Qatar Airways (QR) have embarked on an exciting journey to change how we interact with our customers. As part of this journey, we are now recruiting for the role of Senior Account Manager Corporate.

Based in Lyon you will be responsible for managing relationships with Qatar Airways’ Corporate and Trade customers.

You will be involved with developing a successful, consistent approach to local and multinational dealing, driving maximum revenue and minimum cost of sale. You will engage in joint sales and marketing activity to grow the level and quality of QR revenue sold through these partners and driving efficiencies in the distribution processes.

There will be regular travel as part of this role.

Specific Accountabilities include:

· Develop and maintain long-term strategic relationships with Qatar Airways corporate clients.

· Prepare account development plan to achieve short, medium, and long-term mutual benefits.

· Contribute to the formulation and implementation of QR sales strategy to maximise short and long term revenue opportunities, reduce cost of sale and generate channel shift where appropriate.

· Review QR sales data with account portfolio to drive revenue.

· Manage and co-ordinate projects and initiatives on behalf of area of responsibility.

· Develop tactical Sales and Marketing activity in support of sales opportunities in Trade Partners.

· Maximize value from marketing spend and manage individual expenditure budget.

· Provide regular Market Intelligence and feedback from customers and competitors.

· Represent QR at trade events, promotions and sales functions, including supporting educational and familiarization visits.

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You’ll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

Together, everything is possible

Qualifications

About you - The successful person will have:

· Bachelor’s Degree

· Relevant customer facing commercial experience within the travel industry, ideally within Airline Sales and Marketing

· Experience in negotiating contracts..

· Willingness for travel as part of this role

Fluency in English and French (written and spoken) is essential for this role. You must also have the right to live and work in France be considered for this role.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We’ve grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don’t slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what’s never been done before.

So whether you’re creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.

Application Guidelines

Employees must submit applications through internal vacancies portal (via GEMS) only.

Please see below for all eligibility and requirements for internal applications and please note that any applications not meeting the criteria will not be processed.

· All internal candidates can only have three active applications at any point in time.

· All internal candidates must have completed a minimum 10 months in their current role in order to apply for a new role

· All internal candidates with an active final warning letter will be automatically disqualified from the recruitment process

· If you are Cabin Crew or Deck Crew(Qatar Airways & Qatar Executive) candidate, you would require NOC to apply for this role.