Priceline is a leading online travel company focused on providing great deals for customers. The Market Manager will maintain and grow hotel partnerships, optimize pricing, and enhance hotel bookings through data analysis and strategic recommendations.
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
- Evaluate market trends, partner performance, and competitor landscape to ensure the competitiveness of Priceline and Agoda’s products
- Analyze data to identify business growth opportunities across assigned portfolio
- Conduct ongoing reviews of production with hotel accounts and present strategic recommendations to optimize Priceline and Agoda accommodation availability, content competitiveness and hotel performance, using a consultative approach
- Prioritize, plan and implement effectively to meet/exceed defined targets and goals
- Identify, prioritize, negotiate, contract and onboard non-participating hotels, ensuring favorable terms and conditions
- Research and troubleshoot pricing and availability competitiveness issues preventing hotels from optimizing booking performance
- Educate and train hotel partners on Priceline and Agoda systems, tools, programs and reporting
- Collaborate with internal partners to execute 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
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in any relevant field
- 4+ years professional experience in sales; travel industry experience preferred
- Demonstrated success acquiring & building long term customer relationships
- Strong sales negotiation skills and ability to creatively “think on the fly” when negotiating with hotel partners
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to influence external and internal stakeholders
- Hungry, determined, motivated, solution-oriented, and results-focused
- A great teammate with demonstrated leadership skills, a professional “get it done” attitude, and strong work ethic
- Ability to multitask effectively, change gears quickly, and thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Strong critical thinking, data analysis and data visualization skills
- Possesses self-awareness, a sense of curiosity and a growth mindset
- Comfortable in two-way feedback culture and challenging the status quo
- Flexibility to travel up to 30% for partner/market visits and team meetings
- Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust
- Unquestionable integrity and ethics is essential