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Travelstart

Travelbar Manager (Direct Sales Manager) (Permanent) Western Cape- Cape Town CBD -Other
Publication: 14 Apr 2016

Job Description

Travelstart is the largest and fastest growing Online Travel agency on the African continent. Now in 15 countries throughout Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, Travelstart's main focus is to make travelling easier for customers in the aspects of planning and booking their trips - flights, hotels, car hire and holiday packages are easy to find with our industry-leading travel technology. We're a company with a global presence and a unique culture championed by more than 200 happy "Travelstarters" worldwide.
We are looking for someone who will  grow the sales and revenue through the effective management of Travelstart’s direct sales team. Implementing successful strategies that are aligned with Travelstart’s overall goals and targets.

Required Qualifications

The key deliverables in this role will be to:
  • Effectively run day to day operations of a large sales team;
  • Drive revenue, sales and profit margins through best practice;
  • Training and mentorship of staff on a daily/weekly/monthly basis;
  • Identify new opportunities to improve and implement processes resulting in increased sales and conversion;
  • Actively recruit new sales team members in collaboration with the HR department;
  • Engage customers with escalated complaints;
  • Effectively identify system issues by collaborating with our in-house dev department;
  • Management Reporting as/when required;
  • Track individual team performances on a monthly basis through monthly performance reviews;
  • Prepare individual annual reviews based on individual performances;-
  • Ensure clear communication channels in terms of targets required as a team and as an individual; and
  • Weekly system testing in collaboration with our development team.
Personal Competency Requirements:
  • Change agent;
  • Strategic thinker;
  • Proactive;
  • Culture champion;
  • Optimisation champion;
  • Passionate;
  • Driven;
  • Love for the travel industry;
  • Willing to take the right risk;
  • Ideas generator;
  • Warrior spirit;
  • Meet requirements but continually exceed expectations;
  • Previous sales experience in a travel related environment; and
  • Previous experience with an airline GDS such as Amadeus or Galileo.

Location

Cape Town CBD

General Details

If you are interested in this GREAT opportunity email your CV to hr@travelstart.com. The reference for this opportunity is “Travelbar Manager (Direct Sales Manager)” please insert this into the subject line of your email application.

Any applicants not meeting the minimum requirements will not receive a response.

Please note that we reserve to right to amend, freeze the role or not hire. The final appointment will be at the discretion of Travelstart.

Good Luck

Application details

Contact Name :HR

Contact Phone:0214684300

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