Overview
Contracting Assistant Jobs in Vietnam at Intrepid Travel
Title: Contracting Assistant
Company: Intrepid Travel
Location: Vietnam
At Intrepid Travel we exist to inspire, create, share and lead the best travel experiences ever – for both people and the planet. We’ve been creating positive change through the joy of travel since 1989, and we’re proud to be a certified B Corp with 1000s of experiences in over 100 countries.
The world needs more Intrepid people:
Intrepid Vietnam DMC is our very first DMC, and during our 20 years of operations, it has also consistently been our most popular destination globally. Now, we want to welcome a Contracting Assistant, Vietnam into this hallowed space to help us pull off the best trips for the best price.
In this role, you’ll build strong relationships with hotels, transport, and experience providers. You’ll provide administrative support to the manager in drafting competitive prices, tightening contracts and building our system knowledge. You’ll help negotiate and maintain the most advantageous terms and follow up on supplier performance and compliance. In essence, your contribution will ensure we have a ready-to-pick catalogue of suitable and profitable product options. Your work will set our Sales and internal teams up for success in creating itineraries that match the customer’s needs. You’ll be working on external booking systems, Travel Studio, and other internal platforms. Perhaps most excitingly, you’ll be doing all this while collaborating with industry experts from all over the world!
If you are ready to take on a brand new contracting journey built around purpose and at a global scale, this is an opportunity you don’t want to miss.
This is a full-time, permanent position operating out of our Hanoi office in Vietnam.
Some of the experience you’ll bring with you may include:
- Minimum 1 year experience within the travel or hospitality industry.
- Experience using booking / pricing systems, ideally including Travel Studio.
- Proven accuracy in data entry and loading.
- Strong English writing and listening skills.
- General computer literacy (Microsoft Office).
Our people reflect the diversity of our customers and the communities we visit:
Intrepid is made up of 71 nationalities in over 30 countries, and we recognise that diversity makes us a stronger business. We support a culture where people can be themselves and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Including First Nations People, LGBTQI+ people, those living with a disability, or from disadvantaged backgrounds, and all people from different ethnicities, races, and religions.
Rewarding and developing our people is important to us, some of our work perks include:
- Flexible work arrangements, work-from-home and the ability to ‘work from anywhere’ 4 weeks a year
- A free Intrepid trip every year, plus generous discounts for families, and close friends
- 5 extra days of leave a year for use on Intrepid trips
- A minimum of 10 weeks paid parental leave for all parents, and other additional leave provisions.
- Access to e-learning platforms, professional development and mentor programs
- 20 hours of volunteer leave every year to use on causes most important to you
- Employee Assistance Program, a 24/7 service that offers counselling for you and your family
We are Real. Together. Ambitious. Impactful. These are our values and to us they’re more than just words, they are the pillars of our success and every day it’s our people and the work they do that bring them to life.
