Purchasing & Planning Executive
London
Salary is Negotiable
New Frontiers are now supporting our client, a leading tour operator, who is looking to recruit a purchasing executive to join their Contracts and Purchasing team, based in London.
This highly regarded Inbound tour operator based inLondonis looking for a Senior Planning & Purchaser to join their successful department. The company deal with ADHOC and group tours with both brochure and web campaigns for travellers coming into European destinations. They offer many package and independent tours throughoutEuropeas well as providing air, rail, ship and hotel bookings.
As a Purchasing & Planning Executive you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities:
l Dealing with the planning and purchasing of hotels inEurope
l Negotiating rates with suppliers for both group and F.I.T bookings
l Providing a high level of quality control
l Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships at top level management
l Contracting of hotel rate agreements, allocations and maintenance of hotel information, but also the day to day sourcing of group space at suitable hotel accommodation according to our customers needs.
l Taking supervisory responsibilities in the department when the Senior Purchasing Manager is away
l Able to delegate and prioritise workloads and requests in a logical manner
l Building quotations and land costs around itineraries for both adhoc and seasonal tour programmes within the UK & Europe – where experience of itineraries is important for correct timings and scheduling of sight seeing and travel between destinations.
Purchasing & Planning Executive skill attributes:
Friendly and efficient telephone manners
- Previous Groups / Hotel experience within a Purchasing/Contracts environment dealing with theUKmarket
- Negotiation Skills
- Good numeracy and accuracy skills
- Ability to work under pressure and willingness to meet deadlines
- Ability to work on their own or as part of a team
- Professional with excellent interpersonal skills
For a fully confidential Application on this Purchasing & Planning Executive job, please contact Elena.
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