Business Development Coordinator (Agoda B2B) - Bangkok Based - 6 Months Contract
atAgoda Services Co., Ltd.About Agoda
Agoda is an online travel booking platform for accommodations, flights, and more. We build and deploy cutting-edge technology that connects travelers with a global network of 4.7M hotels and holiday properties worldwide, plus flights, activities, and more. Based in Asia and part of Booking Holdings, our 7,100+ employees representing 95+ nationalities in 27 markets foster a work environment rich in diversity, creativity, and collaboration. We innovate through a culture of experimentation and ownership, enhancing the ability for our customers to experience the world.
Our Purpose - Bridging the World Through Travel
We believe travel allows people to enjoy, learn and experience more of the amazing world we live in. It brings individuals and cultures closer together, fostering empathy, understanding and happiness.
We are a skillful, driven and diverse team from across the globe, united by a passion to make an impact. Harnessing our innovative technologies and strong partnerships, we aim to make travel easy and rewarding for everyone.
Get to Know our Team:
The Agoda B2B team is a new department within Agoda focusing on improving Agoda's supply quality and inventory. As our accommodation partners are a key to our success, we work hard to ensure their success. We serve as consultants and thought partners, offering strategic advice on how best to excel on Agoda's commercial platforms through innovative solutions. With the help of industry-leading technology, we work and collaborate globally to bring together the best ideas from diverse perspectives and strive in ensuring the best value for our partners, our customers, and Agoda.
The Opportunity:
As the Business Development Coordinator, your main objective will be to support business development activities conducted by Business Development Managers, identify gaps in our process and operations, and implement changes that will enhance the team's performance. This role will also enable you to understand the end-to-end flow of working and optimizing our relationship with our partners to develop long term values.
In this Role, you'll get to:
- Support Business Development Managers with rate loading and account management
- Identify gaps in our operations and processes today and work on improvement initiatives closely with relevant stakeholders
- Identify processes to improve the Beds Network approach, identify key target list to increase conversion and improve competitiveness
- Analyze impact of the team's performance and suggest improvements
- Work closely across multiple departments within Agoda
- Be innovative and creative in solving partner issues and identifying opportunities for growth including external or market benchmarking
- Work in a data-driven environment
- Research and troubleshoot rate and availability issues preventing hotels from maximizing booking performance, e.g., problems with connectivity, rate mapping, extranet management, etc.
- Use out-of-the-box thinking to develop and implement solutions to unique challenges
What you'll Need to Succeed:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent, in any relevant field
- Detail oriented and structured thinking in identifying opportunities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
- Strong interpersonal skills & ability to influence external / internal stakeholders
- Solutions-oriented
- Comfortable in two-way feedback culture
- Adapts well to and is energized by fast paced environment and changes
- Good in English both spoken and written – additional languages are a plus
- Aware of the importance of discretion, confidentiality, and ethics
It's Great if you have:
- Knowledge of SQL, Tableau, and/or Python.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Agoda, we pride ourselves on being a company represented by people of all different backgrounds and orientations. We prioritize attracting diverse talent and cultivating an inclusive environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Employment at Agoda is based solely on a person's merit and qualifications. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, age, race, color, national origin, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, citizenship, veteran or military status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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Experience required
- any or no experience
Salary
- Negotiable
Job function
- Business Development
Job type
- Full-time
Company overview
Agoda is transforming travel for millions of customers across the globe. Headquartered in Asia, Agoda is one of the world’s largest online travel accommodation platforms. Founded in 2005 and now part of Booking Holdings (Nasdaq: BKNG), Agoda has a network of over 2,000,000 vacation rentals and ho ... Read more
Why join us: The Agoda Thailand offices are staffed by a team of multi-national professionals. We are expanding our business around the world and are looking for dynamic people to help the company grow. Agoda is located in the heart of Bangkok in the Offices at Central World, and offer huge career opportunities ... Read more
Benefits
- Five-day work week
- Flexible working hours
- Employee discount
- Gym membership
- Job training
- Paid holidays
- Performance bonus
- Overtime pay
- Health Insurance
- Maternity leave