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Tour Partner Group is a leading B2B Destination Management Company (DMC) specialising in travel experiences across the UK, Ireland, the Nordics, and the Baltics. With offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and Copenhagen, we bring together over 300 destination specialists, designing unforgettable travel experiences for Groups and FIT, as well as curated MICE programmes under our dedicated brand, Horizons by Tour Partner Group. At Tour Partner Group, we believe in responsible travel, continuously challenging ourselves to elevate our standards and ensure that every journey we create leaves a positive impact on both people and the planet.
About The Position
We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Purchasing Executive to join our team in Dublin, Ireland. In this role, you will be responsible for securing hotel space for offers and confirmed business to the leisure group market and ensuring that the product offered is within the budget and standards of quality required for each market and client. This comprises of monitoring and managing group bookings and allocations in order to maintain and build relationships with our suppliers. You will work as part of a collaborative, international team, creating memories that last a lifetime for our clients and their customers.
Your Responsibilities
As a Purchasing Executive at Tour Partner Group, your key responsibilities will include:
* Sourcing hotel space within the companys portfolio for booked groups and for offers
* Acquiring a competitive price for our client, within a short turnaround time
* Negotiating hotel rates and terms & conditions
* Helping achieve an expected margin for the company
* Developing relationships with hotels: exchanging feedback, providing updates, identifying ways of presenting group booking requests to each individual supplier to optimise outcome; dealing with supplier book-outs, supporting supplier complaint resolution
* Maximising usage of pre-booked space, including allocation and bed-bank management
* Reviewing, monitoring and evaluating sold dates/spaces
* Monitoring loadings of specific dates/locations and closing them out in the system if necessary
* Liaising with internal clients, i.e. Central Support, Market Hubs & FIT (where required)
* Storing and presenting product knowledge
* Ensuring all contracts are loaded correctly into Tourplan for company wide use
* Running various reports, comparing charts, updating the system if necessary to keep an overview on your allocated areas
* Confirming/cancelling hotel space within the given deadline from confirmed/optional bookings
* Use and development of Group Allocation Application to benefit all areas of the company
* Responsible for setting up and releasing agreed hotel group allocations
* Assisting in the placing of group series business within the budgets and standards expected by the client
Additional Tasks
* Supporting the Destination Managers in contracting allocations and series allocations when needed, as well as dealing with/contracting new attractions
* Assisting in building relationships with new and top existing attractions
* Create, agree and deliver on production targets as appropriate
* To flexibly support team members of the same region (and other regions where business requirements demand) to fulfil their role as and when needed, for business reasons such as productivity, expertise absence, illness etc.
Your Profile
* Positive attitude, showing initiative, quick learner, flexible
* Confident and persuasive manner
* Good communicator; fluent in English, written and spoken
* Good knowledge of our destinations, in particular Ireland
* Effective team player, professional, focused
* Tourism and office experience
* Attention to detail, accuracy and consistency are essential
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Packages (Outlook, Word, Excel)
We Offer
* Hybrid working model, 3 days office, 2 days remote
* A position with responsibility and variety
* Coaching and development on the job
* A positive, good energy team where we help one another succeed
* An international environment: our multinational team work with international clients
* A modern office in Sandyford/Dublin with excellent transport links
Skills
Destination knowledge communication skills Attention to detail Negotiation Microsoft
Benefits
Gym contribution Employee Assistance Programme Hybrid working
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Business Development and Sales
* Industries
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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