Senior Account Manager - Booking.com - New Delhi

Designation: Senior Account Manager

Location: New Delhi

Experience: 2-4 yrs

Job Description:

Booking.com BV (the company behind Booking.com™, the market leading online hotel reservation service in the world) and/or its various support companies throughout the world are looking for people to support the business in the fast-growing hotel markets.

Booking.com India, one of the support companies in India, is looking for a Senior Account Manager Hotels in New-Delhi.

Function description:

As a Senior Account Manager you will be responsible for the account management team in the appointed market, managing and motivating people in your team. You will be responsible for the account management of some of the hotels in the area. You create quantity and quality reports on results and performance for information support to Booking.com. You advise hotels about information on the Booking.com website, and provide them the (initial) training on how to use Booking.com‘s system. You will be reporting to the Area Manager in improving hotel availability and supply and supporting Booking.com in meeting the demands of the visitors on the Booking.com website.

This fulltime position will be based in our New-Delhi office.

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Account Managers Hotels in New-Delhi;
• Direct account management for hotels
• Visit the important hotels;
• Responsible for area coverage;
• Support Booking.com BV’s-strategy for hotel availability and supply within India;
• Promote the Booking.com BV brand name and its online reservation services to hotels;
• Liaison person for hotels to contact when they have questions;
• Providing hotels with information and advice by mail and email, including follow-ups;
• Follow up on cancellations and evaluations;
• Accompany and train hotels on how to use Booking.com’s extranet and rates & availability system;
• Support hotels with regards to Booking.com’s system;
• Inform hotels and advise on allotment, availability and supply;
• Organize and coordinate Tourist Trade Fair visits to liaise with hotels;
• You will also need to be versatile and adapt quickly to the latest guidelines from Booking.com BV.

Desired Candidate Profile:

• 2-4 years of experience in a comparable management function;
• Fluent in English & Hindi speaker & writer
• Affinity/experience within e-travel and/or hotel/travel industry;
• Pro-active, sense of responsibility, friendly and ability to work independently;
• Quick and resourceful, flexible, accurate, strong analytical skills and an eye for detail;
• Great face-to-face and telephone communication skills;
• Team player, motivated and enjoys to work in e-travel and hospitality;
• Business focused;
• Positive attitude;
• University background preferred;
• Driver’s license;
• Availability to travel 50% of the time;
• You already have a work permit to work in India.

Suitable candidates can submit their updated resumes at http://goo.gl/BvJdvA