If you're based in the beautiful sunny South East and want to be part of a fun, dynamic office environment with a great company culture, then look no further!
Groopeze is an exciting and ambitious company with an office in Wexford Town. We are in the travel technology space and operate several websites utilizing our bespoke technology. Our websites cater for different leisure group types like stag and hen parties, birthday groups and corporates.
Role
As a Business Development Executive you will work on product & supplier engagement. Closely aligned with with our operations team you will be researching and onboarding some of the best accommodation, activity, attraction, food and drink and nightlife products in the market.
As well as reaching out to incredible new suppliers you will liase with our current suppliers across Ireland, the UK and Europe to ensure all of our information and prices are up to date.
The wide salary range is based on experience as we are open to hiring either a:
- Junior Business Development Executive; less than 1 year's experience
- Business Development Executive; 1-4 year's experience
- Senior Business Development Executive; 4+ year's experience
Responsibilities
This is a varied role with plenty of responsibility and would be ideal for somebody who loves building relationships and has a passion for helping create unforgetable experiences.
Responsibilities include:
- Sourcing new and exciting suppliers and products
- Negotiate rates, added value deals, overrides and special offers
- Building relationships with existing suppliers
- Managing the onboarding process until the new products are live
- Overseeing and implementing any product updates from suppliers
- Review of supplier / product performance
We are very inclusive and team focused so as a start-up, we very often help out with other departments and team members so you may have other tasks not outlined above.
Essential Skills
The ideal candidate should be comfortable with multitasking, negotiating and be able to budget your resources in order to meet the requirements of the role.
- Strong negotiation skills, proactive, dynamic, passionate, and a team player
- Able to develop and maintain strong and trusting relationship with suppliers
- Highly accurate with excellent attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluent in spoken & written English
- At least basic, preferably intermediate computer skills
- Outgoing and naturally persuasive personality
- Focused and goal-oriented
- Strong organizational and time management skills with great attention to detail
- An ability to multitask
- A passion for fun social events
- Hospitality experience and/or contacts is a bonus!
Groopeze is a dynamic company with a creative, fun-loving, and friendly team. We are looking for an enthusiastic individual with a long-term vision to join us and grow as we grow.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: €22,000.00-€28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Wexford, CO. Wexford: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- Ireland (required)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 28/05/2023
Reference ID: Business Development Executive Wexford May 2023
