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Salary Crawley
Permanent
Competitive
14-04-2024
Job Details
Hours: 37.5 per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Hybrid role with 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley, West Sussex
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday, 14 April 2024
In a nutshell
At Virgin Atlantic Holidays (VAH), we're just as passionate as we've always been about becoming the most loved travel company. We know that the right people are key to creating success - so we're looking for a Route Analyst to join our #VirginFamily to help us achieve our vision. Perhaps that's you? We'd love to find out.
In this role you will have responsibility for route pricing strategies across multiple brands, ensuring they are effectively controlled to achieve group margin and contribution targets. Working closely with Virgin Atlantic Revenue Management, Virgin Holidays Product and Sales teams you will play a vital role in optimising revenue through working closely with key internal departments in being the first point of contact for departmental queries. Providing weekly and monthly trading reporting, detailing concerns, and highlighting opportunities to the business
Day to day
- Ensure controls are in place to track the accuracy of margins and progress towards forecasts.
- Apply revenue management principles at route (macro) and accommodation (micro) level throughout the product lifecycle
- Manage profitability throughout the booking curve - Track rate of sale and margin profiles throughout the booking curve at component level. Implement Revenue Management methodologies to optimise performance.
- Provide weekly and Monthly trading reporting, detailing concerns and highlighting opportunities against forward departure date budget requirements, detailing actions taken and too be taken.
- Compile, utilise and present competitor data analysis ensuring information is accurate and that we are well priced within our competitive set.
- Investigate Competitor / Pricing / Margin and availability issues ensuring to communicate to the relevant departments
- Support Commercial Trading Manager in reviewing and optimizing processes within VAH Revenue Management Team
- Provide support and coaching when required to assist with the development of the Executive - Route team
About you
Are you able to build trust quickly with your peers in a team environment? Then this could be the role for you
Alongside the above, we're looking for the following to be successful in your application:
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to use initiative, analyse large amounts of data and draw conclusions and make action plans
- Ability to constructively challenge the business decisions and provide alternative suggestions that are well-thought-out
- Great attention to detail and ability to present data in an easy-to-understand format that is dynamic, insightful and informative
If the above sounds like you, then we'd love to hear from you!
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. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. 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.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you'd like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitment@fly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we've got your individual considerations covered.
