Job Description

Domestic Travel Ops Manager

We are looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Domestic Travel Operations Manager. The responsibilities of the Domestic Operation Travel Manager include optimizing our India-led travel operations (including domestic journeys and adventure camps) making travel arrangements, recruiting and training tour directors or travel guides, providing guidance on travel arrangements, doing field audit of accommodation and transport, suggesting and creating new itineraries and preparing budget reports and keeping track of invoicing and cost-sheets for travel.

To be a successful travel manager, you should have a strong working knowledge of travel management processes and excellent attention to detail. Ultimately, a top-notch travel manager is skilled at maintaining positive relationships with airlines and hotels and at providing a smooth travel experience.

Travel Manager Responsibilities:

• Maintaining positive relationships with vendors of direct travel services, such as hotels, and airlines, buses, trains.
• Negotiating preferred rates with vendors of direct travel.
• Planning travel accommodations, booking flights, hotels, bus rentals, and coordinating activities.
• Managing and processing all travel-related documentation, including payments, itineraries, visas, medical, and legal forms.
• Assisting with any travel-related issues that may arise.
• Researching travel deals and evaluating prices and services.
• Arranging travel accommodations for Schools.
• Creating, optimizing, and monitoring domestic travel policies.
• Preparing travel budget reports.
• Analyzing and preparing reports on travel spend.
• Auditing travel services and doing a recon of hotels and campsites.
• Creating new travel itineraries
• Supporting EdTerra's core competencies and product differentiators.
• Hiring and training the tour directors or freelance tour guides to lead our journey programs on field.
• Assist the Sales team in sales presentations and meetings with the school decision makers.

Travel Manager Requirements:

• A bachelor's degree in tourism, travel or hospitality is required for corporate travel managers.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in the travel industry.
• A minimum of 1 year supervisory experience may be preferred.
• Certification in travel or hospitality may be advantageous.
• Knowledge of travel management processes.
• The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with vendors of direct travel (existing relationships may be advantageous).
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Good communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
• A basic understanding of Geography.
• Strong computer skills.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to ?60,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Cell phone reimbursement
• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Leave encashment
• Paid sick time
• Paid time off
• Provident Fund

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift

Supplemental pay types:

• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Work Location: In person