Product Executive - Travel

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Product Executive 40 hours per week ( Monday to Friday - 9am – 6pm UK time) Our Client is an established B2B tour operator specialising in worldwide holidays and supporting travel agents with carefully selected, competitively priced products. They work closely with their partners to source the right hotels, tours and experiences, tailoring our product to meet their needs and respond to changing market trends. They are a small, dynamic and collaborative team experiencing strong growth as the business moves into its next stage of development. Reporting to the Product Managers, you'll support the day-to-day management and development of their worldwide product portfolio. The role is primarily focused on data loading, content management and accuracy checking, while also providing the opportunity to learn about contracting, negotiation, pricing, sales, marketing and supplier relationships. As this role is heavily focused on South East Asia and North Africa, any destination knowledge or personal travel experience in these regions would definitely be an advantage. Responsibilities include: Loading hotel, destination and supplier content, images and supporting information onto the company database Accurately loading and updating tours, excursions, transfers, rates and product information Checking data loaded by other team members against supplier contracts and source information Working closely with Product Managers and Marketing to complete projects and tasks within agreed deadlines Supporting market and competitor research to identify new destinations, products and opportunities Liaising with suppliers and internal departments when required Supporting the Product team with general administration and ongoing product development WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR Fluent written and spoken English 3+ years' work experience within the travel industry within either a sales or product capacity Excellent communication and organisational skills Strong attention to detail and numerical ability Good problem-solving and analytical skills Comfortable working with data and systems A genuine passion for travel and interest in destination and industry trends Ability to work independently while also being a strong team player BENEFITS Discounted personal holiday packages Opportunities to attend travel industry events Opportunities to participate in overseas familiarisation trips The chance to develop knowledge across contracting, product, sales and marketing Career development within a growing international travel business Kindly note that by submitting your application for this career opportunity, you agree that Guardian Recruiting may use your application for the purpose of the recruitment and selection of the said position and this information may be shared with the relevant stakeholders in the business. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Should you not have heard back within a two-week period, please assume that your application was unsuccessful. All job postings are in accordance with our Client's BEE requirements. Please only send certificates when requested to do so.