Distribution Manager Americas

Summary

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) operates in the travel industry and helps colleagues and customers succeed through travel services. The Distribution Manager Americas will manage airline distribution relationships across the Americas, drive distribution strategy, resolve content issues, and collaborate with internal teams and external airline partners to optimize customer offerings.

Responsibilities

• Work with Distribution Team’s leadership to drive the air distribution strategy in North America and Latam
• Partnering with Airlines to ensure strong collaboration on distribution matters, alignment on goals and enhancing the overall offering to joint customers
• Work through content related issues and apply solutions as required to overcome challenges
• Working closely with Product & Technology, Marketplace and Commercial teams to ensure alignment and progress on key goals
• Developing and implementing new strategies to evolve and expand the content offered to customers utilizing new capabilities and technology as required
• Develop commercial models to meet the evolving needs of the marketplace

Skills

• 3+ years of experience in the Airline and/or travel distribution space
• Strong product and technology knowledge base to influence and lead product-related discussions
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to collaborate with colleagues and external partners
• Ability to navigate a complex organization and find the right internal partner for each project
• Critical thinking skills coupled with translating complex technical and business issues into clear, actionable insights for leadership
• Strong negotiation skills to ensure optimum value for the organization
• Strong analytical skills
• Assess and understand financial impact of negotiations
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, attention to detail and ability to deliver within deadlines
• Coss cultural awareness
• Thrive in diverse, multi-time zone environments with cultural adaptability
• Ideally with good knowledge of NDC
• Experience of ‘future proofing' within organizations

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of experience in the Airline and/or travel distribution space
• Strong product and technology knowledge base to influence and lead product-related discussions
• Strong relationship building skills and the ability to collaborate with colleagues and external partners
• Ability to navigate a complex organization and find the right internal partner for each project
• Critical thinking skills coupled with translating complex technical and business issues into clear, actionable insights for leadership
• Strong negotiation skills to ensure optimum value for the organization
• Strong analytical skills
• Assess and understand financial impact of negotiations
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, attention to detail and ability to deliver within deadlines
• Coss cultural awareness
• Thrive in diverse, multi-time zone environments with cultural adaptability

Nice to Haves

• Ideally with good knowledge of NDC
• Experience of ‘future proofing' within organizations

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus based on company and individual performance
• Health and welfare insurance plans
• Retirement programs
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Wellbeing resources to support the employee and their immediate family
• Travel perks with a choice of weekly deals from major travel providers on flights, hotels, cruises, and car rentals
• Access to over 20,000 courses on the learning platform
• Leadership courses
• New job openings available to internal candidates first
• Global Inclusion Groups