Supplier Contracting and Costing Manager - Travel Industry, Bangkok

Smiling Albino is looking for an experienced Supplier Contracting and Costing Manager to join our Bangkok office team. This position is perfect for someone with solid experience in the contracting and costing space within the travel industry, who is ready to take the next step in their career. We value a broad understanding of contract management, pricing analysis, and a proven ability to handle various tasks effectively.

About Smiling Albino:

Smiling Albino is a globally recognized luxury travel operator known for our creativity and seamless guest service. We are disruptors and have set new standards for experiential travel in Southeast Asia, servicing the world’s most discerning travelers.

We offer unlimited opportunity for your career success in a travel space where you are surrounded by the world’s very best luxury travel movers and shakers. Our package includes a competitive salary and bonus scheme, medical and accident insurance, paid annual leave, company retreats, onsite wellness activities, and flexible work location options.

Central to our mission are our core values of generosity, recognition, leadership, commitment and accountability, and trust, which must guide everything we do.

As our Supplier Contracting and Costing Manager, you’ll be managing and optimizing our contracts and costing strategy to ensure competitive and efficient operations. You will report directly to the Commercial Director and work closely with our growing team.

- Develop, implement and manage contracting strategies aligned with the company goals. Propose, implement, and manage a contracting strategy aligned with company goals.

- Lead negotiations for competitive contracts Negotiate competitive mutually beneficial contracting terms with suppliers and partners and be as the primary contact for the company in supplier contractual matters.

- Manage cost analysis and pricing strategies for existing contracts and new business Maintain and update existing contracts to ensure alignment with the company strategies. they remain effective and aligned with strategy.

- Keep company negotiated rates costs, tariffs, and contracts up-to-date and organized for maximum accuracy, and easy access by client services and trip operations teams.

- Create customized rates tariffs for overseas agents and internal sales team.

- Accurately apply pricing and markup changes and actively monitor and share impact of all pricing adjustments.

- Provide clear and timely responses to sales, trip operations, and product team costing requests.

- Work with the product team to keep the team informed on new products, suppliers, and partners.

- Work proactively to reduce inefficiencies and improve accuracy in the sales, trip operations and accounting workflows.

- At least 3 years of experience in contracting and costing within the travel & hospitality industry.

- Proficiency in data analysis tools like Excel or Google sheets

- Strong negotiation skills, proactive, dynamic, passionate, and a team player.

- Native Thai and excellent English communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.

- Thai citizenship.

- Highly accurate with excellent attention to detail.

- Strong commercial awareness.

- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Google Workspace.