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European Product Manager

Employer
DCV Specialist Recruitment
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£38K-£40K + Bonuses
Closing date
18 Feb 2019

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Product

Job Details

Our client, a successful tour operator based in the heart of London is now seeking a European Product Manager to join the product and commercial team. You will be responsible for the growth and development of existing and new markets within Europe.

This is an exciting and a varied role, which will involve a combination of both product management and contracting. The product manager will seek out new opportunities and negotiate the best possible FIT rates, along with maintaining and developing 3rd party hotel connectivity suppliers.

Operating in a highly commercial environment this role relies significantly competitor analysis and awareness.

As Product Manager – Europe you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities: 

Manage all contracts and supplier relationships

  • Regularly reviewing and/or establishing relationships with 3rd party hotel connectivity suppliers, hotels and channel managers.
    To work effectively towards business and personal targets
  • Negotiate and deliver preferential commercial agreements from hotel partnerships and manage on-going performance against targets/overrides
  • To negotiate funding to support marketing & incentive calendars
  • Develop and implement strategic plans to deliver promotions, incentives and commercial targets with key suppliers in line with business objectives

Product Manager – Europe

Skill attributes:

  • Comprehensive previous experience working as a product and contracts manager within a B2C environment
  • Must have excellent market knowledge of Europe including supplier relationships
  • Strong understanding of how bed bank connectivity works (XML)
  • Excellent communication skills including sales, negotiation and presentation
  • Proactive and results driven, delivering on commitments and meeting deadlines, able to balance the demands of several activities
  • Ability to produce accurate reporting and management information
  • Must be available to travel to assigned territories when necessary

Company

DCV is a specialist recruitment agency providing Permanent, Contract & Interim staffing solutions throughout the UK and Worldwide.

Our many areas of expertise within Travel include:

Specialist Tailor-made Consultants

Business Travel Consultants

Sales Consultants

Administration & Operations Consultant

Ticketing Consultants

Product Managers

Commercial Managers

Marketing Managers

Account Managers

Business Development Managers

Finance Controllers

To name just a few of the travel backgrounds within the Travel Industry we deal with

Our Senior Consultants and Resource’s specialise in The Travel Industry with over 22 years’ experience by offering both candidates and clients an unrivalled recruitment service.

DCV Specialist Recruitment work in collaboration with its clients to provide a consultative service aligned to their business goals. This industry focused approach has enabled DCV to forge business partnerships with SME’s, Corporate & Blue Chip Travel Organisations across the globe.

DCV Specialist Recruitment has a targeted approach when sourcing candidates, enabling us to provide our clients with the most qualified and experienced candidates within the market place providing quality at all times.

Our candidate attraction strategy is be-spoke to each client to ensure that we resource Travel professionals from the background desired, coupled with the skills and experience to deliver results. These attraction methods include but are not exhaustive off:

  • Our Database
  • Traditional client specific Head Hunting
  • Niche Job boards
  • Social networking
  • Travel Industry specific publications
  • Referrals

The delivery of our service is harnessed by our Skilled Consultants and our Resource Team, all of whom have a wealth of experience within the Travel Industry sector.

Contact us

DCV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Biz Space

575-599 Maxted Road

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7DX

Telephone number : 01442 270 711

 

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