Contracting & Product Manager (m/f/x). Luxemburgo

For our department Product Management within LuxairTours, we are looking for a (an):

Contracting & Product Manager (m/f/x)

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.

Desired or to be acquired criteria:

    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

    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

    Perfectly master the programs and different procedures related to the Contracting & Product

    Management department

    Be strict, accurate and stress-resistant

    Be willing to develop other languages such as Luxemburgish or other commonly spoken

    Have the capacity and ability to organize and plan.