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Specialist / Senior Specialist, Pricing & Revenue Optimization

Hotel Brand:
Location: China, Shanghai, Shanghai

Hotel: Corp Shanghai, 2nd Floor, Citigroup Tower, No. 33 Hua Yuan Shi Qiao Road, Pudong District, 200120

Job number: 149881

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Role Purpose

The Sr./ Specialist, Pricing and Revenue Optimization, is an essential part of the global Commercial Services team. You will be responsible for managing pricing infrastructures, embedding best practices for revenue management systems and tools, enabling revenue management products, and deriving data-driven insights to help guide revenue practices for all hotels in Greater China. This is a highly collaborative role interacting with both global and regional teams.

Key Accountabilities

  • Own pricing infrastructures (e.g. rate card, rate structures, rate guidance)
  • Share and embed best practices for Revenue Management systems and tools across the region in partnership with Regional Revenue Management teams
  • Collate and channel feedback about Revenue Management systems and tools, and of Pricing and Inventory needs from the region
  • Support enablement of campaigns and initiatives into the region
  • Support enablement and optimization of revenue management products
  • Ensure Global inventory standards by brand are relevant in market and optimised to drive optimal revenue performance
  • Support analysis of initiatives at various levels and help derive strategic and actionable insights that drive commercial performance in the region

Key Skills & Experiences

Required Skills –

  • Strong aptitude for collaboration in cross-functional environments, and building consensus with stakeholders
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and draw conclusions from complex datasets
  • Advanced use of Excel, Databases, PivotTable, PowerPoint preferred
  • Good at both oral & written English

Qualifications –

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of work or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.

Experience –

  • 1-3 years plus in Revenue Management, Pricing or Commercial in hotels/hotel management company
  • Knowledge of key metrics and analytics that drive Revenue Performance 
  • Knowledge of Pricing, Revenue Management, Yield Management
  • Knowledge of Guest Reservation System (GRS), Property Management System (PMS), Revenue Management System (RMS) preferred

Who we are

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.

Over recent years, we’ve transformed our company. We have bold ambitions to drive performance and maintain our relentless focus on growth in order to be the hotel company of choice that guests & owners love.

We are a hospitality business at our core and value connections and being together helps us foster a unique sense of belonging that also supports productivity. That’s why here at IHG, we give our colleagues flexibility and balance – working in a hybrid way, blending office and remote working collectively. We recognise that every role is different, that’s why leaders work with teams to determine how and when they collaborate.

We provide a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life. These include impressive room discounts across our many properties, recharge days and volunteering days throughout the year. Through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We offer a unique and inclusive culture, where there is always Room for You to belong, grow and make a difference.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other category protected by applicable laws. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

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