Hotel Partners and Data Trainee
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Hotel Partners and Data Trainee

MCI Suisse SA

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Hotel Partners and Data Trainee

About the job

We are looking for a Hotel Partners and Data Trainee to handle the company’s hotel supplier relationships together with the Head of Procurement. The successful candidate will be able to appraise and improve our sourcing and procurement activities by analyzing the company’s spending, supplier partnerships and data.

Some tasks may include, but are not limited to:

SOURCING & PROCUREMENT

- Accommodation and meeting space sourcing via Cvent

- Presentation and recommendation to internal client

- Project administration (project agreements, purchase orders) in strict compliance with client processes

- Sourcing, negotiation and contracting

- Project reporting to the Account Director, Director of Operations and Project Teams

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

- Manage and maintain good supplier relationships

- Tracking of supplier data

- Maintaining a supplier database

- Occasional attendance at supplier presentations

- Occasional participation at industry tradeshows

OTHER TASKS

- Monitor and maintain quality and adherence to processes, identifying and contributing to their improvement

- To be actively involved in company plans and activities

- Identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining good relationships with them

- Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress, checking the quality of service provided

- Sourcing hotels for corporate or institutional events

- Keeping contract files and using them as reference for the future

- Forecasting price trends and their impact on future activities

- Producing reports and statistics using computer software

- Evaluating bids and making recommendations based on commercial and technical factors

- Ensuring suppliers are aware of business objectives

- Assist local offices in collecting data

- Track and review reports with offices


The occupant of this position will report to the Global Head of Hotel Procurement. The occupant will work closely with the Global Hotel Procurement team based out of the HQ in Geneva, but also have direct contact with our suppliers and other offices.

About you

JOB REQUIREMENTS

- Flexibility

- Ability to think at a strategic level

- Good general overview of the international hospitality and tourism industry

- Good capacity to work in a team

- Work in a very precise and autonomous way

- Very good sense of organisation

SPECIFIC SKILLS

- Excellent skills in Excel,

- Good skills PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word

Fluent in English, working knowledge of French an asset but not required, additional languages (written and spoken) are highly sought after
  • Language required: English. French is a plus

The company

MCI is the world’s leading provider of strategic engagement and activation solutions and has been a key driver of innovation in the meetings, events, association and congress industries since 1987. Through creative live experiences and digitisation, globalisation, brand enhancement and content strategies, MCI helps multinational companies and international associations to enhance organisational performance, grow globally, energise communities and drive business results. An independent, privately held company with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, MCI’s 1,600 experts in 63 cities and 31 countries help clients across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and India, the Middle East and Africa to unlock their potential and deliver real change.

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Hotel Partners and Data Trainee

Geneva, Switzerland

Internship, 12 months

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