Travel Contracting Manager

We have a fantastic opportunity for a pro-active travel industry professional to join a leading cruise specialist company as a Contracting Manager for the Europe and Middle East.

The main objective of the role is to own and negotiate the worldwide procurement of non-cruise products, with a focus being to protect core products and develop the depth and breadth of a sustainable ground portfolio that will drive business growth. To create and maintain strong contractual relationships with our client’s key suppliers, ensuring a good mix of both competitive and exclusive rate agreements.

The role will suit those with a passion for the travel sector and experience in contracting, negotiating and maintaining new supplier partnerships and in return, our client is offering up to £40k, with industry benefits.

The role is office based in Wiltshire with the potential of hybrid working. Mon - Fri, 9 - 5.30. If this role is of interest to you, please visit our website or apply online.

Role of Contracting Manager:

• Manage the briefing and contracting timetable with the Product teams, managing expectations around deadlines and budgets
• Develop and maintain key supplier relationships with jointly agreed vision and strategy.
• Drive agreements that are regularly reviewed and nurture agreements to negotiate industry leading rates and unique products.
• Develop a travel timetable to research and negotiate product briefs creating new supplier opportunities and well as strengthening current agreements.
• Monitor destination arrival statistics and seek strategic initiatives in order to drive incremental market share.
• Agree and take ownership of processes with the Operational team to ensure contracted products are operationally viable and provide an excellent customer journey.
• Develop sales, room night, rate data, year on year, competitor analysis and recommend rate requirements to help aid negotiations.
• Communicate risks and recommendations to negate to the Director team.
• Review Customer Feedback and look to ways to improve ground products and the customer journey with the product and service team.
• Manage any customer complaint escalations and drive compensation recovery where appropriate from suppliers.
• Understand the of pricing strategy, margins and volumes associated with each contracted product
• Own contracting plan to support the Up-Sell Strategy (post booking / pre departure sales)

Skills required for the role:

• A passion for the worldwide travel sector
• Experience in contracting, negotiating and maintaining new supplier partnerships
• Strong pro-active, dynamic, passionate and a team player.
• Experience in negotiation skills preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills plus excellent numeric ability
• Excellent attention to detail, innovative thinker, and creative problem solver
• Ability to undertake travel abroad when required by the business

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