Area Manager with Crystal

About us
Award winning and innovative we are the UK’s leading ski holiday company, but we’re not just about the snow and the mountains in winter, our Summer and Lakes & Mountains brands have an equally impressive reputation. Our Overseas Operations team is key to achieving our priority year round – giving our customers outstanding holiday experiences through excellent service and sharing our great local knowledge and expertise.

Crystal Ski is part of the TUI Specialist & Activity sector which is the most diverse and unique collection of travel businesses in the world, with over 110 brands stretching from the USA and Canada, across Europe and out to Australia and New Zealand. As part of TUI Travel Plc, the worlds largest travel organisation, our employees have the opportunity for year round employment overseas or in the UK.

Description
Responsible for managing teams and staff operating in a number of different resorts, you'll need great management and commercial skills to maximise customer service and sales to give our customers' outstanding holidays, lead motivated teams and meet/exceed your targets.

Your responsible for the resort operations within your area (usually reps and chalets but may also include Crystal hotels and childcare), so strong communication skills and a drive for high standards and excellent service are a must. This is not an office based role - you will be based in resort and expected to spend time in your resorts monitoring quality and standards, and training & developing your staff.

We currently have Area Manager positions available in France and Austria for the winter 2012/13 season, if you have previous experience at this level of role and are looking for a new challenge please apply online.

Requirements
-Skills & Ability
Competent skier or boarder
Problem solving
Communication skills
Planning & organisation
Accountancy / numeracy and an ability to handle money responsibly
People management & staff development
Selling & negotiation skills
Ability to work unsupervised
IT, admin, social media

-Qualifications
Driving licence

-Experience
Relevant travel industry experience
Team management / working with budgets / working with targets
Remote / multi site management

Benefits
Working for us overseas is a great experience. We offer a great package to all of our overseas staff, which includes the following
• Competitive wage
• Accommodation
• Season Lift Pass
• Season Equipment hire
• Full Medical & Personnel Insurance
• Travel to and from resort you are placed in
• Full Training
• Uniform
• Friends and Family discount