Launched in 1998, this pioneering British-born brand has specialised in creating amazing experiences and unforgettable memories - from hotels, city breaks and holidays to theatre, entertainment and spa days. Experts in brightening up online travel, lastminute.com is among the worldwide leaders in the field, helping hundreds of thousands of customers every year find, and do, "whatever makes them pink".
lastminute.com is the European Travel-Tech leader in the dynamic holiday packages business, uniquely positioned to drive innovation-led growth.
Every month, lastminute.com reaches across all its websites and mobile apps (in 17 languages and 40 countries) 60 million unique users that search for and book their travel and leisure experiences. More than 1,200 people enjoy working with us and contribute to provide our audience with a comprehensive and inspiring offering of travel related products and services.
At the heart of our culture is a commitment of inclusion across race, gender, age sexual orientation, religion, gender identity or expression and accessibility. We strongly believe in an equal opportunity space, which is welcoming and celebrates the uniqueness of everyone who works here. We value different lived experiences and respect viewpoints, as we know unicity drives innovation. We want to make sure our people reflect the communities across the world we help travel.
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lastminute.com is looking for a Category Manager for its UK Country Management team based in London, to drive Packages category sales on lastminute.com group websites, through onsite merchandising and all marketing channels. Focusing on in depth destination level performance and pricing analysis, merchandising effectiveness, and improving user experience and product offering on our landing pages and booking path. Own and drive planning for merchandising/tactical activities with full responsibility for hitting financial targets set for the area.
Key Responsibilities
Drive packages sales through onsite merchandising, SEO, affiliates, CRM and digital acquisition channels. Working closely with marketing teams to co-ordinate efforts and set goals and targets for efficiency and strategy for packages business area.
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What we offer
By joining our company, you will have the chance to:
Our company is distributed across major European countries, in a multicultural environment where the Pink spirit gets lived boldly 🦩 through async comms and live remote events, as well as hybrid office gatherings.
Information sharing is crucial and, being a pure digital player, product management is at the heart of our business.
If you think we’re a fit and that we could have fun together, please let us know by applying for the position.