C&M Travel Recruitment
Partnerships & Trade Support Executive
This leading outdoor leisure travel organisation is dedicated to inspiring people to explore the great outdoors through high quality holiday experiences across the UK and Europe. With a large member community and an extensive partner network, they are committed to delivering exceptional value, expert advice and memorable outdoor adventures. They now have a fantastic opportunity for a Partnerships & Trade Support Executive to support B2B membership acquisition, strengthen relationships with trade partners, and coordinate industry schemes, events and awards. This is a varied, relationship focused role ideal for someone who enjoys partner engagement, commercial coordination and working at the heart of a thriving leisure sector.
Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Role & Responsibilities:
- Act as a key point of contact for industry partners, handling B2B membership queries, scheme information and general liaison.
- Support and develop the organisation’s hire and rental partner schemes, including onboarding new companies, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring accurate reconciliation of fees and commission.
- Promote and administer incentive schemes, training providers and other B2B partners, ensuring accurate records and timely payments.
- Manage and update the B2B online marketing portal, ensuring all communications and materials align with brand standards and campaign objectives.
- Monitor and report on the performance of dealer incentives and hire programmes, providing insight, analysis and recommendations for improvement.
- Assist with preparation and coordination of major industry awards and competitions, including research, documentation, data management and judging logistics.
- Provide operational support for industry events, exhibitions, partner visits and product promotions, including pre event planning and post event follow up.
- Maintain strong partner engagement through timely communication, proactive support and effective feedback collection.
Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Skills & Experience Required:
- Experience working with dealer, intermediary or affinity channels in a customer centric B2B or B2B2C environment.
- Strong relationship building skills with the ability to engage confidently with external partners, suppliers and customers.
- Exposure to contract management or partner agreements.
- Highly organised, able to manage multiple workstreams and meet deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Commercially aware with the ability to identify opportunities and understand scheme performance.
- Comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
- Positive, enthusiastic and proactive with a hands on approach.
- Professional sales or marketing qualification desirable.
- Confident using reporting systems and willing to develop skills in data visualisation tools such as Tableau.
- Flexibility to support occasional industry events, exhibitions or partner visits.
- Full UK driving licence required, with some travel and occasional overnight stays.
Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Additional Information:
- Salary of £30k to £35k depending on experience
- Hybrid working with 2 days in the office
- Monday to Friday
- Opportunities to attend industry events and visit partner locations
- Range of staff benefits including discounted travel, wellbeing initiatives and social events
Please apply for the position of Partnerships & Trade Support Executive online or email your cv to
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