Account Executive - Brussels

At Booking.com , data drives our decisions. Technology is at our core. And innovation is everywhere. But our company is more than datasets, lines of code or A/B tests. We’re the thrill of the first night in a new place. The excitement of the next morning. The friends you encounter. The journeys you take. The sights you see. And the memories you make. Through our products, partners and people, we make it easier for everyone to experience the world. As an Account Executive your main task will be to provide support to new and existing accommodation partners, contacting, informing and advising them about how to meet the demands of the visitors on the Booking.com website. You will also build the accommodations webpages and training the new accommodations on how to use Booking.com ’s extranet and how to use the systems that can improve their availability and supply. Furthermore you will offer support to the Account Managers with various tasks at the office.

Key Responsibilities and Duties:

• Pro-active communication with partners in the region by telephone and by internal messaging to assist with the development of Booking.com’s business. • Responsible for a portfolio of partners, the first point of contact, answering questions and following up when needed. • Responsible for maintaining a stable relationship with the accommodation partners (i.e. frequent performance calls and contact to ensure they offer our customers the best availability and competitive pricing) at property level. • Be knowledgeable on Booking.com’s products so that their benefits and usage can be explained to Partners. • Identify opportunities for partners that will help improve Booking.com’s business by using its internal segmentation to prioritise. • Identify new potential partner leads and pass these leads on for further follow up. • Responsible for taking Customer Service escalations which relate to their managed portfolio and solving these in the most efficient manner for the business, partner and customer. • Support the organization of events, such as workshops and webinars, for partners. Also expected to attend and participate in the partner events for their managed portfolio.

Qualifications & Skills:

• 1+ years of relevant work experience • Solution oriented and results driven • Strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful • Proactive, flexible and capable of working independently as well as working in a team • Ability to prioritise own workload and efficiently manage their time • Strong and engaging communication skills • Ability to influence partners over the phone to implement suggestions • Eye for accuracy and ability to be analytical • Language: English & Dutch written and verbal (French is a plus) • Hybrid work arrangements - 40% in the office a week