Job description
Purchasing Manager (1197)
- Location of work:Home based (UK), Hybrid, Kingston, Preston
- Brand:Yalago
- Department:Purchasing
- Salary:Competitive
dnata Travel Group, part of the Emirates Group, is recruiting for a Market Manager covering the Regional UK & Ireland; Nordics & Baltic states regions, to support our Central Ground Services function by proactively contracting hotels and accommodation suppliers and developing relationships in the region.
In this role, you will be the single point of contact for suppliers on behalf of dnata Travel and our affiliated brands. You will leverage technology to achieve seamless connectivity with our accommodation suppliers to drive room night production and revenue growth.
This role can be based at either of our UK offices in Leyland (Lancashire) or Kingston-upon-Thames or homebased/hybrid commutable to either of these offices.
Regular travel within the UK and overseas will be required.
Job Accountabilities:
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with key contacts.
- Account management with clear development plans for leading suppliers
- Work with the product team to set and deliver the bed brief, highlighting opportunities in your region
- Pro-actively manage the supplier negotiation process at the optimal time
- Support and negotiate alongside your internal customer’s marketing team to ensure maximum contribution from suppliers for dnata brands’ campaigns.
- Maximise commercial return on relationships by ensuring highly competitive brochure contributions and overrides are incorporated into the contracting process.
- Oversee site inspections of existing and new properties to ascertain suitability.
- Ensure that rates and information are loaded into the contracting system in close collaboration with the contract loading teams.
- Support the product teams with the delivery of content, images, product awareness and knowledge.
- In collaboration with the brands’ product teams evaluate market requirements related to the needs of tactical products.
- Manage CRM accuracy to ensure customer satisfaction and encourage supplier development and partnership.
- Implement the Health and Safety procedures set by the company.
- Line management of Market Executives
To be considered for this role, we need you to have the following skills, experience and qualifications:
- Significant previous experience in a Purchaser/Market Manager role with recent experience in one or more of the above regions
- Proven ability to exercise commercial judgement in the selection, negotiation and contracting of tour operator product or hotel services.
- First-hand knowledge of geography and an understanding of the tourism/tour operating industry within the specified region.
- Demonstrable analytic skills.
- Proven ability to meet production and commercial deadlines.
- Knowledge of Salesforce (advantage).
- IT literate
- Excellent written and oral English.
- Proven network of supplier contacts and relationships
Our Leyland office is located 5-10 minutes from junctions 28 and 29 of the M6, offering easy access from most of the North West. In Kingston upon Thames, we are 5 minutes’ walk from Norbiton Station or 10-15 minutes from Kingston station offering good transport links from the Greater London area.
We have some fantastic benefits, making us a great place to work:
- 25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days after 5 full years of service (+ bank holidays)
- Additional annual leave purchase scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private Medical cover for you
- Low-cost health care for your family
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Ongoing development – we have an in-house People Development Team
- Travel discounts – we have a dedicated Staff Travel Team to source the best deals for our people
- Industry/social events – including supplier events, office socials & parties and pop-up shops
- Cycle to work scheme
- Long service awards
- Reward & recognition programme
- Belong programme - six Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that play a crucial role in implementing our DEI strategy
- Volunteer days – one day’s paid leave each year to volunteer with a registered charity
- dnata4good – supporting the local communities we work, live and thrive in
- Refer a friend scheme
- Free eye care tests
- Free Taste Card membership– offering discounts on dining out, movies, attractions, takeaways and online shopping