Junior Account Development Manager

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who are WebBeds

WebBeds is the fastest growing and most significant accommodation supplier to the travel industry. We are a global company offering ground services (hotels transfers tours activities) to travel professionals. Our products help our partners and customers to create amazing Travel experiences.

Our Products range from a Retail Online platform Integration Connectivity hub and distribution APIs to name but a few and our systems are 100% cloud hosted processing up to 5.0bn search requests daily. We deliver amazing outcomes using leading edge technology through innovative and creative thinking.

WebBeds is a subsidiary of Web Travel Group (ASX: WEB) an ASX 200 listed company operating a global digital travel business.

What makes us stand out

We are a wholesale global travel organization
We have 1500 people speaking 50 languages in 120 cites across 50 countries
We partner with over 430000 properties in more than 15000 destinations
We work with more than 44000 travel companies in 139 source markets
We have an amazing Technology team focused on delivering valuable outcomes using innovative tech and creative & lateral thinking

What will you do on your journey with WebBeds
WebBeds is the worlds fastest growing provider of accommodation distribution services to the travel industry. Our products incorporate distribution APIs payment integrations ERP integration Data Lakes User Interfaces and others. Our search API reach peaks of more than 50.000 requests per second each one consisting of tens or hundreds of hotels with continued expansion.

We design deliver and support innovative solutions through engagement collaboration and a fearsome passion for creating customer value is our mission as an IT organization.

With this in mind we strive to be at the leading edge of technology when it comes to build the platform that meets the needs of our Supply partners and customers. This translates to the use of latest technology Core versions K8S microservices architecture clouds hosting and orchestration CI/CD pipelines automated testing Proactive monitoring and alerting systems to name a few.

Our delivery teams have the creativity and freedom to express themselves by building innovative solutions to often complex problems and are challenged to reach higher levels daily. Our teams consist of product owners QA engineers Software Engineers and people from across the business all working collectively and collaboratively. We have a very strong technical team from which you will be able to learn but are encouraged by new ideas and fresh thinking that you will bring with you.

In this Role you will:

You will manage and accelerate revenue contribution from a portfolio of clients across the UK&I region. You will have a passion for sales identifying incremental revenue opportunities and maximize revenue through exceptional customer management product knowledge and sales tactics aiming to achieve or surpass revenue and margin targets.

You will be professional credible confident and enthusiastic with a proven track record of meeting targets and delivering success both in business development and account management. You will need to be excellent at negotiation and finding ways in a cluttered marketplace to drive market share influencing clients at all levels of the organization.

You will have a proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time while maintaining sharp attention to detail and an ability to analyse and interpret data to drive sales.

Key Responsibilities

Partner Support: Act as a day-to-day contact for partners helping them with system queries availability and product support.
Training & Onboarding: Support the onboarding of new partners by arranging and delivering basic system training (with guidance from senior team members).
Reporting & Insights: Assist with producing regular performance reports market analysis and competitor insights for internal use.
Commercial Admin: Help maintain partner records contracts and updates in CRM systems.
Team Collaboration: Work alongside senior account managers to prepare for client meetings presentations and trade events.
Learning & Development: Build knowledge of the UK&I travel market WebBeds products and account management best practices.
Travel required: Client visits industry events and internal meetings (up to 50% of time).

The skills we would love to see in your suitcase!

Education/Background: A degree or relevant work experience in tourism hospitality business or a related field.
Language Skills: Fluent English with excellent written and verbal communication.
Interest in Travel: Passionate about the travel industry and eager to build a career in commercial partnerships.
Organisational Skills: Detail-oriented reliable and comfortable juggling multiple tasks.
Tech-Friendly: Confident using MS Office (Excel PowerPoint) and able to pick up new systems quickly.
Personal Qualities: Curious collaborative eager to learn and a team player with a can-do attitude.

Why choose us as your next destination

We are super proud of our dedicated team of friendly energetic & passionate professionals. Our people are key to the success of our business & everybody at WebBeds has their own unique role to play as we continue to drive the company forward.

Over 50 different languages are spoken by our workforce but whether working from offices in Dubai or London or out in the field in Johannesburg or Buenos Aires we all share the common goal to take pride in what we do & to deliver our partners with unbeatable service & support.

International highly skilled group of experts from all around the globe
Dynamic environment with the chance to grow influence & impact change
Disruptive fast-growing market leader within travel & endless possibilities
Culture built on collaboration empowerment and innovation

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Who are WebBedsWebBeds is the fastest growing and most significant accommodation supplier to the travel industry. We are a global company offering ground services (hotels transfers tours activities) to travel professionals. Our products help our partners and customers to create amazing Travel experi...