E-commerce Distribution Controller - 24000087

Emirates Group Careers; Dubai; On-site; AED 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Emirates Group Careers is seeking an E-Commerce Distribution Controller to coordinate online sales initiatives across Emirates Web & Mobile platforms, driving revenue growth and improving usability and delivery experience.

The role involves collaborating with Commercial Operations, Local Station Revenue Optimisation, Corporate Communications and Skywards to identify issues and optimise e-commerce processes while aligning with the overall commercial strategy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Web & Mobile products strategic vision and meet online target objectives
• Collaborate with business & IT stakeholders for planning and delivering through the product lifecycle until deployment
• Promote direct sales strategy to achieve distribution cost savings and generate incremental revenue
• Coordinate with Commercial Operations, Local Station Revenue Optimisation, Corporate Communications and Skywards to address online customer issues and improve E-Commerce processes and systems
• Provide analytics support and reporting, leverage insights to identify business opportunities and drive optimisation of online initiatives

Job description

Job Purpose Emirates Online Sales is responsible for applications on Emirates Web amp Mobile platforms to support revenue objectives in line with the Emirates Commercial strategy Our group works across different teams to develop web and mobile channels products and services to drive ease-of-use focusing on next generation user interfaces This is a dynamic area of our business focused on innovation and modernisation of our best in class servicenbsp The E- Commerce Distribution Controller will contribute towards the increased focus on direct channel revenue and the increased sales development of emiratescom in line with the overall commercial strategy across all online channels including mobile sites and apps This includes assessing and understanding areas such as sales development product research system development customer usability regulatory changes business impact assessment business case development and user requirements for these products and services The successful candidate will coordinate activity between representatives within Online Sales team to ensure all products services and ancillaries are utilised to their full potential in order to meet applicable online targets set for the department In this role you will

Generic

• Contribute to the Web amp Mobile products and services strategic vision and meet the online target objectives
• Contribute to the flight and ancillary products technical definitions and designs
• Collaborate with peer business amp IT stakeholder groups for planning and delivering through the product lifecycle until deployment and provide on-going management
• Promote direct sales strategy of Emirates in order to achieve distribution cost savings and generate incremental revenue
• Coordinate with all necessary departments including Commerical Operations Local Station Revenue Optimisation Corporate Communications and Skywards to assist in identifying online customer issues and pain-points with the aim of continually improving E-Commerce processes and systems ensuring these are utilised to their full potential in order to meet applicable target set for the department
• Provide support on analytics and reporting for internal teams and wider organisation Leverage insights to identify evaluate business opportunities and contribute to the actions derived from the commerical analytics and the behavioural data to drive optimisation of current and any future e-commerce initiatives through tactical andor strategic initiatives tying them closely with the commerical strategic priorities

Specific - Product Development

• Support the E-Commerce and Mobile product strategy and vision in terms of e-commerce initiatives and continuous improvement to contribute towards Emirates commercial strategy and to create meaningful value for customers and all stakeholders
• Identify implement and manage new revenue streams and commercial business developmentnbsprelationships
• Evaluate market opportunities and develop consumer proposition and business processesnbspaccordingly Co-ordinate effortsnbspbetween other stakeholders as required Support strategies to support channel shift by increasing efficiency and usability of the online environment for booking and self-service
• Identify opportunities to improve conversion support the Conversion Rate Optimization team with ideasnbspand inputs on AB testing strategy
• Develop and manage strong internal relationships to ensure the alignment of the online requirementsnbspwith that of other distribution channels and other internal stake holders Align the E-Commerce and Mobilenbspchannel with other direct channels to support operational efficiencies and service automation
• Be a customer experience champion to ensure developments are end-user focused Understand allnbspaspects of online customer interaction and use this knowledge to drive measurable improvements innbspusability conversion rate and delivery experience
• Conduct regular analysis of competitive offerings within the wider travel and online distribution industry Also carry out regular pricing comparisons between benchmarked websites and emirates websites in order to highlight areas where Emirates does not have competitive fares

Specific - Ancillary

• Manager performance reporting on Internet sales
• Develop and maintain the monthly quarterly and yearly performance reports for the various regions and countries and support the team with varied requirements around analytics
• Ensure all sales information is consistent up to date across all customer touchpoints
• Collaborate with stakeholders to become the subject matter expert ensuring our new products andnbspproduct revision requirements meet the objectives of the organization
• Analyse customer feedback around sale of ancillary products to continuously review product policies andnbspprocesses with the objective to enhance customer experience and reduce complaints

Specific - Emirates Holidays

• Support the EKH strategy in developing and growing online sales through identifying opportunities tonbspoptimize conversion rate and provide additional product differentiation across channels
• Implement tactical andor strategic initiatives tying them closely with the commercial strategic prioritiesnbspand drive the global adoption and change management of technology driven operational improvements