Jani Van Landschoot
Chief Product Officer
Brugge
Summary
Dedicated, analytical young leader who thrives at the intersection of people & data. Driven by curiosity and eagerness to learn. Desires to be challenged and to both leverage and expand the experience gathered in a variety of commercial fields in the hospitality industry.
Excited to grow in a data-driven international context.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Chief Product Officer
Neckermann
Ghent
01.2023 - Current
- Driving 25% YoY sales growth by diversifying product offerings through new partnerships and initiating integration projects with existing partners to expand product offering on Neckermann's in-house booking platform.
- Manage and develop all key strategic partner relationships.
- Share knowledge of inner workings of Tour Operators to improve product-related decision making and improve Marketing campaign planning.
- Coordinate intensely with Digital Marketing and E-commerce, driving increased brand awareness and conversions.
- Reporting to the board of directors on all matters relating to Product, E-commerce and Performance Marketing.
- Created a business intelligence framework to modernize existing legacy PowerBI reporting.
- Transformed GA4 reporting to Looker Studio.
- SPOC for data analysis and reporting across Product & Sales.
- Lead a team of 2 Product Managers.
Head of Portfolio Management & Analytics
Neckermann
Ghent
05.2021 - 12.2022
- Responsible for the development of the 30+ Neckermann B2B partnerships. Establish, develop and maintain long-term commercial partnerships built on brutal honesty, transparency, trust and mutual benefits.
- Develop and execute our Product strategy as expressed through our key hotel portfolios that define and drive the commercial focus within our 40+ Neckermann Shops.
- Ensure Marketing & E-Commerce are aligned in the execution of our Product strategy.
- Developed and maintained our PowerBI sales reporting.
- SPOC for data analysis and reporting.
- Business owner of new supplier integration projects.
- 1 Product Manager direct report.
Project Manager & Business Controller
Neckermann
Ghent
10.2019 - 05.2021
- Coordinate & implement projects from a commercial/business side.
- Liaise with potential and existing partners to establish and grow commercial partnerships.
- Steer our commercial result by bridging gaps between Marketing, Product and E-Commerce.
- SPOC for all analysis/reporting matters. Designed PowerBI reporting from scratch.
- Prepare monthly & year-end closings and optimize internal financial reporting.
Head of Category Management - Non-Risk Travel
Thomas Cook Belgium
Ghent
06.2017 - 09.2019
- Responsible for our City & Domestic, Long Haul and SMH scheduled flight categories for a total of >60mio annual revenue, or over 200.000 annual customers. Reporting into the local Head of Yield & Product and the Thomas Cook International CFO.
- Leading a team of 4 Category Managers and 1 Sales Support Assistant.
- Local business project lead for the Expedia project.
- Responsible for management reporting & product relevant data analysis.
Deputy of Category Management
Thomas Cook Belgium
Ghent
01.2015 - 05.2017
- Responsible for steering the commercial result of all Car, City, Ski holidays, reporting into the Head of Category Management BeNeFra and Thomas Cook International CEO based in Switzerland.
- Lead a team of 3 Category & 2 Channel Managers and 1 Sales Support Assistant.
- Represent the central Swiss organization towards local senior management and the Thomas Cook Belgium executive team.
- Business SME of the highly transformative company-wide Expedia integration.
Business Analyst
Thomas Cook Belgium
Ghent
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Responsible for generating business intelligence reports & analysis of the Belgian Car/City business, reporting into the local Head of Category Management.
- Support Category Managers with actionable data & insights.
- Preparation of strategic business cases in close cooperation with Dutch, German and Swiss hubs.
Education
Business Economics
Ghent University
Ghent 09.2011 - 06.2013
Industrial And Organizational Psychology
Ghent University
Ghent 09.2006 - 06.2011
Skills
Analytical
Timeline
Chief Product Officer
Neckermann
01.2023 - Current
Head of Portfolio Management & Analytics
Neckermann
05.2021 - 12.2022
Project Manager & Business Controller
Neckermann
10.2019 - 05.2021
Head of Category Management - Non-Risk Travel
Thomas Cook Belgium
06.2017 - 09.2019
Deputy of Category Management
Thomas Cook Belgium
01.2015 - 05.2017
Business Analyst
Thomas Cook Belgium
01.2014 - 01.2015
Business Economics
Ghent University
09.2011 - 06.2013
Industrial And Organizational Psychology
Ghent University
09.2006 - 06.2011
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