Supplier Management Lead (Asia) - Full-time, Remote

Emerging Travel Group is a global travel-tech company specializing in developing advanced online booking platforms for all types of clients—from individual tourists to travel agents and companies organizing business trips. Their solutions empower hoteliers to showcase accommodations, boosting visibility and attracting broader audiences.

The company’s mission is to create, distribute, and operate the most convenient travel products. They innovate within the complex travel industry to make travel more accessible for individuals, more rewarding for professionals, and simpler for everyone.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own and manage an Asia-based portfolio of TPP suppliers, ensuring strong competitiveness and sustainable performance of hotel inventory.
• Analyze supplier performance using key business and operational metrics, identify root causes of underperformance, and define improvement actions.
• Negotiate and improve commercial and payment terms in line with business priorities.
• Oversee API feed integrations and configurations, acting as a senior escalation point for complex technical issues.
• Drive resolution of supplier-related operational challenges through close collaboration with Technical, Product, Finance, and Customer Support teams.
• Contribute to internal cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment on supplier-related goals, timelines, and quality standards.
• Prioritize suppliers and initiatives based on business impact, proactively managing low-performing or low-yield partners.

Requirements:

• Ideally, 2+ years of experience in supplier management, account management, partnerships, or a similar role within travel or hospitality.
• Experience managing external partners, negotiating commercial terms, and driving supplier performance.
• An analytical mindset, comfortable working with business and operational metrics, identifying root causes, and turning data into actionable improvements.
• Familiarity with API integrations and the ability to understand and resolve complex technical issues with relevant teams.
• Confident in cross-functional collaboration with Technical, Product, Finance, Customer Support, and other teams to drive issues and initiatives to resolution.
• Proactive, structured, and comfortable managing multiple suppliers and initiatives, prioritizing based on business impact.
• An international mindset, able to work effectively with partners and stakeholders across different markets and cultural contexts.

Benefits:

• Flexible schedules and the opportunity to work remotely.
• An ambitious and supportive team that values growth and collaboration.
• Internal programs for adaptation, training, development of soft skills, and leadership abilities.
• Partial compensation for participating in external training and conferences.
• Corporate discounts on hotels and travel services.
• MyTime Day Off—an extra non-working day without loss of compensation.