Brand: Global Touring (Topdeck Travel, Back Roads Touring and Grasshopper Adventures) Position: Product Executive Reporting to: Senior Product Manager Location Base: Hybrid 3 days office (Mon-Weds) / 2 days remote (office location is in Chiswick, London) Contract: Permanent
Global Touring Here at Global Touring, we’re a travel company specialising in group tours and inspiring people through life-changing travel experiences. Through our brands Topdeck Travel, Back-Roads Touring and Grasshopper Adventures, we are ever developing our product range, driving growth in key sales markets (Australia, New Zealand & North America), innovating product delivery and ensuring we deliver a first-class customer experience. Don’t worry if you can’t find Global Touring when you search online – this is our internal brand; externally we only use our customer-facing brands.
We’re looking for a Product Executive to join our team, that aligns perfectly with our brand and values... if this sounds like you then keep reading!
The Role
The Product Executive supports a team of Product Managers with the contracting of tour services and general administrative tasks. The role will assist in the procurement process and corresponding data entry; ensuring that appropriate services are contracted for the right time and date and that paperwork is compiled accurately for input into our systems.
This role demands good operational knowledge and time management skills, in addition to excellent data processing and Microsoft excel skills to organise data.
The successful candidate will follow company standard procedures in all duties, ensuring that clarity and consistency is always maintained to the highest standard.
The person must be comfortable working across a range of documents and systems, including (but not limited to) Excel, Jira, and our internal booking platform Travel Studio. Key Responsibilities
Supplier Contracting
Send rate and availability requests to potential suppliers
Negotiate terms with suppliers including rates, availability and payment conditions
Benchmark supplier contracts to ensure they are in line with budget
Develop relationships with suppliers ensuring access to best products and rates
Source creative solutions to any supply chain issues
Product administration
Adhere to the one best way of processing information and maintaining product team databases for all departments
Ensure all contracting agreements and tour files are updated and maintained
Utilise the company project management system Jira
Liaise between Product and Accounts (direct bill applications, invoice queries etc.)
Assist in the creation of Tour Manuals
Manage team inboxes, following the agreed filling system
Show flexibility to take on ad hoc administrative tasks
Product Development and Product to Market Cycle
Assist Product Managers with research into new destinations and suppliers
Analyse feedback as part of the annual tour review
Assist in developing training materials for internal and external use
When required participate in regular sales training of tour products
Ensure product is delivered within the required specified timeframes as part of the annual product to market cycle
Assist in proofing tour web pages and brochures
Experience, Requirements and Key Behaviours
Minimum 2 years’ experience working in a product role within the travel industry
High attention to detail
Excellent organisation and time management skills
Numerate and analytical
Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel
Experience in collecting, assessing and analysing data
Logical and methodical
A clear command of verbal and written English with excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with a wide range of individuals
Excellent time management with the ability to deliver to deadlines
The desire to learn
The right to live and work in the UK
And of course… a passion for all things travel!
Global Touring Values Our values aren’t just words on a page. They’re the backbone; the steering wheel; the soundtrack to how we embrace each day. Like a well baked brownie, every ingredient combines to achieve the rich consistency fuelling the soul of Global Touring.
Stay curious We are natural born explorers. Our people question old solutions, apply alternative thinking and embrace being challenged in the search for outcomes. We’re excited by the journey on and off the road – expanding our knowledge, adapting to feedback and questioning the status quo. Value ideas over hierarchy. Have the courage to take risks. Don’t let perfection prevent growth.
Choose transparency We take the right way, not the easy way. We’re straight up even through the toughest conversations; tackling challenges head-on and with integrity. Honour commitments. Communicate with clarity. And build relationships based on mutual respect. Forget hidden agendas, we treat everyone fairly – despite a preference for instant coffee.
Don’t pass the buck If we do it, we do it well. We are empowered to make decisions based on data and experience – holding each other accountable along the way. Spare the excuses. Be fearless in the pursuit of results. And take responsibility – even when no one’s looking. There will be bumps in the road; that’s ok. We own our mistakes and learn from the challenges as well as the successes.
Together we go further Across oceans and office desks, it’s more than a love for travel that keeps us connected. There are no silos here; we are each other’s toughest critics and loudest supporters – especially around the ping pong table. People with diverse backgrounds, different identities and varied experiences make our company exceptional. We embrace alternate perspectives, recognise each other’s strengths and champion collective genius.
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