.About UsG Adventures is the world's largest small-group adventure travel company and we've been making epic travel memories happen on all seven continents for over 30 years.Our mission is simple: to change lives through travel. And not just our travelers' either. Since day one, our tours have been built to establish meaningful relationships with local communities, directly benefiting the people and places we visit at every step of our tours.With the demand for travel coming back strong, we are set up and excited for this next chapter in our company's story — and we'd love for you to be a part of it.Our DNA revolves around building, nurturing, and developing a diverse culture of people and a true sense of belonging, where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic self to work each and every day. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career, and yourself, alongside a passionate, talented, and welcoming community that works hard to spread goodness around the world.If all that sounds like your kind of thing, well, we can't wait for you to join us.Sneak PreviewWe're a tight-knit group of creative, technical, and strategic specialists who research, hypothesize, ideate, design, edit, execute, boost, and track and measure every piece of award-winning trips. We work fast. We work hard. We serve a global brand that stubbornly refuses to stop growing. We do it all in-house, and we have a blast making it all happen.About the RoleReporting to the Senior Contracting Manager (SrCM) for the region, the Contracting Specialist is responsible for executing their region's Buying strategy, keeping a focus on costs and service quality. This includes conducting and supporting the research and execution of the strategy set by the Region's Director Product with the support of the SrCM. This role works closely with the SrCM, local Operation Managers and CEO Managers to generate the most optimal content flow, budgets, vendor selection and product content recommendations. As a member of the region's destination team; must be able to effectively partner and maintain consistent communication with all stakeholders, internally and externally, to ensure the objectives of their region are achieved.**Responsibilities**:- Execution of the region buying strategy that meets the organization's cost objectives and service standards.- Building relationships with existing vendors and sourcing new vendors as required; and using relationshipsto encourage new ideas and innovative solutions to challenges.- Negotiating vendor contracts while maximizing cost value and ensuring G Adventures is preferred.- Working with stakeholders to optimize our purchasing and utilization in the region.- Communicating results (costs and cost estimates) to meet deadlines.- Updating budgets accurately and in a timely manner.- Building vendors and vendor contracts in our system following business rules.- Develop and build awareness of competitive marketplace via local market intelligence
