Purchasing Manager | [Oq-267]

Joining the Group Purchasing team as Purchasing Manager you will be an ambassador of the Group Purchasing function and your core focus will be driving revenue. You will be accountable for all buying and account management activities for TUI's suppliers for a particular source market or across multiple source markets.ABOUT THE JOBYou will be in charge of optimising the hotel cost base to maximise profitability for your area and manage the supplier strategyResponsible for setting and managing the overseas accommodation spending budget including contract value, commitments, deposits and cash flowYou will source and extract key commercial MI, in order to assist in informed decision-makingYou will meet specific hotel/area targets through accommodation contract negotiations, renegotiations and in-season late buying and ad-hoc buyingYou will influence and input into product selection, range management and new developments, and highlight and develop opportunities for long-term agreements, joint ventures and acquisitionsResponsible for meeting all source market bed briefs providing a first-class service in negotiating rates, re-negotiations, risk management and supplier developmentYou will negotiate long-term Agreements on behalf of source markets (including prepayment agreements), working alongside Group Legal as requiredABOUT YOUProven commercial negotiation experience, ideally within a Tour Operator. Dynamic contracting experience will be highly advantageousA goal-oriented person with robust commercial insight and the ability to make commercial decisions based on complex informationExcellent communication skillsProven ability to work with multiple contacts within one customer organisationStrong negotiation skillsAdvanced written and verbal English language skills. Spanish language advantageousAn intermediate level of Excel neededABOUT OUR OFFERBeing a valuable team member of TUI, the No.1 global and socially aware travel companyIndustry-standard salary and benefitsDevelop yourself by working as part of an international team and through our free global learning and development programmes and various Management Development ProgrammesTUI Group is the world's number one integrated tourism business. As we continue to build our Global Purchasing function, we will move from operating as a set of separate source markets with common procurement management towards a more global, integrated function, which will accelerate the delivery of our growth plans.Tuijobs #LI-CD1 #J-18808-Ljbffr