Business Development Support Executive in London

Fred Olsen Travel was established in 1988 with family values at its heart and knowledgeable staff across the board.

As one of the UK’s most established travel companies, Fred.

Olsen Travel provides outstanding customer service, choice and value for money through our six distinct specialisms, covering land, river and sea to go along with the multiple high street travel agencies dotted around East Anglia and the South Coast.

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Olsen Travel is also the UK general sales agents for Star Clippers, Amadeus River Cruises and American Cruise Lines.

Our mission is to be a world class provider of travel products and services with a reputation for outstanding customer service, unrivalled choice, exceptional quality and value for money.

We continue to go from strength to strength and are now in a position to recruit a highly motivated and dedicated Business Development Support Executive to join the Fred.

Holidays, Business Development team, to be based in our Ipswich Head Office.

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Holidays is a tailor-made tour operator with distinct specialist sales areas including, European Land, Rail Journeys, Ocean Cruises and River Cruises.

Each product is hand crafted by our specialist sales team adapting the holiday to the customers’ requirements, this includes hotel rating and location, UK departure points, inclusive activities, multi-Centre stays and more.

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Holidays tour operation supports both the trade and direct consumer through its ability to tailor-make each and every holiday style.

This role will support and assist in the sales and operational tasks within the Fred.

Holidays Business Development Team.

A key member of the Business Development Team to provide support to trade/direct marketing/PR partners with brand communications and marketing, whilst giving administrational support to the team internally.

The successful candidate will need to be customer focused with good time management and have the ability to communicate at all levels. 

This is a full-time position working 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm) based at our Head Office in Ipswich (Fred Olsen House, 42 White House Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 5LL)

Attached to this advert you will find a detailed Job Profile and an overview of the staff benefits we offer. 

Our values are:

Customer Driven: We strive to look through the lens of each customer to ensure we continuously put their needs and expectations at the heart of everything we do.

Valuing Diversity: We believe differing views and experiences make us stronger.

By working to create a representative and inclusive business, we can deliver the right solution to our customers in the right way.

Investing in people: We believe that by continuously seeking to grow personally and professionally develop our people, we can improve our future today.

Winning Together : We deliver our best outcomes and results when we all pull in the same direction, creating a positive team spirit where people feel valued, support each other and share in success together.

Doing the right thing: We pride ourselves on doing what is right and building trust in every situation with our people, customers and community.

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Olsen Travel offers a range of company benefits including BUPA medical, Life Assurance, discounted holidays and cruises plus retail discounts and cash back incentives through our MyBenefits scheme.

As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.