Flights Sourcing Manager

Job Title: Flights Sourcing Manager

Location: Nottingham

Salary: Competitive Salary

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

If you're passionate about travel and giving young people opportunities that will inspire and further their learning, we want to hear from you!

The successful candidate will be a key part of the Transport Procurement team, primarily responsible for fulfilling trips requiring flights across all Brands within the Group. You'll have experience of working within a busy environment, ideally working with Groups, and have strong organisational skills with a keen eye for detail.

Established over 40 years ago, Halsbury Travel is a market leader within the school travel industry and specialises in international tours for schools and groups to destinations across Europe and worldwide.

Our mission is to make organising school trips easier, so that more young people benefit from these unforgettable, inspiring educational experiences.

We were recently acquired by Literacy Capital Plc, who are experts at investing in and growing SME businesses. Due to the rapid expansion of our company, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join our procurement team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the sourcing, pricing and booking of flights in line with budget and group requirements for all Halsbury Group brands.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with airline seat providers to deliver best commercial value and booking efficiency (airlines and flight consolidators).
• Liaise with airline seat providers to establish availability of seats and routes.
• Manage the process of flight schedule time changes, advance passenger check-in, and, passenger amendments, making any changes required.
• Ensure invoices are checked and processed according to commercial terms and conditions.
• Liaise with colleagues to resolve queries regarding flight requirements.
• Ensure that flight providers receive and provide all information necessary to operate their relevant services.
• Maintain and update internal systems with relevant flight booking information.
• Keep up-to-speed with industry updates to ensure that the Group is well positioned to maximise opportunity.
• Work closely across brands to ensure process and system efficiency is maximised.
• Work in tandem with the Coaches and Crossings Sourcing Manager to cover during annual leave etc.
• Organise support from the flights team during peak travel periods for our Out of Hours Service Team.
• Any other tasks that the business requires.

About you:

Skills & experience required:

• Strong understanding of airlines/flight consolidators, particularly with the booking of Groups.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Good commercial acumen.
• Exceptional organisational & communication skills.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and multi-task.
• Ability to work well as part of a team, and individually.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers.
• Knowledge and experience of flight reservations or managing bookings of Flights, particularly with Groups
• Awareness and understanding of flight reservations

Why work with us?

• Annual 5% of salary bonus
• Opportunities to travel
• Flexible working
• Hybrid working (dependent on role and requirements). Travel between Brand office locations on occasions would be beneficial.
• 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service to a maximum of 30 days)
• Private health insurance
• On-site parking (including EV charging points)
• Company pension scheme
• Monday to Friday working days - some additional support during Peak Travel times may be required.

Additional Information:

At Halsbury Travel, we value diversity and believe that it is the key to our success. We celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome and encourage applications from people that reflect the diversity of our customers. We offer flexible and hybrid working options, and we are open to discussing how this looks and works for you. If you require additional support or adjustments during the application and/or interview process, please ask.

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Flights Specialist, Flights Coordinator, Group Flights Manager, Group Flight Executive, Travel Coordinator, Flight Reservations Manager may also be considered for this role.