Experienced travel & tourism professional that specializes in consulting travel agencies on their business and technology needs. Skilled in business development, project management, and account management.
• Act as a subject matter expert and offer deep understanding of the competitive landscape for agency technology and services
• Create business development strategies; evaluate opportunities, prioritize initiatives and drive new business from conception through closure
• Proactive sourcing and evaluating of new business partners that meet company growth objectives
• Incubate potential partners to increase value proposition for members and to craft mutually beneficial partnerships optimizing advisory productivity and client servicing abilities
• Lead internal council to build consensus with product, marketing, retail, supply and engineering functions towards common goals and organizational strategy
• Manage the sales process, negotiate contracts, and develop account management plans that drive initiatives with suppliers to track and improve key metrics
• Lead projects across a variety of divisions from product management, engineering, and marketing departments to align business needs