About the Opportunity

Discova is looking for a superstar to join our team in Tokyo, Japan. If you love negotiations, want to expand your commercial acumen, liaise and build strong supplier relationship and have a great eye for details, this may be the next step in your career!

The role of the Contracting Executive is to support the Contracting Manager 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.  The Contracting Executive works closely with internal teams to support the display, promotion and sale of product. 

Responsibilities;

• Liaise and maintain contact with suppliers to ensure rates are updated in a timely manner
• Ensure Health and Safety supplier audits are completed and filed
• Benchmark incoming contracts and promotions for competitiveness with aim to maximize margin
• Solve and identify rates and availability issues
• Manager supplier email distribution and track responses to surveys, solicitations and requests for information
• Develop and maintain healthy supplier relationships
• Work with global counterparts to identify and document global standards and SOPs for contracting team.
• Manage supplier connectivity and distribution opportunities in conjunction with the connectivity team.

About you;

• You just have at least 1 year experience in travel industry contracting
• Advanced and fluent japanese language (written and spoken) is essential
• Business proficiency in english is essential
• Be legally allowed to stay and work in Japan

About Us

As a leading global destination management company, operating in numerous destinations across Asia, being a part of 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.

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 is; and being valued for who you are and what you do; continuing to grow as the world changes; 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. It is the passion and dedication of our teams that keep the company on top of the industry ladder. It’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 & Recognition: Celebrate the success of yourself and others at our regular Buzz Nights and the annual Global Gathering - You'll have to experience it to believe it!

Use your smarts: Our people use their quick thinking, expertise, and tenacity to always figure things out.

Love for travel: We were founded by people who wanted to travel and want others to do the same. That passion is something you can’t miss in our people or 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, no matter what the results are. We are strongly committed to supporting every single employee in their 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 supporting nominated charities through workplace giving, promoting volunteering, and supporting fundraising initiatives through our employee giving and office environmental Programmes. All our employees even can enjoy 1 volunteer day per calendar year.

Get in touch now and Discova a world of possibilities!