Global Partnership Manager

SUMMARY:

Our client, a global travel and lifestyle concierge company based in the CBD of Cape Town, has this exciting position on offer.  They are looking for a dynamic individual, who has global experience and is a pure deal maker who can close big deals with large global brands.  If you have great industry contacts and would like to take on this amazing challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Purpose of the role
We want to drive and develop partnerships to deliver unique benefits, offers, events and experiences for our corporate clients and concierge members globally.  We want this part of our service to be commercially driving revenue across the business.

Your role as Global Partnership Manager will be to support the Global Director in driving growth in our partnerships across various industries, identifying relevant brands and retailers, negotiating the best rates, offers and events.  You will take full accountability for your partnerships ensuring you deliver on all client and member requirements focussing on driving increased engagement online and offline, ensuring the business has excellent knowledge of your partnerships, as well as identifying other revenue opportunities such as commission.

Your enthusiasm to secure great offers, events or benefits will ensure we’re consistently adding value to our core service offering.  You will always be up to date with current market trends and what competitors are delivering, ensuring our members are receiving unique, exciting partnerships which are best in market.  You must be eager to develop your knowledge based on where the company is growing or where corporate clients require.  

You will always think ahead, to develop and execute new strategies and processes supporting the Global Director to deliver significant impact on growth and team revenue.  

To have the ability to drive and implement new innovations and changes with support and buy-in from Senior Stakeholders across the business.

POSITION INFO:

Responsibilities

• To take full accountability for the partnerships and contracts you secure; ensuring offers are better or best in market, events are unique and compelling and where it’s right to secure commission agreements
• To maintain relationships with partners during an offer or event period to ensure we are nurturing an ongoing sustainable relationship for future growth; repeating successful partners
• To monitor performance of partnered suppliers and ensure they are delivering a consistently high-quality service; driving improvements to member satisfaction/NPS and efficiencies
• Monitor redemption, data analytics and demand of a brand or service to ensure it’s resonating with the member base. Based on this continued understanding make improvements to the team strategy by client and region; ensuring we have offers or events in place which are driving engagement, acquisition, loyalty and revenue
• Work closely with Content and Marketing Department ensuring all offers and events have maximum exposure to members
• To be continuously aware of competitors and what they are delivering to ensure we are always one step ahead in the market
• To work contractual requirements for all corporate client within agreed timelines. Ensure that all Coordinators are carrying out best practice and adhere to all client policies
• To ensure you are fully aware of all best practice and are consistently adhering to this; to ensure you are acting as a role model for Partnership Manager following all the current processes and procedures
• To work with the Global Director to create a holistic strategy for approaching partners; ensuring we have a consistent sourcing approach and methodology
• Be accountable for improving efficiency across the team; continuously developing and improving processes, sharing successes and implementing processes learnt from other teams or regions
• Propose and implement new strategies, campaigns and processes to impact on the growth of new and existing clients; to positively impact on member satisfaction/NPS, corporate revenue and efficiencies
• Contribute to wider strategic goal for the global team or for wider region with support from Global Director
• To manage your workload in the most effective way in order to deliver on the requirements of the client and internal deadlines; to be role modelling in time management and organisation
• To be a beacon of best practice in your leadership style at all times, to create and nurture a culture of success, professionalism, and mutual support within the team
• Work with Client Services and Business Development Managers with any client related matters; supporting on new business proposals
• Be available to lead, maintain and support on any established client relationships

• Experience in procuring products, events, benefits and offers, contract management and negotiation
• Broad working knowledge of key brands and partners globally across various lifestyle industries (travel, retail, ticketing)
• Ability to initiate and lead on new business initiatives and proposal; ensuring these are aligned with the team’s key objectives
• Can demonstrate experience of working within a customer-lead industry and strives to continuously deliver excellent customer service
• Project management; being able to manage highly complex global projects with multi-stakeholders internally and externally
• Account management; to interact with Senior stakeholders building trust and loyalty, ensuring you deliver on all requirement agreed, point of escalation and present new business initiatives
• Analytical decision-maker; using performance data and leadership skills to drive results

• Proven track record of negotiating and procuring offers or events
• Natural commercial drive; always seeking new opportunities and creativity with the partnerships, clients or internal stakeholders. A natural networker who can develop and implement new initiatives to commercially impact the team and business 
• A passion for working in a business that places members and customer service at their core as well as commercial success
• A natural communicator who always takes the time to keep their team and colleagues informed and up to date
• Great people skills; you can demonstrate the ability to influence senior stakeholders and colleagues across teams and will be recognised as a supportive, effective and highly driven colleague. Having the ability to work effectively and professionally during period for high pressure

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