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The Sourcing Manager is the main point of client and supplier contact from Meeting Request through proposal to contracting and payment. Key areas of role include venue and destination knowledge, contract negotiation and budget management. 

What you'll be doing:

• Review meeting request and conduct meeting qualification call with client
• Identify appropriate venues according to client/event needs
• Understand and utilize preferred suppliers programme
• Advise and guide the client about suitable options
• Inform about rejected venues (quality, availability…)
• Maintain contact with suppliers and manage option dates
• Reminders to client on deadlines
• Budget management of project
• Secure meeting owner approval on budget and terms & conditions of supplies
• Negotiate supplier rates and conditions
• Ensure per project profitability through commission and fees
• Coordinate Inspection trip if needed and assistance if required
• Secure required data according to customer policies (POs…)
• Confirm/Cancel venues to suppliers
• Update Meetings & Events Finance and Project Management systems with all project information
• Provide feedback to suppliers on cancelled venues

What we need from you:

• Experience in hotel buying preferred
• Proven negotiation skills
• Knowledge of UK and global destinations required
• Domestic and international venue/hotel knowledge is a benefit
• Online sourcing tool experience ie Cvent, Lanyon
• Operations experience in hospitality industry or equivalent is a benefit
• Prior successful experience in developing and maintaining key client and supplier relationships
• Prior experience in effectively handle multiple projects/demands
• Strong knowledge of program/event management and budget maintenance
• Proven aptitude for technology and/or software solutions and analytical skills required.
• Ability to travel by airplane, boat, rail and/or car.

     

Location

United Kingdom

     

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

• And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement.

What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!