Partnerships & Trade Support Executive

Partnerships & Trade Support Executive
This leading outdoor leisure travel organisation is dedicated to inspiring people to explore the great outdoors through high quality holiday experiences across the UK and Europe. With a large member community and an extensive partner network, they are committed to delivering exceptional value, expert advice and memorable outdoor adventures. They now have a fantastic opportunity for a Partnerships & Trade Support Executive to support B2B membership acquisition, strengthen relationships with trade partners, and coordinate industry schemes, events and awards. This is a varied, relationship focused role ideal for someone who enjoys partner engagement, commercial coordination and working at the heart of a thriving leisure sector.

Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Role & Responsibilities:

• Act as a key point of contact for industry partners, handling B2B membership queries, scheme information and general liaison.
• Support and develop the organisation’s hire and rental partner schemes, including onboarding new companies, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring accurate reconciliation of fees and commission.
• Promote and administer incentive schemes, training providers and other B2B partners, ensuring accurate records and timely payments.
• Manage and update the B2B online marketing portal, ensuring all communications and materials align with brand standards and campaign objectives.
• Monitor and report on the performance of dealer incentives and hire programmes, providing insight, analysis and recommendations for improvement.
• Assist with preparation and coordination of major industry awards and competitions, including research, documentation, data management and judging logistics.
• Provide operational support for industry events, exhibitions, partner visits and product promotions, including pre event planning and post event follow up.
• Maintain strong partner engagement through timely communication, proactive support and effective feedback collection.

Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience working with dealer, intermediary or affinity channels in a customer centric B2B or B2B2C environment.
• Strong relationship building skills with the ability to engage confidently with external partners, suppliers and customers.
• Exposure to contract management or partner agreements.
• Highly organised, able to manage multiple workstreams and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Commercially aware with the ability to identify opportunities and understand scheme performance.
• Comfortable working independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Positive, enthusiastic and proactive with a hands on approach.
• Professional sales or marketing qualification desirable.
• Confident using reporting systems and willing to develop skills in data visualisation tools such as Tableau.
• Flexibility to support occasional industry events, exhibitions or partner visits.
• Full UK driving licence required, with some travel and occasional overnight stays.

Partnerships & Trade Support Executive – Additional Information:

• Salary of £30k to £35k depending on experience
• Hybrid working with 2 days in the office
• Monday to Friday
• Opportunities to attend industry events and visit partner locations
• Range of staff benefits including discounted travel, wellbeing initiatives and social events

Please apply for the position of Partnerships & Trade Support Executive online or email your cv to lisa@candm.co.uk