# Reservations & Operations Manager

SUMMARY: Boutique Luxury Inbound DMC specialising in bespoke travel throughout Southern and East Africa is looking for a highly experienced Reservations & Operations Manager, based at either its Cape Town or Heidelberg, Gauteng office. Primarily serving the North American luxury travel market, the company requires an established leader to take full ownership of reservations and operational teams. Reporting directly to the owner, the successful candidate will lead five Journey Designers and oversee the Operations Lead, Concierge and Journey Administration team, TourPlan Rates & Product function. POSITION INFO: Duties: Reservations & Sales Management: Take ownership of enquiries from receipt through to booking confirmation or closure. Allocate enquiries, monitor workloads and ensure quotations meet required turnaround times. Personally review and approve all quotations and costings before submission to agents, checking accuracy, margins, product selection and completeness. Lead communication with travel advisor partners, ensuring proactive, professional and timely correspondence. Manage follow-ups, itinerary revisions and deadlines to maximise booking conversions. Guide Journe

- **Id**: 3964159
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/phoenix-recruitment-reservations-operations-manager>
- **Role**: Management
- **Role family**: Management
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3338
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4496316
- **Name**: Phoenix Recruitment
- **Domain**: phoenixrec.co.za
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/phoenix-recruitment>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T13:06:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 52
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.516
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:2, agency, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

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