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Travel Specialist: Retail
Reason for Reporting
This business is built, almost entirely, on the strength of remarkable people who give passionately to their roles, work tirelessly, have the guest experience at the core of their focus daily and care of the sustainability of our communities and environment. Every single employee makes a huge difference to our success and our contribution to the world, regardless of their role or function. For this reason, we choose our employees very carefully – they are the strength and the future of this company.
KEY OUTPUTS
- Creative planning and designing of itineraries
- Managing the reservations process for bookings in a manner which ensures guest budget is achieved
- Handling of bookings from quote to finalising, invoicing and travel documents
- Consistent and clear communication with agents, sales teams, preferred supplier partners and colleagues
- Emergency duty will be on a rotational basis as per the DMC Emergency BOP
- Working hours early and late shift on a weekly rotational basis
- Calm and professional manner of servicing agents and guests
- Proactive selling of our products and services ensuring the best possible safari for the guests
- An independent, curious and “can do it” nature
- Upholding the values of the company... Care of the people, Care of land and Care of the wildlife
KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
- A passion for delivering service excellence
- An in-depth knowledge of Tourplan advantageous
- A good knowledge of South Africa, Southern and East Africa preferable
- A willingness and aptitude to learn
KEY SKILLS REQUIRED
- Good understanding of terms and conditions, product knowledge, third party and company Product destinations
- Understanding of travel industry channels
- Excellent computer skills including:
- Tourplan advantageous
- ESS is essential
- MS Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- WETU
- Understanding of quantitative and qualitative data analysis and being able to make decisions based on these analyses
- Understanding and knowledge of the different markets in which the company operates in
- Relevant understanding of Business to create and formulate a strategy and make commercial decisions
- Sales process and methodologies
- Problem-solving skills
- Experiential Creativity (Crafting Experiences)
- Guest / Client Delight
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Good interpersonal skills
- Sense of urgency
- Passionate about guest delight
- Diligence and self-motivation to meet deadlines and keep on top of your job
- Willingness / ability to share information and teach and inspire others
Additional Info:
2 to 5 years
Salary: RNegotiable
Job Reference #: 3053608276