Destination Manager for France & Belgium

Highlights:

• Remote work / Home Office
• Requires good communicative English skills and fluent in French
• This position can be a great way to have your first "management" experience, as it comes with a lot of responsibility but does not require long experience
• You will be ultimately responsible for our smallest, but fastest growing destination area, and clients travelling to this area

We are seeking a Destination Manager based in Belgium to help with event booking and supplier relations for our groups in France and Belgium.

The company

Pissup Tours (as part of the Awesome Adventures Group) is the industry’s best reviewed Bachelor Party company and we have been organizing unforgettable party weekends all over Europe since 2001. Each year we send more than 40,000 customers a year to our more than 40 different destinations. We offer the opportunity to earn well while working professionally with some of the most fun products in the world: organizing incredible party weekends for happy customers. You can check out what we do here: https://www.evg.fr/ , https://www.pissup.de/ , https://www.pissup.com/ .

The job

As Destination Manager, you will be responsible for maintaining supplier relations, checking availability with activity providers, confirming bookings, sending vouchers to clients, doing pre-arrival checks and handling any problems at the destinations. You will be checking up on everything being correctly booked and coordinating details with our sales team and directly with customers to make sure our groups get the service they have paid for. You will receive training in the position and will also be a part of an Operations Team of 6 people who operate other destinations who can assist you as well. The position is a remote work / work-from-home position. The job is full-time 40 hours per week on average, including emergency phone weekend cover 1-2 weekends per month. Expect more work load during peak season and less during off season.

We provide a good fixed salary but also a significant bonus structure. The role comes with a lot of responsibility but also enjoys a lot of autonomy and self-management.

Please note that this is a Contract position, meaning you will work as a Consultant or Freelancer, but full time.

The job’s main tasks will be these:

• Finding and negotiation agreements with new suppliers
• Maintaining and optimising relations and agreements with current suppliers
• Make new reservations with suppliers via phone and email
• Handle changes to existing reservations (long term and last minute)
• Finalize bookings and communicate final booking details to customers
• Communication with the group leader during the trip
• Communication with account manager colleagues regarding bookings and changes
• Be on-call for emergency phone during weekends / nights (in shifts, so you will be on-call for 1-2 weekends a month)
• Ad hoc problem solving

Qualifications

The successful candidate should have the following skills:

• Fluent in French (native level)
• Business level English
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Flexible and customer oriented approach
• If you are an organisational talent, that is a big plus.
• Be a great communicator, both with clients and internally
• Be a fast learner of new IT systems

We will provide a good salary based on your qualifications plus a relevant bonus and a very exciting job in a fun industry, dealing with happy customers having the weekend of their lives. You will receive proper training in procedures and IT systems, and we would appreciate your input on how we can improve as well.

How to Apply

Applying: All applicants must send a full CV and application letter (detailing why you are applying) to jobs@wildeast.dk. The best applications will be selected for personal interviews. We look forward to hearing from you.