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- Develop strategic relationships with relevant global and regional airlines and create a robust strategic account plan for the top 100 airlines within your dedicated region.
- Create an annual airline engagement plan to account manage, develop further business opportunities and guide all defined airline accounts.
- Maintain and strengthen Routes market leading position by attracting relevant representatives and engagement from airline accounts to Routes live events, products and services.
- Meet departmental targets to support annual wider business KPIs and the overall growth of the business.
- Ensure efficient management of data and travel plans, supporting overall programme organisation.
- Maintain an up to date and in-depth knowledge of the aviation and route development industry, as well as the airline carriers commercial & network planning structure.
- Review, analyse and present recommendations from industry information, gap analysis and event attendance on a regular basis to help set targets and direct activity.
- Help to widen the airline engagement at our events and deliver C-suite attendance/engagement with the Routes events, conferences, and digital products, including R360, conference programs and the development of the HAP/VIP program.
- Manage the relevant airline budget to support the strategic and tactical objectives of each event.
- Input and management of relevant data into CRM systems, and deliver relevant and timely reporting against defined KPI's and budget management.
- Identify, acquire, and manage airline 'new route opportunity' requests for proposals.
- Undertake regular airline HQ visits to develop relationships accordingly
- Promote and represent Routes at aviation/association events and industry functions, whilst managing the association relationships as strategic supporters to Routes events and products.
- Carry out any reasonable project work / ad hoc task as requested by senior role.
- Proven account management and business development experience within an international business environment.
- Strong understanding of airline network planning process and airline strategies.
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills and a passion for fostering positive working relationships both internally and externally.
- The ability to interpret market data to use for account/business development purposes.
- Experience of developing and retaining long term strategic relationships and all levels of seniority.
- Budget planning, forecasting, and reporting.
- Outward facing individual with the proven presentational skills and the ability to communicate and engage with existing and new customers at all levels.
- Be able to plan, organise and meet agreed work deadlines with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Skilled at managing data and travel arrangements, demonstrating strong administrative and organisational capabilities.
- Proven collaborative skills with both internal stakeholders and external partners and the ability to work with colleagues based overseas.
- Ability to work autonomously as well as being a strong team player.
- Proficient with CRM, data management, analysis, and reporting, excel, P&L analysis and data visualisation.
- Able to travel extensively - attending overseas industry events and conduct regular headquarter meetings with senior people.
- Language skills (preferable)
- Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
- Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events, our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
- Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer, with charity match funding available too
- Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning, mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When it's time for the next step, we encourage and support internal job moves
- Time out: annual leave plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
- A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
- Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance, mental health first aiders, plus company funded additional medical cover
- Recognition for great work, with global awards and kudos programmes
- As an international company, the chance to collaborate with teams around the world