Product Manager
Company: Travel Trade Recruitment Limited
Location: Maidstone
Posted: April 17th, 2026
We are working with an established Tour Operator based in Kent, looking for an experienced Product Manager to join their team.
Role Responsibilities
- Negotiation of Escorted Tours, Cruises and FIT/Beach contracts and special offers in line with company expectations
- Direct responsibility for contract accuracy and completion
- Maintain and react to competitor analysis on Escorted Tours, Cruises and FIT/Beach contracts
- Research and develop new markets and destinations
- Maintaining excellent supplier relationships and promoting the Mercury brand positively
- Analyse market trends (both own product and industry) to propose and then develop new products
- Monitor daily sales with the Head of Product to highlight areas/products to improve sales for the business
- Undertake overseas visit from time to time to contract hotels and inspect destinations and services
- Ensure all costs/dates for assigned areas loaded
- Ensure all process for contracts to be loaded correctly
- Ensure timely delivery of all brochures in conjunction with the Head of Product and marketing department
- In conjunction with the Head of Product and the team, look to streamline processes and introduce good working practices
- Ensure the team is working as efficiently and productively as possible and ensuring accuracy of all material being sent out from the dept.
Qualifications
- Previous experience as a Product Manager, or Product Executive looking to step up
- Excellent contracting / negotiation skills
- Great geographical knowledge (Europe desirable)
- Natural relationship builder
- Fantastic attention to detail
- Fantastic multitasker
- Great team player
Benefits & Compensation
- A salary of circa £42,000 (depending on experience)
- Generous annual bonus
- Hybrid working (office based in North Kent)
- Private pension
- Private health cover
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership
- Work one month from anywhere in the world
- Lunch on us in the office every other Thursday
- Fresh fruits and essentials for breakfast
- Department and company team-building dinners
- Long service awards scheme
- Annual leave buy and sale scheme
- Personal days
- Professional learning sponsorship and professional subscriptions
- Life cover
- Enhanced payment for maternity and paternity leave
- Nursery vouchers
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