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Contracts Manager

Employer
DCV Specialist Recruitment
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
£28,000 - £30,000
Closing date
17 Aug 2019

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Sector
Tour Operator
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Job function
Management

Job Details

UK & Ireland Contracts Manager

London

 

Main Functions

  • The principle function of this role is to take responsibility for contracting new FIT hotels within the UK & Ireland.
  • The key responsibility will be to stablish new relationships with hoteliers and negotiate industry leading contracts.
  • In addition, this role involves having responsibility for the qualifying, quoting, and conversion of series and ad-hoc groups as well as offline FIT quotes within your source market.

 

Job specification

  • Negotiate and contract exclusive deals and share these throughout the business
  • Ownership of the contracting process, from initial supplier contact to signature of contract
  • Attend travel events to assist relationships and contracting opportunities
  • Fully aware of the competition and the best prices in the market and utilise this information to remain competitive
  • Monitor sales and make re-active and pro-active business decisions to drive sales of product
  • Meet weekly and monthly targets relating to new leads for FIT Flash Sale campaigns
  • Complete additional ad-hoc tasks, including rate loading and product training for Sales and Operations Teams

 

Requirements

  • Strong negotiator, confident with suppliers, analytical, autonomous, team player, loves a challenge and can work under pressure
  • Experience of hotel contracting within UK & Ireland
  • Ability to develop close working relationships with suppliers to achieve optimum results
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
  • Ambitious with the ability to think on your feet, multi-task and prioritise
  • Capable of working alone or as part of a team

 

If you feel this could be the job for you, please submit your CV via the job board quoting reference DCVJL2289

Company

DCV is a specialist recruitment agency providing Permanent, Contract & Interim staffing solutions throughout the UK and Worldwide.

Our many areas of expertise within Travel include:

Specialist Tailor-made Consultants

Business Travel Consultants

Sales Consultants

Administration & Operations Consultant

Ticketing Consultants

Product Managers

Commercial Managers

Marketing Managers

Account Managers

Business Development Managers

Finance Controllers

To name just a few of the travel backgrounds within the Travel Industry we deal with

Our Senior Consultants and Resource’s specialise in The Travel Industry with over 22 years’ experience by offering both candidates and clients an unrivalled recruitment service.

DCV Specialist Recruitment work in collaboration with its clients to provide a consultative service aligned to their business goals. This industry focused approach has enabled DCV to forge business partnerships with SME’s, Corporate & Blue Chip Travel Organisations across the globe.

DCV Specialist Recruitment has a targeted approach when sourcing candidates, enabling us to provide our clients with the most qualified and experienced candidates within the market place providing quality at all times.

Our candidate attraction strategy is be-spoke to each client to ensure that we resource Travel professionals from the background desired, coupled with the skills and experience to deliver results. These attraction methods include but are not exhaustive off:

  • Our Database
  • Traditional client specific Head Hunting
  • Niche Job boards
  • Social networking
  • Travel Industry specific publications
  • Referrals

The delivery of our service is harnessed by our Skilled Consultants and our Resource Team, all of whom have a wealth of experience within the Travel Industry sector.

Contact us

DCV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

Biz Space

575-599 Maxted Road

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7DX

Telephone number : 01442 270 711

 

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