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Trading Director Lead the commercial trading strategy that drives growth across Europe's leading holiday rentals business. As Trading Director, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how Awaze optimises demand, occupancy and commercial performance across our brands, source markets and destinations. Working at the centre of our Growth function, you'll combine commercial insight with strategic leadership to influence senior stakeholders, challenge thinking and ensure the business responds quickly to market opportunities. Your mission As our new Trading Director, your mission is to define and execute the trading strategy across Awaze's brands, markets and booking corridors to maximise commercial performance. You'll own the end-to-end trading cycle, from annual and quarterly planning through weekly trading performance and short-term commercial interventions, ensuring we optimise occupancy, pricing, booking mix, direct channel performance and ancillary revenue. Leading our Trading Lead and collaborating across Pricing, Marketing, CRM, Finance, Supply, Distribution, Contact Centre and Partnerships, you'll translate complex performance insights into clear commercial priorities and decisive action that delivers measurable business results. What you'll be doing Lead annual and quarterly go-to-market planning across brands, source markets, destinations and booking corridors. Own the promotional calendar, developing insight-led campaigns that improve booking pace, occupancy and revenue. Lead weekly trading reviews, turning performance data into clear commercial actions, priorities and accountability across senior stakeholders. Build and continuously improve the Trading Toolkit, including decision frameworks, scenario planning, trigger points and contingency plans. Monitor market trends, competitor activity and customer demand using Keydata, Google Analytics/Insights and other intelligence tools. Own and optimise key trading KPIs including occupancy, booking curve, rate, direct channel mix and distribution effectiveness. Define corridor-level trading priorities and ensure coordinated execution across commercial teams. Lead, coach and develop the Trading Lead, fostering a commercially rigorous and high-performing team environment. Drive the development and optimisation of ancillary revenue products including flexible cancellation, pet fees, damage waiver and travel extras. Partner closely with Pricing, Marketing, CRM, Finance, Supply, Distribution and Partnerships to maximise commercial performance and customer value. Champion the responsible adoption of AI and automation across trading analysis, reporting, dashboards, competitor monitoring and promotional effectiveness. Act as a trusted commercial leader, influencing senior decision-making and constructively challenging assumptions to improve business outcomes. Who we're looking for You'll thrive in this role if you're a commercially minded leader who enjoys solving complex business challenges through data, collaboration and decisive action. You're comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve quickly, and you know how to influence across a matrix organisation without relying on direct authority. We're looking for someone who brings: Significant senior-level experience in Trading, Commercial or Revenue Management within travel, hospitality, retail, leisure, e-commerce or another demand-led consumer business. A proven track record of developing successful go-to-market plans, promotional strategies and commercial contingency plans that deliver measurable results. Strong understanding of booking curves, occupancy management, pricing strategy, yield optimisation and direct versus OTA channel economics. Excellent commercial judgement with the confidence to make informed decisions, even when information is incomplete. The ability to transform complex data into compelling commercial narrativ