Purchasing Executive - Hotels (AR0626)

Do you want to work with an award wining tour operator who are experts and known for creating European tours for the Travel business?

They create authetic tours and memories that last a lifetime for their clients!

Our client on an exciting recruitment drive as they continue to grow and recruit within their contracting / purchasing team for UK and Ireland.

As a Contracts / Purchasing Executive you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure hotels are re-contracted within specified deadlines
• Identify 'must-have' hotels within a destination and contract where appropriate
• Negotiate added-value deals and special offers
• Advise on preferred partner hotels in the relevant destinations, negotiate exclusive deals
• Securing exclusive rates, inventory and conditions with a portfolio of hotels through negotiations and management of supplier relations.
• Achieving room night/revenue based targets through on-going monitoring and optimisation of the competitiveness of contracted rates and availability.
• Be the hotel expert of your assigned region, having in-depth knowledge and understanding of your markets.
• Constant monitoring of competitiveness of negotiated and contracted rates. Monitor usage of contracted allocations
• Communicate destination information regarding peak dates, trade shows, visitor information.

Contracts / Purchasing Executive Skill attributes:

• Good Knowledge of the UK and Ireland .
• Influential & Negotiation skills
• Proficient at evaluating and analysing data in order to determine and execute the necessary strategies needed to achieve growth.
• Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines