Purchasing Assistant

**Purchasing Assistant - Purchasing, easyJet holidays** We, The Purchasing Team, negotiate the best deals with our hotel partners so we can continue to offer great quality hotels and value for money holidays. Our goal is to build strong partner relations to drive revenue. That calls for first class communication and influencing skills partnered with a strong commercial mindset. **What you’ll be doing**: - _The role of the Purchasing Assistant will be to support the Purchasing Team by assisting with the day-to-day management of hotelier invoice queries and the loading of commercial discounts, as well as taking care of event planning and administration for the team. This will be an important role based in the operational side of the Purchasing Team. You’ll be commercially focused, process oriented, and show great attention to detail, helping the department deliver on our goals and strategies for future years by ensuring all queries and discounts are handled accurately and efficiently. You’ll also spend half of your time co-ordinating departmental conferences and team events and facilitating leisure travel for directors and senior management - so if you pride yourself on your organisation and planning skills, this part of the role will really appeal. You’ll also need to be confident in managing senior stakeholders. This role is perfect for somebody who wants to join a friendly, fast-paced team, and try something new in the travel industry. **What you’ll bring to the team**: You need to have a strong eye for detail and attention to accuracy and easily earns trust in all working relationships through excellent verbal and written communication skills. Be results-focused and driven, with a strong ‘can do’ attitude’. **What’s in it for you**: In addition to your competitive base salary, you’ll qualify for our company wide bonus scheme which could see you earning up to an additional 20% on top of your base each year. We'll also contribute 5% towards your pension. You'll have access to a variety of share options (BAYE, SAYE, Performance Shares) and life assurance is 4 x your annual salary. Aside from the financials, we offer an extensive suite of flexible benefits that you can opt in or out of, such as Medical Cover, Dental Cover, Green Car, and Cycle to Work Schemes. On top of all of that, you’ll get excellent staff travel benefits which includes heavily discounted flights for you and your friends and family, free easyJet Plus membership, and annual vouchers for you to spend on an easyJet holiday Working for one of Europe’s very best brands, you’ll be supported by a friendly team and be given great development opportunities. We're in the business of creating unforgettable experiences for our customers around the world, and the same applies for our people and their careers Working at easyJet holidays can take you anywhere... where do you want to go? LOCATION & HOURS OF WORK This is a full-time role based at the easyJet holidays HQ which is near Luton Airport, and we operate a hybrid working model of 2 days per week in the office at Capability Green **How to apply**: **Who are easyJet holidays**: In 2019 we launched our brand new easyJet holidays business, with a mission to provide brilliant holiday experiences at unbeatable prices. We do this by combining easyJet’s flexible flight programme with handpicked hotels and best-in-class technology to provide hassle-free, personalised holidays. Soon after we launched, we faced the most unprecedented challenge in modern history - but we made bold decisions, took active measures, and emerged from the pandemic much stronger and far greater. Since then, we have; **> **Launched our sustainability strategy, becoming the first major UK tour operator to offset the carbon emissions from its package holidays **> **Doubled the size our team **> **Been named one of the Best Workplaces in Travel **> **Reached a milestone 1.1 million customers in our first full year of trading and **> **Become the fastest growing UK tour operator We’re an ambitious bunch and we don’t intend on stopping here. We want to lead the industry, making sustainable travel affordable and accessible to everyone and to do this we’re building remarkable teams with modern ways of working. That’s where you come in Join us as Business Analyst and help create brilliant holiday experiences for our customers. LI-JB1 #LI-HYBRID ejholidays **Requirements of the Role** LI-JB1 #LI-HYBRID ejholidays