For our department Product Management within LuxairTours, we are looking for a (an):
Contracting & Product Manager (m/f)
Main duties:
* Manage, plan and develop a portfolio of touristic destinations
* Actively negotiate and sign commercial contracts of different accommodation suppliers and other third parties at destination
* Constantly negotiate last minute / special offers from suppliers in relation to the market demand, the flight occupancy and/or responding to requests from the yield & revenue management department
* Prepare, work out and propose a business plan per season for your destinations
Increase the efficiency, profitability and the turnover on your destinations according to individual objectives
* Have a good knowledge and affinity of the digital contracting environment and its best practices
* Understand the implications of external market dynamics and competitor activity on the business
* Be willing to travel on regular basis to your destinations for duty purposes
* Constantly analyse the competition, the markets and the suppliers on your destinations
* Prepare & conduct occasional projects, workshops and concept development
* Control and validate the commercial presentation of the product pages of each off- & online channel
* Control the quality of the offered products on your destinations, in cooperation with the quality department
* Maintain and strengthen business relationships with your suppliers
* Prepare and provide different documents related to the products and the purchasing process
* Be the main contact for your destinations and products for all internal departments and stakeholders
* Ensure the different administrative tasks related to the department.
Required profile:
Minimum required criteria:
* Have a master degree in tourism or equivalent confirmed work experience
* Demonstrate strong expertise in the Contracting & Product Management gained in the classical and/or digital tourism environment
* Have a proven experience in a similar position at a tour operator or a hotel chain
* Have an excellent knowledge about the travel market and tourism industry
* Show good negotiation skills and strong organizational skills
* Have an affinity with numbers
* Demonstrate good presentation and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work on own initiative and to take decision and responsibility
* Accept the duty travel policy
* Be familiar with standard office applications
* Show excellent communication & negotiation skills in English and a second language amongst French, German or Spanish.
* Be pro-active, engage to proposes and take responsibilities
* Show a good sense of negotiation
* Be capable to work independently and in team in an international environment
* Be open-minded and solution oriented
* Be strict, accurate and stress-resistant
* Show the capacity to work under pressure, to meet deadlines and deal with unforeseen and urgent issues
* Ability to handle personally pre-defined deadlines in periods of heavy workload and time pressures
* Be willing to develop other languages such as Luxemburgish or other commonly spoken
* Have the capacity and ability to organize and plan.
Desired or to be acquired criteria:
* Perfectly master the programs and different procedures related to the Contracting & Product
* Management department