Travel Manager in Slough

Are you an experienced Travel Manager with a passion for delivering exceptional customer service and driving sales?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, luxury tailor-made travel company as they expand into retail travel, opening a brand-new store on the boarders of Berkshire and West London. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in an exciting new chapter for the business, leading a team of travel experts and helping establish the store within the local community.
This is a hands-on leadership role, as a Travel Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the commercial performance and day-to-day operations of the retail travel branch.
Key responsibilities include:
Taking ownership of store performance, including sales, conversion, profitability and service standards.
Leading, coaching and developing a team to achieve sales targets and deliver outstanding results.
Recruiting new team members, conducting regular one-to-ones and performance reviews, and supporting career development.
Creating a positive, collaborative and results-driven team environment.
Delivering a premium, client-focused experience and ensuring the highest standards of service throughout the customer journey.
Building long-term client relationships to encourage repeat business and recommendations.
Driving local business growth through networking, events, marketing initiatives and community partnerships.
Supporting the team with sales opportunities and personally selling holidays where required.
Managing rotas, staffing levels and the smooth day-to-day running of the store.
Acting as the senior company representative within the retail location and identifying opportunities to improve performance.
Skills Required:
Experience within the travel industry
A passion for travel and creating memorable customer experiences.
Strong leadership skills, with experience coaching and motivating a team to achieve targets.
A successful track record in sales, business development or retail performance.
The ability to identify opportunities to grow sales and develop a strong local client base.
Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365, including Word, Excel, Outlook and SharePoint.
Hours:
This is a full-time position, working 37 hours per week across five days out of seven.
The role will include a mixture of weekday, e...