Director of Revenue Managemen

Raffles Diriyah is a glamourous new landmark in Diriyah – Saudi Arabia’s “City of Earth”. Set against the UNESCO World Heritage site of Al-Tuarif and the scenic Wadi Hanifa. Inspired by Nadji heritage, and infused with Raffles’ timeless elegance, Raffles Diriyah set the standard for gracious hospitality, cultural curiosity, and legendary service.

At Raffles Diriyah, people are the soul of everything we do. We are champion of culture, custodians of community and passionate curators of meaningful guests’ experience. Here, guests arrive as visitors, leave as friends, and return as family.

The Director of Revenue Management is responsible for leading the hotel Commercial Strategy team in determining strategic vision. The DRM establishes goals and implements tactical efforts, with the goal of promoting revenue growth generation among key customer segments and revenue centers, and supporting the hotel’s brand positioning and image. The role is responsible for data quality and analysis, providing gathered intelligence, and recommending revenue and e-commerce strategies to the Commercial Strategy team, as well as other corporate and ownership entities. In addition, the role ensures that inventory allocation and pricing parameters are positioned to support the overall revenue goals of the hotel, while assisting all stakeholders in maximizing profit. The role plays a critical part in identifying and mentoring RM talent within the hotel.

Focus:

Strategic vision, ultimate accountability for hotel revenue and profitability, leadership of the commercial team, mentorship, and final decision-making authority.

Responsibilities

• Leads the strategic planning process and collaborates with all hotel profit generation teams to proactively identify and implement opportunities to drive incremental profit for Rooms, Restaurants, Spas, and other revenue streams..
• Effectively communicates a compelling Total Hotel Profit Optimization vision to all relevant property leaders, fosters Revenue Management Culture within the revenue generating departments of the hotel and teaches RM concepts within the hotel.
• Leverages Revenue Management analytics, technologies, processes, tools, and training programs to optimize hotel profits.
• Creates short- and long-term forecasts, that yield the best decisions on pricing and yielding tactics
• Drives the annual budget process and produces long term projections, as required.
• Actively participates in ownership conversations and presentations.
• Monitors relevant economic, market, and competitive set indicators to derive insight-led profit generation strategies.
• Chairs the weekly Revenue Management Meetings, driving strategic discussions and ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and hotel objectives.
• Maximizes room revenue contribution through a thorough understanding of all booking channels and management of inventory and rate therein.
• Optimizes pricing, promotions, and availability strategies through definition and management of all rates, rate levels, stay restrictions and other tactics, which are congruent with demand factors to target the most profitable customer segments to maximize profits.
• Owns and directs all channel distribution strategies, continuously evaluating new business opportunities and optimizing performance across booking channels.
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