Temporary Destination Manager for Travel Agency (Maternity Leave Cover)
Job Description
Attention:
This job is a 6 (possibly 9) month maternity cover for an important role, covering 6 German destinations for our travel agency. It requires native-level German language, is full-time and the work is remote. You must also speak business-level English. The job requires tourism or event experience. Please only apply if you fulfill all of the above. Thank you.
We are seeking a Destination Manager to take over the management of 6 destinations in the DACH area on a maternity cover period.
The company
Pissup Tours (as part of the Awesome Adventures Group) is the industry’s best reviewed Bachelor Party company and we have been organizing unforgettable party weekends all over Europe since 2001. We send more than 30,000 customers a year to our more than 30 different destinations. Despite the Covid-19 crisis we are still standing and have built a strong team for the 2022 season. We offer the opportunity to earn well while working professionally with some of the most fun products in the world: organizing incredible party weekends for happy customers. You can check out what we do here: https://www.pissup.de/ , https://www.pissup.com/ and https://www.evg.fr/.
The job
We are seeking to hire a Destination Manager for the DACH area, who will be responsible for half of our destinations and will work closely together with the DM for the other half of the destinations. You will both have a shared full-time assistant as well. You will be in charge of finding and sourcing new suppliers (mainly during off-season) as well as operating the bookings (mainly during high-season). You will receive extensive training and will also be a part of an Operations Team of 6 people who operate other destinations who can assist you as well. The position is a remote work / work-from-home position. The job is 40 hours per week on average, with more work in the high season and less in the off-season. The job has a good fixed salary but also a significant bonus structure. The Destination Manager has a lot of responsibility but also enjoys a lot of autonomy and self-management. Despite the remote work, we do try to organize physical meet-ups with the team occasionally.
The job’s main tasks will be these:
- Make new reservations with suppliers via phone and email
- Handle changes to existing reservations (long term and last minute)
- Finalize bookings and communicate final booking details to customers
- Maintain a good relationship with suppliers
- Communication with the group leader during the trip
- Communication with account manager colleagues regarding bookings and changes
- Be on-call for emergency phone during weekends / nights (we can potentially organise shifts, so you are only on-call during some weekends)
- Organize supplier invoices (review and upload incoming invoices to internal system)
- Ad hoc problem solving
- Off-season: source new suppliers, improve existing products, update products and prices in system, provide information to marketing and sales
Qualifications
The successful candidate should have the following skills:
- Fluent in German
- Business level English
- Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
- Flexible and customer oriented approach
- Experience within either event planning, travel operations, customer service or similar booking position
- Be a great communicator, both with clients and internally
We will provide a good salary based on your qualifications plus a sizable bonus and a very exciting job in a fun industry, dealing with happy customers having the weekend of their lives. You will receive proper training in procedures and IT systems, and we would appreciate your input on how we can improve as well.
How to Apply
How to Apply Applying: All applicants must send a full CV and application letter (detailing why you are applying) to Rasmus Christiansen – jobs@wildeast.dk . The best applications will be selected for personal interviews. We look forward to hearing from you.3852 total views, 0 today