How you will do it:

·          Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business (Trading, Marketing, e-commerce, Ancillaries, Distribution, EJ Holidays) to lead a more holistic to achieving Trading goals.

·          Work with the Senior Merchandising Transformation Manager and the wider Commercial Transformation team to ensure that Trading & RM requirements are captured, tested and delivered as part of the CORE project in relation to ticket and bundle promotions.

·          Work closely with the Distribution & Channels team to identify opportunities for series seats sales or whole plane charters to improve revenue performance in underperforming routes / countries and provide full transparency to the Trading team.

·          Develop a close working relationship with the easyJet Holidays Trading team to identify opportunities where they can support Airline trading whilst taking into consideration end-to-end profitability and current discount levels and collaborating on future strategy and ways of working.

·          Develop a promotional strategy with the Central Marketing team to plan when the optimal times in year are for cross network campaigns (e.g. The Big Orange Sale) and more tactical campaigns such as weekly deals and flash sales.

·          Coordinate schedule release calendar and activity across the business to ensure an aligned cross-departmental strategy. Maintain a cycle of continuous improvement by reviewing the performance for each release and suggest improvements for the future.

·          Review the 3^rd party competitor tools that we have available (Similarweb, Skyscanner, Google) and democratise the data for the Trading (and wider) team by educating how best to use each tool for what purpose and distributing key insight on a regular basis.

·          Understand and review the demand environment on a regular basis, sharing insight and recommendations with the Trading & RM team on how this impacts trading performance. Share output with the Marketing & Digital teams to address any impact on trading performance.

·          Coordinate training opportunities for the Trading & RM team and the improvement of processes that involve stakeholders that sit outside of the Trading & RM team such as series seat sales & schedule release

Requirements of the Role

What you will need to do the role:

·          Experienced – strong knowledge of aviation / travel industry. An analytical and numerical background with experience in trading / revenue management preferably with an understanding of marketing and / digital.

·          Collaborative – Exemplary people skills, able to work with diverse internal and external stakeholders. Able to build productive relationships internally with clear evidence of strong influencing skills.

·          Analytical – Proven decision-making ability, highly numerate with strong analytical skills and a structured risk-taking mind-set, willing to trial new ideas with a test and learn mentality

·          Commercial – Entrepreneurial mindset, backed up by commercial acumen and highly results focused

·          Challenger – You question the ‘why’ and ‘how’ to solve problems and achieve better outcomes

·          Communication – able to articulate and vary the style and content of your communication to your audience.

·          Tenacious – Self-motivated, resilient; strong work ethic, you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and persevere through setbacks

·          A change agent, leader – Able to cut through ‘noise’, reverse delays and create positive momentum 

·          Passionate – About making a commercial impact, travel, aviation 

·          Digital first – Tech-savvy and comfortable with digital marketing tools, platforms, resources and metrics. Able to work and deliver under pressure to tight timescales

What you’ll get in return:

·          Competitive base salary

·          Up to 20% bonus

·          25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with opportunity to buy 5 additional days leave after 12 months in role

·          BAYE, SAYE & Performance share schemes

·          7% pension

·          Life Assurance (x4)

·          Discounted staff travel scheme with access for friends and family

·          Annual credit for discount on easyJet holidays

·          ‘Work Away’ scheme, allowing you to work abroad for 30 days a year

·          Electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme

·          Access to online learning tools and development programmes