Associate Manager, Business Development

About Klook

We are Asia’s leading platform for experiences and travel services, and we believe that we can help bring the world closer together through experiences.
 

Founded in 2014 by 3 avid travelers, Ethan Lin, Eric Gnock Fah and Bernie Xiong, Klook inspires and enables more moments of joy for travelers with over half a million curated quality experiences ranging from the biggest attractions to paragliding adventures, iconic museums to rich cultural tours, and other convenient local travel services across 2,700 destinations around the world.
 

Do you share our belief in the wonders of travel? Our international community of over 1,800 employees, based in 30+ locations, certainly do! Global citizens ourselves, Klookers are not only curating memorable experiences for others but also co-creating our world of joy within Klook.
 

We work hard and play hard, upkeeping our high-performing culture as we are guided daily by our 6 core values:
 

• Customer First

• Push Boundaries

• Critical Thinking

• Build for Scale

• Less is More

• Win as One

We never settle, and together, we believe in achieving greater heights and realizing endless possibilities ahead of us in the dynamic new era of travel. Care to be a part of this revolution? Join us!

What you'll do :

• Sales Planning and Execution: Create and deliver compelling sales pitches to existing merchants, driving engagement and retention.  Leverage Klook's advantages to build out competitive supply products. Negotiate with merchants to drive growth (promotions, marketing exposure, supply strength, partner programs, etc) and achieve business objectives.

• Sales Acquisition and Pipeline Management: Identify ideal suppliers to join the Klook platform to expand offerings. Leverage Klook's advantages to build out competitive supply products. Develop, manage, and nurture a sustainable acquisition pipeline to achieve successful business outcomes.

• Merchant Communication and Strategy: Maintain regular communication with existing merchants, conduct business reviews, opportunity identification and updates with merchants on a routine basis. 

• Partner Engagement and Relationship Management: Build trust and relationships with partners to enhance their sales potential across Klook's platforms, effectively conveying Klook's strengths and brand value while proactively understanding merchants' business situations and requirements. 

• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with various internal functions (e.g., marketing, supplier operations, customer service, finance) to maximize sales, ensure alignment, enhance operational efficiency, drive customer satisfaction and repeat business, and ensure accurate payment processing and risk mitigation. 

• Service Level Improvement: Cooperate with merchants to enhance service levels and meet the needs of both Klook and customers.  Particularly with optimizing key supply strength metrics.

• Destination/Vertical Ownership: Effectively manage a designated destination and/or vertical by gathering key insights, establishing relationships with key stakeholders, and representing Klook within the destination/vertical.

What you’ll need :

• Around 4- 6 years of work experience Business Development, preferably in E-Commerce or OTA supply.

• Sales Techniques: Proficiency in various sales and deal-making techniques such as pitching, negotiation, consultative selling, and closing deals is essential for effectively engaging with merchants and driving growth.

• Teamwork and Communication: Effective communication skills and a collaborative mindset to work cohesively with internal teams, external partners, and clients. Ability to build rapport quickly with existing merchants, and communicate in a proactive, concise and persuasive manner that generates interests and opens doors to further opportunities. 

• Relationship Building & Understanding: Ability to build and maintain trust-based relationships with merchants and partners is crucial for enhancing sales potential and fostering long-term partnerships. Develop a deep understanding of merchants ie. strategic priorities, pain points, decision makers, decision making process, org chart, KPIs, competitors actions, etc.

• Problem-Solving Abilities: Strong and creative problem-solving skills are necessary for addressing merchants' needs and challenges, as well as for overcoming obstacles in the sales process. 

• Analytical Skills: Aptitude for analyzing market trends, competitor updates, and account management metrics is valuable for making informed decisions, identifying new opportunities for business growth and prioritization of resources. 

• Pipeline Management: Experience in identifying potential clients or suppliers, maintaining relationships, and managing sales pipelines to drive business growth.

• Globally-minded and comfortable working with people from different cultural backgrounds

• A start-up attitude – highly collaborative with an entrepreneurial, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude that’s not afraid to work independently when required.

Klook is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire talented and passionate people of all backgrounds. We believe that a joyful workplace is an inclusive workplace, one where employees from all walks of life have an equal opportunity to thrive. We’re dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive culture where everyone belongs.

Klook does not accept unsolicited resumes from any temporary staffing agency, placement service or professional recruiter (“Agency”). Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments related to such unsolicited resumes.

An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Klook’s Talent Acquisition Team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed agreement for service and in response to a specific job opening for which the Agency has been requested to submit resumes for. Klook will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions or other payments to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place or does not comply with the foregoing.