About the Opportunity
The role of the Contracting Executive is to support the Regional Contracting leader (and Contracting Manager where applicable) in the delivery of the contracting strategy with a key focus on strengthening commercial acumen, travel procurement and negotiation experience, building supplier relationships and becoming an expert on the products in the portfolio. You will work closely with internal teams to support the display, promotion and sale of product in internal system.
About you
The Essentials:
- A bachelor's degree or 1+ years' experience in Travel or Contracting.
- Good command of both written and spoken English.
The Attributes:
- Strong interpersonal skills and customer focus.
- Results Oriented.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to be flexible and implement change when needed.
- High attention to details.
- Able to work under pressure and multitask, ability to work outside office hours when required.
- Solution focused and great at problem solving.
- Able to work both independently and within a team to achieve results.
- Willingness to travel on business when required • Personally aligned with Discova’s company purpose and values.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and Discova’s systems would be an advantage
About Discova
As a leading regional destination management company operating in numerous destinations across South, East, and Southeast Asia, joining the Discova team means being in your element.
Discova holds responsible travel at its core, working responsibly with customers, host communities and local business partners to offer the best value, highly rated experiences with customer satisfaction as a hallmark of their service. As a company, we provide thrilling global career advancement opportunities, a wonderful and supportive team culture, distinctive leave benefits, and social events that stand out in the industry.
Discova’s people are homegrown—95% are locals, blending local know-how with an understanding of what makes a Discova trip to their home country special.
To be part of the Discova family is to be in your element, and being in your element means being the best you can be in any situation, doing what you love, whatever your role, being valued for who you are and what you do, continuing to grow as the world changes, and joining a family that creates a world of possibilities.
To learn more about Discova click: https://www.discova.com/
Work Perks!
What's in it for you: We are renowned internationally for having amazing perks and an even better culture. We understand that our people are our most valuable asset. The passion and dedication of our teams keep the company on top of the industry ladder. That's also why we offer some great employee benefits and perks outside of the norm.
Have fun: At the heart of everything we do at Discova is a desire to have fun. Reward and Recognition: Celebrate your and others’ success at our regular Buzz Nights and the annual Global Gathering—you’ll have to experience it to believe it!
Use your smarts: Our people always use their quick thinking, expertise, and tenacity to figure things out.
Love for travel: We were founded by people who wanted to travel and wanted to help others do the same. That passion is evident in our people and service.
Personal connections: We are a big business founded on personal relationships. "We work globally, live locally" is one of our credos that really makes a difference in our world of travel possibilities.
A career, not a job: We offer genuine opportunities for people to grow and evolve. We back our people all the way, regardless of the results. We are firmly committed to supporting every employee’s professional and personal development.
Giving Back: As one of the very few, we are proud to provide corporate social responsibility programmes across all our departments. These programmes support nominated charities through workplace giving, promote volunteering, and support fundraising initiatives through our employee giving and office environmental programmes. All our employees can even enjoy one volunteer day per calendar year.
We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected to continue the process will be contacted.
