Position: TOURS BRANCH MANAGER.
Deadline: 10 Sep 2019.
Date posted: 02 Sep 2019.
Location:Arusha.
Description:
Job Overview
On behalf of our esteemed client, we are looking for Tours Branch Manager responsible for sales development, staff and financial management and day to day operational management of the branch
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
- Selling travel products & tour packages, and dealing with customer enquiries
- Liaising with travel partners, tour operators and hotels, to manage bookings, schedules & promotions
- Overseeing the smooth & efficient running of the branch
- Helping to promote and market the business, including sometimes away from the branch location
- Cash handling, key holding, data entry & retrieval, managing budgets, maintaining records and producing financial reports
- Ensuring that staff adhere to financial & operational procedures and that any training needs are identified and addressed
- Managing & motivating staff to meet targets, thus ensuring the profitability of the company
- Meeting regularly with company directors to provide feedback on branch & staff performance, and to take direction
- Dealing with staff welfare, disciplinary matters and customer complaints
- Ordering sales literature, stationery & disposables to ensure the efficient running of the branch
- Ensuring that all care is taken in following company & legislative directives for ensuring Health & Safety within the work place
Requirements
- Should have minimum Bachelor's Degree, and relevant work
experience of 5 years in Safaris, Tours, Travel, Hotels
- Knowledge of all Tanzanian tour products, northern
circuit, southern circuit, Zanzibar
- A good administrator who can manage the team in Arusha
from Tours consultants, to drivers/ tour guides, to accountant
- To be able to liaise daily with head office on all
operational and finance matters, reporting to Tours Manager, MD and
Directors
- To manage and coordinate all relationships with hotels,
lodges, local authorities, and to be able to negotiate with them to get the
best deals
- To be a go-to for the Arusha office for all matters
- Very honest with good integrity with money and customer
management