Contracting Executive, EMENA

About Us

G 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.

About the role:

The Contracting Executive, EMENA, supports the regional Contracting Specialists/Managers and relevant Regional Managers to ensure all budgets and contracts are accurate and aligned with company objectives, across all brands under the G Travel Community (“GTC”) .

The incumbent is also responsible for supporting the sourcing of new vendors and reviewing existing vendor relationships with a focus on costs and service quality, to ensure the company maintains its competitive advantage. Clear communication to all stakeholders and a passion and commitment to detail, speed, and accuracy are critical for success in this role.
This role is a hybrid role based out of Marrakech, Morocco where a minimum number of days as set by the region, is required in the Souk office but before you apply please consider whether this aligns to your location. 
What You'll be Doing:

• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of all trip budgets, and contracting content updating as required.

  
  

• Partner with relevant stakeholders to implement reviews of trip budgets and fix any inconsistencies.

  
  

• Ensure budget updates are legitimate and the impact of changes are communicated to all stakeholders.

  
  

• Monitor costs input to ensure accuracy and alignment with objectives of cost management, working with appropriate teams to resolve any questions or discrepancies in costs.

  
  

• Assure room blocks at time of contracting align with dates in the system.

  
  

• Reporting as necessary to ensure managers are equipped with curent data for meetings.

  
  

• Issue, administer, maintain and store vendor contracts and contacts.

  
  

• Maintain GTC services database content.

  
  

• Support the development and maintenance of GTC tour products and content

  
  

• Communicate results to relevant teams to meet deadlines as needed.

  
  

• Embrace and lead change as the company launches new initiatives.

  
  

• Keep current of the competitive marketplace via vendor relationships and maket intelligence.

  
  

• Encourage and promote our social enterprise purpose through vendor selections and engagement.

  
  

Desired Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant discipline

  
  

• Attention to detail and accuracy

  
  

• Ability to work in a fast paced work environment

  
  

• Ability to prioritize and multitask

  
  

• Strong team player orientation

  
  

What do we offer you?

• Competitive salary commensurate with the role

  
  

• Competitive benefits package 

  
  

• Birthday day off

  
  

• Vacation time for you to recharge

  
  

• Enhanced Parental Leave

  
  

• Learning and growth opportunities

  
  

• Employee Resource Groups

  
  

*Applicable based on location*

G Adventures is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We consider all qualified applicants.