Key Account Manager

Established in 1950, Club Med is the pioneers and leaders of premium all-inclusive holidays for families and active couples. We have been continuously innovating over the last 75 years and now offer close to 80 ski, sun,cruiseand safari holidays across the globe. We continue to offer new ways of experiencing holidays in premium, friendly, and multicultural resorts.

Our success comes from the strong commitment to exceed customers’ expectations and delivering an unforgettable experience.

Role Overview

As a Key Account Manager at Club Med, you willbe responsible fordeveloping and managing relationships with key partners—such as travel agenciesor consortiumsto drive revenue growth. You will serve as the primary point of contact, ensuring all partner-related sales and marketing activities align with Club Med’s brand standards and businessobjectives.You will report directly to the Head of Indirect Sales and MICE.

Responsibilities

• Account Relationship Management:

- Build and nurture long-term relationships with assigned keypartnersthrough regular onsite visit and calls

- Serve as a trusted advisor, thoroughly understanding each account’s business needs, challenges, and growth potential

- Represent the image of Club Med through a professional and high quality of service

• Sales and Revenue Growth

- Develop and implement strategic accountcommercial planningto achieve or exceed sales targets.

- Define and coordinate co-marketing actions with selected partners with measurable ROI

- Promote and animate structural and seasonal sales promotions

- Identifynew salesopportunities within existing accounts and prioritize them accordingly

- Negotiate contracts’ commission and overrides

• Business development: 

- Attend industry events, conferences, and trade shows to build networks and explore new partnership opportunities.

- Identifyfuturepartnershipsopportunities based on growth opportunities and feasibility 

- Support new key agencies with a full onboarding process from Club Med sharing the concept and providing them with the support, resources, marketing, tools

• Effective management of OTAs and e-distribution within his/her region

- Have a general understanding of Intermediary Technology Partners such asDerbysoft,TravelTek,TravelGate, etc to ensure delivery ofClub Medproduct ontoOTA websites

- Work with e-distribution teams internally and externally to coordinate and resolve issues within the supply chain that affect Club Med product appearing on desired Online Travel Agencies websites

- Ensurecompliance toOTAneeds and legal requirements,(ex:Health and Safety audits)

- Identifyfuture partnerships that use an e-distribution model andacquiringthem within the sourcing strategy

• Brand Advocacy and Training:

- LeadFam trips, conduct presentations and training sessions for key accounts, helping them understand Club Med’s offerings and brand differentiators.

- Ensure accounts correctlyrepresentClub Med’s brand image, services, and offerings in their marketing materials

- Promote,trainandaccompanykey accounts to maximize the usageourbooking tool (Club Med Travel Agent Portal)

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Work closely with internal teams—such as Marketing,Operations, —to ensure seamless coordination of account-specific initiatives.

- Communicate partner feedback and market insights to relevant departments to inform product enhancements and marketing campaigns.

• Ensure professional administration andhigh levelof organization

- Respect the timing of contractssignatureand account on self-billing,overridesand compliance with our partner SLA

- Update all partner interactions in Salesforce on a daily/weekly basis

- Contribute to the monthly industry feedback summary, gaining information from trade feedback and calls.

- Monitor and analyse sales performance metrics, providing regular updates and forecasts to senior leadership.

- Prepare and present reports, highlighting accomplishments, challenges, and recommendations for account growth.

Qualifications & Requirements: 

Experience:

• Degree in tourism industry and/ or +5 years of experience in account management, sales, or business development in the travelsector.

• Proventrack recordof successfully managing large or strategic accounts and achieving sales targets

Skills and Competencies: 

• Strong negotiation and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence decision-makers.

• Excellent communication and presentation abilities, both written and verbal.

• Self-starter with strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

• Proficiencyin Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) andandwillingness to learnadditionalinternal systemsand wider platforms such as salesforce andderbysoft

• Languages:Englishmandatory,French is a plus

Compensation package 

• Competitive salary

• Semestrial targeted bonus

• 25 days annual leave, increasing by a day after 1 year service (to a max of 30 days),Birthdays off,Half day onChristmaseve andNew Year Eve

• Car allowance

• Travel Insurance

• Private Healthcare insurance 

• Pension scheme 

• 3 weeks of Club Medholidayper year under Club Med policy (estimated yearly value of up to £30k) 

• Flexible working policy- thisposition is remote, however office days (London) once a month are required.  

• Open to internal global development opportunities