Are you a passionate buyer and see it as an exciting challenge to negotiate the best possible conditions with airlines? Perhaps you have already gained several years of professional experience in the aviation sector and would now like to work as a flight buyer for a tour operator? Are you cost-conscious when juggling numbers and do you know how to convince your negotiating partners strategically and efficiently? Are you adept at using MS Excel and want to take the next step in your career as part of a young, dynamic team? Then we should get to know each other!
For our head office in Eschborn we are looking for you at the earliest possible date as
Flight Buyer (m/f/d)
Permanent position | full-time
Your tasks as Flight buyer (m/f/d)
- Purchasing the required flight capacities for our trips at the best possible conditions
- Ensuring bookability during the marketing phase, purchasing additional contingents if necessary
- Analyzing flight options and creating price comparisons for coordination with product purchasing
- Creating flight tables for product management to calculate the trip
- Strategic negotiations with defined airlines, including renegotiation of contract content if required
Your profile as Flight buyer (m/f/d)
- Qualified tourism or commercial training, e.g. as a travel agent (m/f/d)
- Professional experience in a comparable position in the flight sector with relevant market knowledge
- Good networking and contacts within the tourism or airline industry
- Good knowledge of the MS Office package, especially Excel
- Very good knowledge of German and business fluent English
- Strong negotiating skills
- Cost-conscious understanding of figures and analytical thinking skills
Our offer
- Employment with a leading tourism company with good prospects for the future
- A medium-sized company culture with diverse development opportunities, a collegial hands-on mentality and the freedom to make a difference
- Attractive social benefits such as attractive employee travel benefits, optional Germany ticket/fitness studio/kitasubsidy/benefit card, free company parking and much more
- Flexible working hours
- Mobile working up to 2 days/week
- Modern workplace equipment
About us
We have been one of the leading direct tour operators in Germany for more than 20 years, our medium-sized company is growing steadily and employs around 180 people. From our conveniently located company headquarters near Frankfurt, we offer our more than 400,000 satisfied guests a broad portfolio every year: Our vacation world ranges from coach, air and exclusive long-distance travel to (short) vacations.