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Well established Edinburgh based UK Inbound Tour Operator seeks a Group Operations Manager to handle all aspects of business coming from the group tour and MICE market to the UK and Ireland from their expanding client base including Europe and long haul English speaking markets.

A busy and varied Group Operations Manager role which will involve :

  • developing product ideas and creating bespoke tour itineraries for leisure, special interest and MICE markets

  • negotiating with suppliers when the company doesn’t have contracted rates

  • account managing key clients

  • operating groups

  • managing a small group operations team

  • invoicing and handling accounts queries

  • developing new sales - being part of the team that attend overseas trade shows, events and workshops to develop new business

  • keep updated with the ever changing products offered to group tours coming to the UK and Ireland

Group Operations Manager candidates should be able to demonstrate :

  • knowledge of the UK inbound market

  • experience of operating groups tours to UK & Ireland for at least 3 years

  • product knowledge and experience of creating and quoting tours

  • account management and sales experience working in a B2B arena with overseas tour operators

  • knowledge of attending trade shows such as WTM, ITB

  • Man management skills

Successful Group Operations Manager candidates will be contacted within 2 working days - we will arrange to call you to discuss the role and company in detail to ensure this is the right career move for you - since 2001 we have helped many people find the right career so we hope we can help you!

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