AddressBarrhead Travel, The Holiday and Tailor Made Travel Specialists have an exciting opportunity available for a Business Development Manager to join our Cruise Business Development team based in Glasgow City Centre.
The role will lead the commercial relationship between Barrhead Travel and cruise line partners to drive mutual cruise revenue and profit growth. The Business Development Manager will own all aspects of communication with our cruise line partners and will develop short-term and long-term strategies to ensure targets are achieved.
Key Skills:
- Excellent communication and personal skills.
- Previous experience working in a Business Development role
- Negotiation skills
- Networking skills
- Ability to work as part of a team to meet tight deadlines.
- Strong business sense.
- Ability to build and manage relationships.
- Experience in delivering presentations.
- Good negotiating skills.
- Good understanding of the cruise sector.
Responsibilities:
- Achieve and exceed specific set commercial targets.
- Grow cruise revenue and increase profits.
- Manage and maintain relationships with current cruise lines partners.
- Develop new cruise line partners.
- Secure marketing funds for joint marketing campaigns.
- Work alongside internal product and marketing teams to ensure plans are executed and delivered on time and in line with business priorities.
- Deliver reporting on performance to targets and ROI on campaigns.
- Implement new strategies to drive revenue and profit growth.
- Review current market trends.
- Review competitor activity.
- Manage and control budgets.
- Work alongside internal finance team to control invoicing.
- Attending cruise line partner events, meetings, conferences, visits
Reasons to Join Us:
- Attractive salary
- Be part of a travel-obsessed team that shares your adventurous spirit.
- Embark on exciting familiarization trips to expand your knowledge and fuel your passion for travel.
- A Personal Development Plan and our commitment to continued training, development, and career progression - share your career-goals with us and we’ll work together to help you achieve them
- A varied company benefits scheme which includes amazing discounts with UK high street retailers
- Generous staff discounts on your own holidays plus discounts available for family and friends
- 34 days annual leave - well, you need time to enjoy those amazing holiday discounts, don’t you
- Perfect attendance reward - £100 holiday voucher
- Refer a friend incentive - £750 reward
- Company pension scheme
- Long service rewards – love to shop vouchers
Barrhead Travel is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Work Location: In person
