Senior Accommodation Sourcing Manager - Long Haul East

Join our team as a Senior Accommodation Sourcing Manager Long Haul East (FTC), where you'll shape our accommodation portfolio by developing strategic sourcing plans and negotiating high-impact contracts with key partners across our most important markets.

About our offer

• Personal benefits: Attractive remuneration, discretionary bonus schemes, 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.

About the job

• You'll develop and implement accommodation sourcing plans for high-priority and strategically relevant hotel partners, incorporating various methods such as wholesale, bed banks, and channel managers in close collaboration with dynamic production teams.
• Negotiating and signing contracts with our most important partners will be central to your role, securing optimal commercial terms, pricing structures, and allocation commitments that meet both business requirements and customer expectations.
• Your work will involve preparing and finalizing contracts with significant financial commitments, ensuring commercial terms align with budgetary targets, internal compliance standards, and risk management requirements.
• Monitoring market trends, competitor activities, and customer feedback will help you identify opportunities for portfolio enhancement and optimization.
• Working closely with Product Managers, Revenue Management, and Commercial teams globally and regionally ensures your sourcing activities align with broader commercial and operational requirements.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with key accommodation partners enhances our market position, secures preferential treatment, and helps resolve contractual issues effectively.

About you

• You bring proven experience in accommodation sourcing, contracting, or purchasing within the travel industry.
• Your track record demonstrates success in negotiating and securing favorable accommodation contracts that deliver commercial results, including commitments and prepayments.
• Strong commercial acumen combined with solid negotiation skills enables you to structure deals that balance risk and opportunity.
• Analytical thinking comes naturally to you, allowing you to interpret market data and financial information to inform decision-making.
• Your relationship-building capabilities help you establish credibility with accommodation partners and internal stakeholders alike.
• You're proficient in MS Office tools including Copilot, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Business fluent English enables you to communicate effectively across our international organization.
• You're willing to travel regularly within assigned destinations, approximately 25% of your time.