Account Manager Homes & Apartments at Booking.com

This is a full time contract. It will be based in our Nairobi office.

Tasks

• Advise BH Partners regarding their webpages on the Booking.com website and how they can amend their own data with respect to supply, availability, specials, promotions
• Visit and contact the important MPPs in the region;
• Support Booking.com BV’s-strategy for BH Partners availability and supply within the region;
• Promote the Booking.com BV brand name and its online reservation services to BH Partners;
• Support Booking.com BV with facilitating New Partnership of BH Partners;
• Providing BH Partners with information and advice by different channels, including follow-ups;
• Participate, Organize and coordinate Tourist Trade Fair visits related to BH Marketspace;
• Organizing events and webinars for BH Partners to educate them and increase their engagement;
• Be always updated on marketplace changes and trends;
• Check statistics on Performance and follow up;
• Be able to translate local partners challenges into opportunities for change;
• You will also need to be versatile and adapt quickly to the latest guidelines from Booking.com BV;

Qualifications

• Fluent English speaker and writer;
• Driving license;
• Pro-active, entrepreneurial, sense of responsibility and can work independently;
• Quick and resourceful, flexible, accurate, strong analytical skills and an eye for detail;
• Great face-to-face and telephone communication skills;
• Public speaking skills;
• Team player, motivated and enjoys to work in e-travel and hospitality;
• Business focused;
• Positive attitude;
• Caring attitude
• Great priority settings skills;
• Helicopter view;
• Able to keep connections outside of the office with other Booking Home Partner Manager in a fruitful and efficient way;
• Knowledge of Vacation Rental market;