Assistant Manager - The Forge

Barrhead Travel is on the look-out for our business leaders of the future. We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Manager to lead and support our team in our Birkenhead branch.,

• Delivering results, including driving individual and store targets as well as achievement set KPIs
• Inspire, motivate and mentor a sales team helping them flourish and ensure they reach their potential
• Work with your team on their own Personal Development Plans and set goals for progression and achievement
• Bring new ideas to the table for business growth, driving in-store events and liaising with marketing to work on a localised marketing strategy
• Ensure your store is delivering on all sales targets and is contributing to business profitability
• Stand as a proud ambassador for Barrhead Travel, ensuring positive brand promotion internally and externally
• Lead with exceptional customer service and have a real passion for people.
• You will be responsible for ensuring key business messages and decisions are clearly communicated to your team
  
  Previous experience working in a retail travel agency store is required
• Genuine passion for the travel industry
• Tenacious and driven with a proven track record of reaching and exceeding personal targets
• You'll be a leader by nature, with the ability to inspire and motivate your team on a daily basis
• Flexible and adaptable to changeable or reactive situations
• You should be very commercially aware, with an eye for detail, opportunity and keeping abreast of competitor activity
• Communication skills are essential - we're looking for an individual that can confidently communicate with people at all levels of the business and adapt accordingly when speaking with clients, Disability Confident
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At Barrhead Travel, we don't simply offer jobs. We offer careers, with real development and growth prospects. You'll also be joining a family of brilliant colleagues; we love working hard but we play even harder. We were recently named as one of the top 100 employers in the UK to work with. Take a look at some of the many Travel Perks we offer our staff


• Competitive base salary with uncapped earnings through our commission and bonus schemes - you earn on everything you sell
• The opportunity to travel the world, thanks to our incredible worldwide familiarisation trips which are designed to enhance your product knowledge and customer service skills
• 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 and celebratory long service lunch or dinner with your colleagues and management
This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning company, selling a product you love, whilst reaping the rewards of an extremely generous bonus structure within a fun and exciting industry. Barrhead Travel is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.