Product
The Product Department is responsible for the products that go on sale. Whether this is within a tour operator and pulling together the various elements to create a package or choosing which airlines to negotiate contracts with to sell to the public or choosing which hotels are sold within the programme. It is a Contractors role within the product department to negotiate rates for hotels, flights, car hire and transfers and often involves overseas travel. The product department often provide pricing and margin targets to the database loaders in order to produce brochures or web content along with copy writing. C&M Travel Recruitment work with many of the major business and leisure travel companies as well as airlines, car hire and cruise companies across the UK to provide product staff solutions. There are a number of roles that C&M Travel Recruitment recruit for in the Product sector including:
Product Manager will feed information through to the contractor or themselves go and secure contracts with suppliers within specified countries. This involves monitoring sales performance for products within the contracting remit. The Product Manager will price all products and set capacity levels, with ongoing yield management to ensure high load factors and profitability for the company. A Product Executive will assist the Product Manager in their day-to-day duties often to an assigned destination. Destination knowledge is desirable when applying for a Product Executive position.
Head of Product takes complete responsibility for the product department. It generally includes product development and planning, yield management, pricing and & financial control. Head of product will seek new product innovation and product development.
