Strategic B2B Partnership Manager - Tokyo, Japan

2 нед. назад

ЯпонияOnsite

Manage strategic B2B partnerships to grow 's accommodation partner network and promote business growth.

At , we bridge the world through travel. Our story began in 2005, when two lifelong friends and entrepreneurs, driven by their passion for travel, launched to make it easier for everyone to explore the world.
Today, we are part of Booking Holdings [NASDAQ: BKNG], with a diverse team of over 7,000 people from 90 countries, working together in offices around the globe. Every day, we connect people to destinations and experiences, with our great deals across our millions of hotels and holiday properties, flights, and experiences worldwide.
No two days are the same at . Data and technology are at the heart of our culture, fueling our curiosity and innovation. If you’re ready to begin your best journey and help build travel for the world, join us.
Supply is a team of creative entrepreneurs that develop solutions for ’s accommodation partners and promote ’s top and bottom-line growth. We design tailored business and product solutions with our partners and help them generate measurable value. Members of our team are empowered and supported to grow their market(s) or accounts. We develop win-win relationships and leverage ’s unique accommodations portfolio and tech solutions to bring our partners the advantages they seek. Utilizing our strong brand and resources, we roll out new product to increase the visibility of , introduce more travelers to our great products and service and deliver significant revenues to the overall business.

As a Strategic Account Manager your key objective is to grow the coverage and quality of ’s supply network by remotely managing a portfolio of hotel partners in Japan. You will be responsible for maximizing partner engagement, driving portfolio performance, and improving supply metrics through digital-first account management at scale.
In this role, you’ll get to:
Identify, pitch and build new supplier relationships for focusing on the B2B and wholesale market
Introduce and explain the strategic benefits of the new B2B solution product
Grow bookings, revenues and gross profit of assigned hotel partners
Using data to develop business solutions and maximize ’s accommodation availability, content competitiveness and business growth for the hotel partners
Evaluate existing partnerships and determine if any actions needed to optimize the performance. Identify, prioritize, negotiate, contract and onboard non-participatory hotels, ensuring favorable terms and conditions.
Formulate project ideas, determine where opportunity exists and implement new approaches.
Work in a data-driven environment
Research and troubleshoot rate and availability issues to help hotels maximize their booking performance; e.g., problems with connectivity, rate mapping, extranet management, etc.
Prepare pitch presentations and materials
Manage regular weekly/monthly supplier and internal reports

Minimum 5 years’ experience in account management, business development, or supply/e-commerce role.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence external/internal stakeholders.
Think out-of-the-box to develop and implement solutions for unique challenges when negotiating with hotel partners
Ability to drive insights out of data and articulate the findings
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
A team player with a professional “get it done” attitude and work ethic.
Strong prioritization and planning skills; must be comfortable with making trade-offs.
Curiosity to learn and willingness to try new approaches. Comfortable in a two-way feedback culture.
Adapts well to and is energized by change

B2B and wholesale markets experience preferred
Experience in hotel or travel industry, especially OTA channels preferred, but not necessary
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