What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial & Supply Specialist position at TUI?
Join our global TUI Musement as a Commercial & Supply Specialist for the Intercruises brand.
About Our Offer
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About Our Offer
- Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, generous travel benefits, extensive health & well-being support, and more.
- Flexible working: Work is something you do, not somewhere you go. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with a dynamic working environment.
- A career to shape: Access the TUI Learning Hub to level-up and reach your ambitions.
- Broaden your network: We champion intercultural collaboration and provide opportunities to work on global projects and teams
- Community: Get involved with incredible local charity and sustainability initiatives like the TUI Care Foundation.
- Assisting the commercial team with the commercial development of the USA & Canada cruise business for assigned clients and commercial relationships with suppliers.
- Creating financial and content proposals according to client specifications & deadlines
- Achieve competitive rates and attractive margins with clients through clients’ and suppliers’ negotiation.
- Communicate with cruise line clients concerning ongoing Requests for Proposal as well as Ad Hoc Quotation requests.
- Acquire new cruise business by participating in RFPs through farming as well as hunting new clients/opportunities.
- Develop compelling Shore Excursions for our cruise clients in key destinations.
- Creating tour portfolios per port which include tour descriptions, quotation sheets, power point presentations, pictures.
- Negotiating and contracting vendors and suppliers to ensure best possible costs.
- Monitoring vendors and suppliers to ensure quality assurance and cruise line guidelines.
- Working with the Operations teams to ensure alignment between quoted and delivered services and provide support for ad hoc requests quotation.
- Monitor and track the financial sustainability of the business through tools such as Salesforce as well as strategize on how to increase profitability.
- Experience in the tourism or cruise industry or relevant college degree preferred.
- Comprehensive understanding of the competitive landscape and tourism trends in North America.
- Experience in marketing or financial management, preferably in the tourism industry.
- Strong commercial mindset with proven negotiation skills and a successful record of closing deals and building strategic partnerships.
- Understanding of digital components and new industry standards will be an advantage, especially on API-based connectivity, channel managers, reservation technologies.
- Excellent communication skills and written skills.
- Solid knowledge of digital tools (e.g. tasks managements, Salesforce, Power BI).
We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities and impairments so if you require any support, please do let us know.