Procurement Administrator (6 months fixed-term contract)

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

Job Description

The successful candidate will be a key part of the Procurement team, responsible for providing administration support to the wider Transport and Accommodation Procurement teams.  Whilst the role will predominantly support with flights, there will also be the opportunity to broaden your knowledge and experience across other procurement areas. 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.

Responsibilities:

  • Flights: monitoring APIs, checking-in of Groups, adding or cancelling passengers/luggage as required for existing bookings, assisting with schedule flight changes, supporting with flight launch periods and general administration tasks as applicable. 
  • Crossings: helping to check and process payment statements, general administrative tasks as applicable. 
  • Coaches: helping to check invoices, support with monitoring and collating of STF Coach documentation and general administrative tasks as applicable.
  • Accommodation: helping to check invoices and process payments, support with collating and monitoring of STF Accommodation documentation and general administrative tasks as applicable. 

Skills & Experience Required:

  • Attention to detail
  • Exceptional organisational skills
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines
  • Ability to work well as part of a team and individually
  • Awareness and understanding of flight reservations would be beneficial
  • Knowledge and experience of booking or managing bookings of accommodation, coaches, Eurostar, ferries and Eurotunnel would be advantageous

Benefits

  • Annual 5% of salary bonus
  • Opportunities to travel
  • Flexible working 
  • Hybrid working (dependent on role and requirements)
  • 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

Sound like the kind of opportunity and place to work that you’re looking for? Please send your CV with a brief covering note about your salary expectations and any notice period to tessa.turton@halsbury.com

Procurement Administrator (6 months fixed-term contract)

Application deadline: 31/12/2024

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