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Senior Tour Planning & Purchaser

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:11:39 GMT

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.

PLEASE NOTE! It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based job who does not have permission to live and work in theUK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs.

Contracts Manager

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:05:21 GMT

Permanent Contract Manager

Based in City, London

£25000-£35000 + Incentives and Bonus

Contracts Manager

New Frontiers are now supporting a leading online specialist who is looking to recruit an experienced Contractor to join their Contracting team, based inLondonwith a professional and friendly working environment.

As a Contracts Manager you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities:

Purpose of the role to contract hotels inEurope
To assume full responsibility for negotiating rates and terms and conditions with hotels
To be based inLondonoffice with around 12-15 weeks travel in contract areas to visit hotels, negotiate contracts, attend workshops

Contracts Manager Skill attributes:

Experience in hotel contracting or equivalent background
Experience of hotel contracting inScandinaviaan advantage but not essential
Ability to develop close working relationships with suppliers to achieve optimum results
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Ambitious with the ability to think on your feet, multi-task and prioritise
Capable of working alone or as part of a team
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

For a fully confidential Application on this Contracts Manager Job, please email elena@newfrontiers.co.uk

PLEASE NOTE!
Due to volume of applications, only suitable applicants will be contacted.

It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs.

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Permanent Contract Manager - Germany LDC

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:20:11 GMT

Permanent Contract Manager – Germany LDC Based in London Salary on Application + Incentives and Bonus Contracts Manager – Germany Long Distance Coaches New Frontiers are now supporting a leading online specialist who is looking to recruit an experienced Contractor to join their Contracting team, based in London with a professional and friendly working environment. As a Contracts Manager you will undertake an array of tasks & responsibilities: • Negotiate Competitive contract rates and conditions with coach suppliers • To propose, plan and attend business trips and meetings in order to negotiate competitive contracts • Prepare and analyze statistics via software products to benefit effective negotiations • To respond effectively to short-term shortages in supply • To ensure all suppliers are furnished with the general information required to operate coach services • Ensure all operating licences and insurance documentation is received, cross-checked and filed for each contracted supplier • To develop and maintain healthy business relationships with our suppliers. • Ensure all contractual agreements meet with LDC departments compliance policy Contracts Manager Skill attributes: Excellent level of written and verbal English • Fluent written/verbal German • Good Geographical knowledge of Germany/Austria/Switzerland • Full clean driving Licence • Willingness to travel to destinations on business • Recognition for the need to adhere to company policies and regulations • Excellent telephone manner. • Good personal organisational skills • Excellent inter-personal skills • Self-motivator with the ability to use one’s own initiative • Ability to work as part of a team • Capable of prioritising effectively • Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines • Attention to detail essential, to ensure thoroughness and accuracy at all times • Computer literate – experience working with Microsoft office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) For a fully confidential Application on this Contracts Manager Job, please contact Elena. PLEASE NOTE! Due to volume of applications, only suitable applicants will be contacted. It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs. For all the latest Contract Management jobs logon to www.newfrontiers.co.uk PLEASE NOTE! It is unlawful to employ a person in a UK-based job who does not have permission to live and work in the UK. You should make yourself aware of how immigration laws apply to your situation before applying for any jobs.