Commercial Analyst - India, Middle East and Africa (UAE National)

Commercial Analyst - India, Middle East and Africa (UAE National)

Hotel: Corp Dubai, Suite 2201, Al Futtaim Festival Tower, Festival City, PO Box 58191

The Commercial Analyst is an essential part of the Revenue and Commercial team. You will be responsible for deriving data-driven insights to help guide commercial strategy for all hotels in Middle East, Africa and South West Asia. This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to grow in this field.

As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for driving analyses to help identify key drivers of revenue performance.

Key Accountabilities

• Support Regional Revenue lead to develop and implement strategies to ensure revenue and room night sales goals are achieved.
• Data analysis of past and future room data, producing reporting, forecasts and commentary as required.
• Providing analytical support for decision making in all revenue generating departments including Sales and Marketing, Rooms, Catering and Food & Beverage.
• Track and establish pick up trends, occupancy history and market segment development to facilitate forecasting.
• Help team to prepare weekly, monthly hotel revenue meetings and Monthly regional revenue forum with DOR IMEA, on top of ad hoc reporting or tasks.

Key Skills & Experiences

Required Skills –

• Analytical aptitude and collaborative attitude.
• Advanced use of Excel, databases, pivot tables, PowerPoint preferred.
• Proficient use of database & statistical analysis software that support quantitative analysis.
• Good at both oral & written English.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, preferred.

Experience

0-1 year of experience in analytics or revenue management related position.

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 regard 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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