You will need to login before you can apply for a job.
Sector: Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Job Details
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Hybrid remote working, with 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley
Contract: 12 month secondment/FTC
Closing Date: Sunday, 16th February 2025
In a nutshell
As our Lead - Ancillary Product, you'll be responsible for managing the ancillary product portfolio, ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. You'll support the Ancillary Development Manager in delivering worldwide 3rd party ancillary strategies and methodologies. Your role will involve optimising ancillary product performance, identifying new product opportunities, and championing ancillary products within the business.
Day to day
Your key responsibilities will include:
1. Ancillary Product Management: Own the assigned ancillary product portfolio, ensuring compliance and managing supplier relationships. Conduct periodic competitor product reviews and recommend new ancillary products to deliver best-in-class offerings.
2. Ancillary Performance: Lead the ancillary budget framework and reforecast annually. Identify growth opportunities and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maximize product performance. Provide insights into performance drivers and create a product calendar to inform pricing and promotional activities.
3. Ancillary Pricing & Competitiveness: Recommend and implement pricing strategies based on market analysis. Maintain accurate pricing in relevant systems and support the delivery of new technical functionalities.
4. Ancillary Strategy & Projects: Work on assigned projects related to ancillary strategy and pricing. Partner with internal and external stakeholders to maximize product reach and support business case creation for new products.
About you
Are you analytical and commercially driven, ready to find solutions and build effective relationships with internal and external? Do you have a passion for delivering innovative products that drive business success? Then this could be the role for you!
Alongside the above, we're looking for the following:
1. Advanced knowledge and practical application of Excel.
2. Exceptional analytical and numerical skills.
3. Ability to strategically plan and implement projects.
4. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
5. Proven experience in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
6. Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen.
7. Familiarity with ancillary systems like Travelbox and PowerBI is preferred.
8. Ability to influence and motivate others.
Does the above sound like you? Then we'd love to hear from you!
Our recipe for leadership
At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit.
Be yourself
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That's why we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
Company
Richard Branson founded Virgin Atlantic in 1984 with the intention of shaking up the aviation industry. Since then, we’ve grown from a small team, one 747 plane and a single route, to a global network that employs thousands of wonderful people worldwide.
We’re not just your average airline. We’re a family-centric one who recognises togetherness as a hugely important aspect of life. We support and care about our employees and their families, which makes Virgin Atlantic a special place to work and the long-haul airline our customers fall in love with.
When it comes to our people, they’re a passionate lot, united in creating something different. It’s always been like this. It’s in our DNA, and it was ignited within us from the moment we started flying. So, step on board, get ready to find your purpose, embrace your human spirit and let it fly.
#J-18808-Ljbffr