Purchasing Executive

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Purchasing Executive to join our team in Edinburgh. 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. You will work as part of a collaborative, international team, creating memories that last a lifetime for our clients and their customers.

Tour Partner Group is a leading DMC for the UK, Ireland, the Nordics and Baltics. We bring together more than 300 destination specialists, designing B2B travel for Groups and FIT. Along with our MICE division, HORIZONS by Tour Partner Group, we are the experts in creating authentic experiences and memories that last a lifetime.

We have offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Copenhagen, and Phoenix. Our mission is to deliver personally tailored, authentic tours. Perfectly.

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• Sourcing hotel space within the company’s 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
  
• Place group series business in line with the client’s budget and quality standards
  
• Assist with the release of agreed hotel group allocations
  

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• Accurate working style with strong attention to detail
  
• Good knowledge of our destinations of Great Britain and Ireland
  
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask in a fast-paced environment
  

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