Sourcing Manager - Hospitality

THIS POSTING IS FOR A FUTURE FULL‑TIME REMOTE OPPORTUNITY

• Reports to Director, Hospitality
• Qualifies requests and briefs.
• Develops profit, sourcing, and negotiation strategy.
• Utilizes technology tools for sourcing and tracking sourcing and contracted volume.
• Qualifies vendor responses, proposals, contract process and addendums.
• Point of contact for vendor destination management meeting requests.
• Works closely with Client Services, Creative, Hospitality, and Production on vendor negotiations, vendor performance and unique programming ideas.
• Maintains initiative-taking, positive, and open line of communication with client and account teams to ensure understanding of deliverable timelines and roles and responsibilities.
• Responsible for accurate program forecasting and updating business management system with current financials up until the file is turned over to operations.
• Assist Client Services team in managing and planning site inspection documents.
• As needed, arrange brainstorm and creative sessions for destination and programming ideation
• Maintain final electronic files through the process as required by company standard operating procedures.
• Prepare and conduct turnover meetings to the assigned Client Services Team
• Develop and maintain excellent and professional working relationships with industry vendors and clients.
• Look to develop workflow that will help strengthen the cohesiveness between other departments.
• High-level of accuracy and diligence
• Assist with new business RFPs, RFIs, presentation deliverables and special projects as assigned.

• Knowledge of MICE Industry
• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in sourcing, negotiating, contracting and event designing with a hotel, convention center, organization, DMC, Production Company, or 3rd Party Agency
• Strong Computer
  
  Skills:
  
  Excel, Word and Power Point
• Strong knowledge of Cvent Sourcing
• Experience in hotel buying, travel suppliers, event support vendors
• Knowledge of hotels and destinations globally, as well as ability to maintain supplier relationships
• Experience in contract negotiations, specific to hospitality industry nuances and legal aspects, securing best rates, concessions and favorable contract terms.
• Initiative-taker, motivated, great communicator and resourceful
• Candidates with CMP or similar industry certifications a plus