Product Executive

Barrhead Travel are looking for a Product Executive to join their team in Glasgow.

The purpose of this role is to assist the Head of Product and Product Manager to proactively deliver competitive Long-haul and Short-haul products to create enquiries for sales staff to convert into sales.

Role responsibilities:

• Deliver fresh and innovative products to fulfil all marketing campaigns
• Liaise with the Business Development and Marketing teams as well as suppliers to keep on top of campaigns and to identify product opportunities to ensure best offers in the marketplace
• Work closely with the Business Development team on all Supplier Marketing Campaigns to deliver the right product and for the best ROI
• Secure exclusive deals, source best offers to promote and build unique, tailormade products to market
• Communicate all product and exclusive offers effectively to the sales force
• Regularly monitor competitor activity to ensure we have the best product and pricing in the market
• Monitor Barrhead Travel activity to ensure offers we are promoting are fresh, up-to-date and relevant

Key skills required:

• Min 2 years travel experience would be preferred
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to work under pressure, managing workloads at a fast pace, prioritising where necessary.
• Excellent communication & relationship building skills
• Good time management skills and a meticulous eye for detail with the ability to prioritise and manage a variety of activity, whilst working to tight deadlines with accuracy
• An eye for identifying trends and opportunities
• Good presentation skills with the ability to communicate verbally and in writing
• Have an analytical approach
• The ability to be creative, proactive and reactive
• An understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel

Key Performance Measures:

• Promote products in line with business and commercial priorities
• Increase our unique product offering
• Increase value add’s & up-sells on products we market to maximise on profitability
• Understand commercial priorities to ensure we are promoting the right products at the right time

What we offer:

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. Take a look at some of the many Travel Perks we offer our staff:

• A Personal Development Plan and continued training and development. Tell us your career-goals and we’ll work together to help you achieve them
• A hugely varied company benefits scheme which includes amazing discounts on high street retailers
• Generous staff discounts for 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?)
• Company pension scheme
• Long service celebrations

This is an exciting opportunity to join an award-winning company, whilst reaping the rewards of an extremely generous bonus structure within a fun and exciting industry.

To apply, submit your CV letting us know why you’re the perfect fit and let us know your career goals and ambitions. Don’t forget to tell us about your favourite holiday destinations – you may have guessed already, but we love nothing more than a good chat about holidays!

For more information please contact the recruitment team on 0141 488 7324