Partnerships and Contracting Manager - Germany - Remote in Homeoffice bei Luxury Escapes

Luxury Escapes stands proudly as one of the world's fastest-growing travel businesses, curating and offering the world’s best escapes handpicked by our experts.

We believe that everyone deserves to travel in style, which is why we are fuelled by our shared purpose – to create the world’s most loved travel experiences, all at great prices.

We are more than just a company; we are a collective of forward-thinking individuals who are united by our passion for challenging the status quo of the travel industry. Our team is driven to push boundaries, constantly raising the bar to bring ever better travel experiences to our customer community.

At Luxury Escapes, we prioritize our employees' experience, and it is at the heart of everything we do. With a range of employee benefits including generous paid time off, discounted travel and monthly recognition programs we strive to make each day something to look forward to.

What are we looking for:

With extensive knowledge and experience of European travel locations we are looking for a sales & contracting expert that will passionately and energetically negotiate and maintain new hotel and resort partnerships across the luxury travel segment.

You'll be creative, passionate, skilled in sales, commercial negotiation, and will be responsible for the creation of a sustainable client base, building solid long-term relationships through the highlighting of the unique value proposition which Luxury Escapes can provide to customers and suppliers alike.

Every one of our Partnerships and Contracting Managers assist in developing Luxury Escapes as a strong and trusted brand whilst generating as many exciting and appealing partner campaigns as possible.

Key responsibilities:

• Negotiate and sign sales & marketing campaigns with hotels and resorts in your designated territory that are relevant to the Luxury Escapes brand
• Deliver and maintain a strong pipeline of campaigns on your designated regions, consisting of new and pre-existing partners
• Achieve a minimum revenue target per quarter
• Achieve a minimum number of signed campaigns per quarter
• Develop and deliver a market plan linked back to your revenue and signings target which identifies all prospective partner opportunities
• Initiate and maintain a high level of contact with a minimum number of hotel and resort partners on a weekly basis with all activity to be recorded in the companies CRM system
• Work closely with Marketing, Customer Service and the operations teams to ensure all campaigns are successful and accurately communicated.

What the role needs:

• A genuine passion for all things travel
• You will have previous experience of developing and delivering a sales strategy focused on attracting new suppliers, and retaining existing hotels, resorts, airlines and other travel related partners
• With a history of proactively growing relationships with suppliers you'll be adept at being able to clearly show the advantages of partnering with Luxury Escapes
• A strong capacity for deal making and entrepreneurial flair!
• The capacity to work with a diverse range of internal stakeholders that have a "deliver brilliantly" and "get it done" mentality.
• A commercially minded salesperson with a reputation of delivering strong results for their partners
• Someone that understands the importance of reporting and accurate record keeping
• Must be fluent in German

What's in it for you?

• Excellent Remuneration package
• 20% Discount on Luxury Holidays and Experiences
• Health and Wellbeing programs
• Leave purchase program (up to 4 weeks extra) and a bonus day of birthday leave
• Flexible working conditions - fully remote working
• A super collaborative team that enjoys creating great platforms

If this sounds like you and you feel you have the skills and experience to meet the requirements of the role, please apply online today!

At Luxury Escapes we embrace diversity in our people and make hiring decisions based on experiences and skills. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. You'll find a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful workplace here at Luxury Escapes, and we are proud to celebrate who you are. Please let us know you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process.

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