Business Development Executive/Manager - France

Business Development Executive – French Market
Salary £25-28k

Business Development Executive – French Market

New Frontiers are now supporting our client who is looking to recruit a Business Development Executive to grow and develop profit and sales within the French Market based in City of London. With a professional and friendly working environment their motto is work hard, play hard! An opportunity not be missed!

As a Business Development you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities:

 To negotiate and manage group customer account, achieve targets and objective set, to build on business within a market through personal contact, phone and regular email updates.
 To explore new client and market opportunities:
o Through market research and intelligence obtained
o Through business trips and trade fair attendance
o Through close work with FIT department colleagues
 To ensure that a high standard of sales service is offered at all times in line with the client SLA (Service Level Agreement)
o Immediate acknowledgement of requests
o Rapid response to hotel booking queries and requests
o Quotes assessment & offers sent as a priority
o Responding to all calls and emails within a maximum 24 hour period.


Business Development Executive skills & Requirements :

 Experience/working knowledge of a sales role within the travel or leisure industry is viewed as highly desirable.
 Proven commercial awareness of hotel pricing, service and travel-industry issues is an advantage, as is a wide-ranging product knowledge of leading European and Worldwide group travel destinations
 Ability to drive sales strategies across travel market
 Ability to negotiate with clients and internal suppliers is also essential
 Fluent French language skills - essential
 Self-motivated, enthusiastic and with attention to detail.
 Organised & efficient approach to workloads.
 Team player, with flexible and adaptable approach.


For a fully confidential Application on this Business Development Executive job, please contact Elena.

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