Product Manager Italy
Descrizione dell'offerta
What you will do on your journey with WebBeds.
The Product manager plays a major role in supporting the Contracting team in relationship management with hotel partners by optimizing rates and availability through targeted actions, as directed by Line Managers.To be responsible for either a single destination or a larger geographical area. The area may be changed based on the business's needs. To build and maintain key relationships within the department, as well as inter-company.
In this role you will:
- Build and maintain direct relationships with hotel partner
- Responsible for maintaining contractual hotel allocations, last-minute availability, and overall portfolio availability.
- Work with Hotels and Contracting Manager on special offers and promotions.
- Review, accept or negotiate against stop sales.
- Evaluate production and determine follow-up action
- Educate hotel partners on supplier interface and implement training and usage.
- Undertaking tasks related to the competitiveness report.
- Undertake regular price comparisons for a given destination always to ensure we have the best rates.
- Assist with mapping and setting live of contracts. Liaising with relevant teams to see the task through to the end
The skills we would love to see in your suitcase!
- English at an advanced level
- Commercial awareness in the travel industry
- Good Microsoft Office knowledge, especially Excel and Outlook
- Personal effectiveness with strong communication and influencing skills
- Comfortable using phone to negotiate with suppliers.
- Experience in working in a fast-paced and multi-cultural environment
- Proactive, with the ability to offer solutions to issues encountered.
- Personable with lots of enthusiasm and a “can-do” attitude
- Team player
- Ability to use multiple systems
- Ability to negotiate
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the team
- Ability to prioritise
- Organized with impeccable attention to detail
- Numerically astute
- Ability to build effective working relations both internally and externally