FRENCH SELECTION (FS)
Travel Contracts Manager for Ireland
Salary: up to €45000 per annum depending on experience and benefits
Location: Dublin
Hybrid working options available
Ref: 5466E
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The Company:
An international travel solutions provider offering travelling services across Europe
Main Duties:
We are looking for an experienced relationship builder who would focus on developing partnerships with key service suppliers across Ireland.
The candidate will be negotiating competitive rates with hotels and accommodation / service providers for clients both regular and ad-hoc visitors
The Role:
- Nurturing a successful collaboration with hotel and other service providers
- Travelling by car to meet potential partners and find new accommodation options
- Regularly visit existing properties/ hotels to contract group allocations and negotiate tour series terms for clients
- Keep your industry knowledge updated via research and site visits
- Build a buying strategy for Ireland
- Be responsible for placing series and confirming details and spaces internally, respecting the budgets and locations required
- Keep track of cancellation deadlines, fulfilment of allocations and nesting space contracted, as well as risk of overbookings
The Candidate:
- Experience in the Irish group travel or hotel sales industry essential
- Extensive knowledge of Ireland as a destination
- Ability to work under pressure
- Positive and professional communication skills
- Ability to work as part of a team collaboratively and independently.
- Enthusiastic and friendly personality
- Willing to travel around Ireland visiting hotels (driving license is essential)
Salary: up to €45000 per annum depending on experience and benefits
French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic