Company Description
Ensemble Travel Group is a leading travel agency consortium of top-tier agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada that was established in 1968. Acquired by Navigatr Group in June 2022, Ensemble provides members with access to exclusive offers, unique hosted tours, partnerships and superior marketing opportunities with best-in-class suppliers, and proprietary travel platforms such as ADX that offers agents instant commission visibility, one click insurance and more to improve efficiencies and earnings. Ensemble maintains offices in Toronto and New York.


As Ensemble continues its rapid growth and expands its reach, we are looking to fill a hybrid role to support the overall supplier relations strategy across all of our verticals (Air, Hotel, Ground, Tour, Cruise, Etc). This position provides a unique opportunity to gain experience in supplier procurement, build negotiation skills, create a network of contacts and influence key business decisions with potential for growth. We are looking for a dynamic, self-starter that is open to varied daily activities and taking direction from multiple stakeholders. The key aspect of this role will be to provide analytical and tactical support to the vertical leads. Our evolving environment fosters a spirit of innovation allowing our employees to unleash their creativity and achieve a greater level of productivity. Our willingness to trust our employees is what breeds creativity, above-and-beyond performance and job satisfaction. Ensemble\xe2\x80\x99s goals are simple. To make our network of over 400 member agencies more profitable by providing timely data and proactive booking recommendations. Responsibilities

• Establish a partner reporting template, collection process and database structure to support business decisions across non-normalized data sources.
• Maintain target optimization tracker and partner scorecard based on up to date booking and traveling data
• Creates and coordinates a consolidated procurement communication cadence for our members
• Maintains key procurement tracking documents and ongoing activities: expiring contracts, invoice recovery, coop contract usage, project plans, and cross division activities
• Manages an industry event calendar and coordinates attendees, talking points and follow up
• Supports FAM and staff travel requirements as needed
• Evaluate and streamline business processes to maximize efficiency and effectiveness within the department to ensure department and company objectives are met.

Qualifications

• Superior Time management skills - able to work in a fast paced, changing environment and meet time sensitive deadlines
• Analytical mind set with experience collating multiple data sources and building strategic dashboards
• Ability to identify and implement process improvement strategies
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills and an ability to communicate at all levels, both internally and externally with polish and professionalism
• Polished and professional demeanor with experience as a company representative in high-profile and public environments.
• Product knowledge management experience, including synthesizing, organizing and disseminating supplier information to audiences across broad geographical territories.
• Upbeat personality, a hands-on team player and self-starter who is able to work in lean environment with autonomy
• Expert Excel, SmartSheets, PowerPoint and Word skills.

Professional Characteristics

• A builder who is entrepreneurial and creative with proven ability to go beyond traditional approaches.
• Has a roll-up your sleeves approach with the flexibility to move quickly and navigate across teams and levels both internally and externally.
• Excellent communication skills; demonstrated ability to persuasively communicate at multiple levels.
• Exceptional listening skills with the ability to take constructive feedback and make positive change for stakeholders.
• Analytical and facts-driven.
• Collaborative and confident with sound judgment; has a straightforward style and can quickly generate trust with stakeholders.
• Unquestionable integrity, high energy and a sense of urgency; embraces change.
• A results-driven and forward-looking perspective; holds self and others accountable.

Additional Information
We know that our success is dependent on the people who join our team, which is why we recruit the best. Our team is made up of owners; people who are smart, low ego, and who are accountable for their results. We all play a part in the success of the company and are proud of what we do. We thank all candidates for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.