Contracts and Purchasing Manager - Travel industry

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Contracts and Purchasing Manager (Travel industry)
Purchasing, Procurement, Yield Management, Tour operations, tour operator, contracting, tours, travel, travel consultant, client relations, operations, bookings, quotes, quotation, administration, suppliers, hotels, events, rates, documentation, invoices, London, Scotland, hybrid
Salary: Up to £38,000 - depending on experience
Location: North-West London
Ref: 4174PM

*Full time permanent position – Flexi office hours*
*Hybrid working system – 3 days office / 2 wfh after probation*

The Company:
Our client is a well-established tour operator specialising in creating tours in Great Britain and Ireland

Main duties
To support the Head of Purchasing and to lead the team in securing space and preferential rates from hotels in order to offer best deals for the clients.

The Role:
- Ensure there is a fast turn-around of enquiries
- Negotiate preferential rates with hotels
- Review internal processes and implement improvements
- Identify and make recommendation for hotels to be targeted
- Develop and maintain relationships with suppliers
- Manage the team which handles Purchasing administration, hotel group reservations, amendments and cancellations.
- To be responsible for training and supervising of the Product Booking Team, Interns & enquiry distribution to handlers
- Motivate the team by organising weekly team meetings and coordinating the training sessions
- Review, monitor, and evaluate sold dates and spaces
- To ensure that all agreements are loaded correctly into system
- Liaise with internal clients, Yield Manager, Destination Managers and Market Hubs where required

The candidate:
- Previous experience in purchasing/ procurement/ contracting within the Travel / Tour industry necessary
- Knowledge of hotels and pricing within Scotland would be beneficial
- Experience working in DMC would be an advantage
- Excellent communication and organisation skills
- Proactive, dynamic and ability to multi task
- IT literate (MS Office)
- Able to work as part of a team as well as to take initiatives

The Salary: Up to £38,000 - depending on experience