Manager – Pricing Strategy Job Details

Salary: Competitive per annum plus excellent benefits

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37.5 hours per week Mon-Fri

Location: Crawley, West Sussex

Closing date: 28th October 2019  

Many of our staff at Virgin work flexibly and in many different ways, including part-time, different core hours or remote working. Please talk to us at your application or interview stage about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we are happy to explore what’s possible for the role.

In a nutshell

We're seeking an individual who enjoys employing strategic, creative, and innovative thinking to generate market leading plans that can influence Virgin Holidays market position.

Within this role your be accountable for leading, developing, and implementing our Tour Operator pricing strategy on a range of product ranges such as Flight + Hotel, accounting for £220m in annual revenue.

In this exciting position you’ll continually be evaluating the macro-economic and competitive landscape and division of pricing strategies to optimise our pricing. If this sounds like you, why not keeping reading?

Day to day

• Implement strategies to generate revenue through scientific and forensic knowledge of the market and evaluation of the competitive landscape,
• Develop and deliver pricing strategy for Core and Flight + Hotel pricing at route & cabin level to give recommendations to Revenue Management trading team for implementation
• Work with counter parts in Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) to jointly agree long term strategies that will improve revenue for the group
• Combine pricing strategy experience, commercial acumen and problem-solving abilities to prioritise ambitious plans
• Perform competitive and macro-economic evaluation of pricing environment and develop actions to resolve strategies to challenge and counter
• Determine VHol’s strategy on Flight Ancillary’s, pricing conditions and fees to optimize revenue
• Innovate market leading Pricing products to position VHol’s to grow revenue
• Track and report on performance of strategies to Senior Manager partners around the business including Leadership team
• Lead pricing strategy input into high-level long-term projects determining Commercial viability and opportunities alongside budgeting and forecasting

About you

We are looking for a genuine, authentic, red on the inside, commercially astute, fun and engaging people leader. It's a long list, but we know there is talent out there.

Requirements:

• Expert in complex pricing strategy, theory, systems and processes
• Validated experience in statistics, economics, aviation or business
• Educated to degree level or similar with a wealth of experience in a related discipline
• Strong critical thinking over key matters that affect our long-term business needs
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Validated ability to take care of difficult and challenging business issues.
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to interpret, analyze, manipulate and present data and take strategic action
• Demonstrated experience in delivering analysis to a high standard and working to deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Previous people management experience including training and coaching would be advantageous

If you have a passion for communicating complex information with a strong commercial awareness and problem- solving skills, then we would love to see your application.

The perks

We recognise the value you add to our dynamic company. That's why we give our people the rewards that they deserve. We have a whole host of benefits to help you enjoy life to the full, including up to seven flights a year to a wide range of fabulous Virgin Atlantic destinations. Of course you can also take advantage of discounts on our amazing Virgin Holidays hotels. We also offer a competitive benefits package including pension and private medical schemes and life assurance. You can even self select whats important to you through our benefits portal. We appreciate that life is busy, so when operationally possible remote working is available.

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