Senior Travel Specialist, Johannesburg: Salary to
2 days ago
**Key Performance Areas**
- Creative planning and designing of guest itineraries (according to their budget) or out of the box planning and designing of leisure FIT tailor-made itineraries.
- Managing the reservations process for bookings from quote to finalising, including invoicing and travel documents.
- Consistent and clear communication with agents, sales teams, preferred supplier partners and colleagues.
- Working hours early and late shift, and emergency duty, on a weekly rotational basis.
- Proactive selling of the Company’s products and services ensuring the best possible experience for the guests
**Requirements: Qualifications, Skills, Knowledge, Experience**
- 4 to 7 years of Travel Specialist experience
- Understanding of travel industry channels
- Excellent computer skills including MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- WETU (advantageous)
- Tourplan (advantageous)
- ESS is essential
- Good understanding of terms and conditions, product knowledge, third party and the Company’s product destinations
- A good knowledge of South Africa, Southern and East Africa preferable (more training will be provided should the applicant prove successful)
- Calm and professional manner of servicing agents and guests
- Problem-solving skills
- Experiential creativity (crafting the ultimate guest experiences)
- 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
- Relevant understanding of business to create and formulate a strategy and make commercial decisions
- Sales process and methodologies
**Personal/Professional Attributes**
- Good interpersonal skills
- Sense of urgency
- Passionate and energetic about delighting guests
- Diligence and self-motivation to meet deadlines and keep on top of your job
- Willingness/ability to share information and teach and inspire others.
- An independent, curious and “can do it” nature
- Committed to personal growth
- Excellent communication skills (Eg verbal, written, reporting and body language)
- Excellent time management skills
- Teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Conflict management and resolution
- Attention to detail
- Administration and organisation skills
- Paperless filing
- Speed Reading and typing
- Adaptable and flexible
- Creative go-getter
**Remuneration and Package**
- Remuneration is competitive and commensurate with experience and skills
- Includes benefits such as medical aid, provident fund, accommodation and meals
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