Sr. Manager - E-commerce
Jazeera Airways is looking for Sr. Manager - E- commerce (OTA, E-Commerce & 3rd Party Ancillary) who would be responsible for achieving revenue targets for:
- Distribution - Indirect Online (B2B & B2C) channel (GDSs, Aggregators, Meta Search platforms, OTAs) promotion, sales & revenue.
- Ancillary – Third Party and Distributed Ancillary.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Distribution:
- Identify new & potential online sellers across various geographies and support in establishing commercial contracts
- Collaborate with POS leaders across network to manage respective online sellers
- Devise and drive commercial strategy for the indirect online channel with business intelligence & route heatmaps for OTAs (B2B & B2C & Aggregators)
- Monitor & address Look to Book (L2B) waste & fare under-cutting by OTAs
- Manage PSS configurations associated with the indirect online channel and house keeping
- Full knowledge of Navitaire distribution APIs with clear understanding of XML/JSON Request / Response Logs to address integration queries, project management & deliveries
- Map & Manage Seller lifecycles (contracts, documentation, registrations, integrations, testing, Go-Live, trainings)
- Devise and drive Meta Search platform with progressive contribution, settlements (Deposits, BSP, Credit Card, bank transfers) & commercials
- Responsible for cost & commercials for OTAs & aggregators - commissions, PLBs, routes deals, online tactical campaigns & marketing on seller platforms
- Supervise appropriate after-sales support through collaboration with the Sales Support Team
- Digital Marketing & E-commerce:
- Devise and drive E-commerce strategy, budget & P/L & cost efficiency & control
- CRO & Analytics – Conversion optimization & Google / Adobe Analytics
- Devise promotion & campaign strategy for sales promotion, tactical campaigns, festivals, events, new product, features launches and destinations, co-branded promotions with loyalty partners, banks, cards & wallets
- Payment gateway relationship, commercials, integrations & aggregation
- Currency acceptance, payment method mapping, success rate optimization
- Non-Core Ancillary:
- Devise and drive ancillary attachment & revenue strategy
- Increase Yield (RevPerPax) to 15% of avg. base revenue
- Responsible for existing P/L from 20+ ancillary products
- Product lifecycle (Relationship, engagement, integration, production, monitor & optimization) 3rd party ancillaries
- Responsible to optimize prices, sales & promotion across sales channels – pre-book, after sales, airport
Requirements and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration specializing in Sales or any related field.
- 12+ years of Experience in a similar role/airline e-commerce/sales/distribution
- Team Management & relationship building
- Complete knowledge of Navitaire and distribution API (XML/JSON request/response Logs)
- Attention to detail is necessary as well as being a people person with excellent customer service knowledge
- Excellent MS Excel skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English