed customers’ needs and expectations following sales structure
Handle incoming Live Chats, web enquiries and Facebook leads.
Pro-actively communicate with customers during their online journey
Adhere to company policies and procedures
To achieve individual performance targets and sales objectives
Follow up on sales activity by accurately entering data onto the systems
Assist with lead monitoring and providing constructive feedback

What experience we are looking for?

Customer focussed
Problem solving
Team player
Good organisational and time-management skills
Excellent communication skills
Experience of working in a targeted environment with a proven sales record
Customer service and 2 years recent direct travel sales experience
at least 2 years proven leadership, leadership & motivation, performance management & team development experience.

What competencies we are looking for?

Excellent organisational skills
Proven track record in sales
The ability to negotiate and achieve desired outcomes.
Strong administration skills with excellent time management skills
Ability to listen and engage with the customer
Impeccable attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
Excellent communication skills/telephone manner
Demonstrate the ability to work in a fast-paced sales environment
Excellent descriptive skills as selling over a digital platform

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.