Associate Market Manager
Priceline is a leading online travel company focused on making travel affordable and accessible. The Associate Market Manager is responsible for developing and maintaining hotel partnerships to optimize revenue through data analysis and strategic relationship management.
Responsibilities
- Build strong hotel supplier relationships and effectively communicate Priceline and Agoda’s value proposition to grow bookings, room nights and revenue in assigned portfolio
- Prioritize, plan and implement effectively to meet/exceed defined targets and goals
- Analyze data to identify business growth opportunities and ensure the competitiveness of Priceline and Agoda’s products by evaluating market trends, partner performance, and competitor landscape
- Conduct ongoing reviews of production with hotel accounts and present strategic recommendations to optimize hotel performance, using a consultative approach
- Identify, prioritize, negotiate, contract and onboard non-participating hotels, ensuring favorable terms and conditions
- Research and troubleshoot rate and availability issues preventing hotels from improving booking performance
- Educate and train hotel partners on Priceline and Agoda systems, tools, programs and reporting
- Collaborate with internal partners to complete business initiatives and drive market strategy
- Prepare presentations and materials to present at both external and internal meetings
- Represent Priceline and Agoda in assigned market(s), participate in industry organizations and events, and establish relationships with key local influencers
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in any relevant field
- One to three years' experience in sales; travel industry experience preferred
- Demonstrated success acquiring & building long term customer relationships
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence external and internal collaborators
- Strong sales negotiation skills and ability to creatively “think on the fly” when negotiating with hotel partners
- A great teammate with a professional “get it done” attitude and work ethic
- Adapts well to change and thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking and data analysis skills
- Possesses self-awareness, a sense of curiosity and a growth mindset
- Comfortable in two-way feedback culture
- Flexible to travel for partner visits and meetings
- Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust
- Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential
- Travel industry experience preferred
Benefits
- This role is eligible for our hybrid work model: Two days in-office.
- In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may be eligible for an annual bonus and/or equity grant.
- Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.
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