**Company Introduction**:WorldStrides is the integral leader in educational travel and experiential learning.The company was founded in **** to provide middle school travel programs to Washington, D.C. and has grown to provide a wide range of programs for more than half a million students annually to over 100 countries around the world.WorldStrides offers experiential learning programs in educational travel, performing arts, language immersion, career exploration, service-learning, study abroad, and sports.Each of these experiences helps students to see beyond the classroom and to see the world - and themselves - in new ways.
- Reports to the Contracting and Operations Manager.
- Participates in the overall planning, development and success of the overall supplier managementand compliance for their assigned region.Takes all necessary and approved actions to achieveboth short and long-term goals and objectives.
- Cooperates with the Contracting and Operations Manager (Procurement Manager) to facilitateadministration workflows.
- Responsible for the execution and compliance with contract terms.
- Responsible for the processing of our payment obligations with suppliers.
- Managing payment and compliance in multiple systems as needed.Responsible for supplier relationships regarding payment and contract compliance matters.
- Provide information and support on payment matters, work with our international businesspartners as well as our finance department teams to solve payment issues as needed.
- Responsible for collecting risk assessment data and documentation from suppliers to respond tosafety concerns as they arise (during the sales process, pre departure, or on tour)**Responsibilities**:- Supplier management:



Developing and maintaining relationships with existing and new vendorsto service current and additional lines of business and /or destinations.Conduct necessary trainingand generating materials to support partners in payment and compliance matters.
- New business partners on boarding: Ensure proper supplier payment set up and initial compliancebackground checks.
- Contract management and Budgeting: Keeps control of contract renovations and uploads,contributes to budget maintenance in the system by ensuring correct contract entry and generatesreporting for contract renovations progress as well as budget pacing view.
- Negotiate payment extensions and solve payment issues.Ensure supplier relationship is notdamaged due to payment issues and that groups are not affected.
- Process tracking: develop, monitor and keep record of operational processes in payment andcompliance, analyze its effectiveness and identify opportunities for improvement, identifysolutions and operation outcomes.
- Quality assurance: Works with Procurement managers to generate supplier compliance projectsto collect the necessary supplier information to provide Sales and Program management teams.
- Compliance - Keeps informed about industry requirements in terms of safety and security.Ensures all necessary security documentation for suppliers and business partners is up to dateand correctly secured and filed.
- Accounts payable management: invoice approval processing and expense reconciliation.Ensurebudgets,



rates and contracts are respected.Payment terms management, credit tracking, expensestatements.
- Financial record production and reconciling accruals.Cash accounts recording and outgoing**Qualifications**:- Must be fluent in English and Spanish- Demonstrates leadership, knowledge, skills and ability in travel-related Operations.
- Negotiations skills- Notion of budgets, costs, statistics, overall fluency with numbers- Proficiency in Excel, Microsoft Office, and the ability to learn new software products- Proficient technical and analytical skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- A bachelor's degree in business and/or Administration, or a relevant field.
- A minimum of 1-2 years progressive operational experience with a solid understanding of the travel industry or other related industries**Work Perks**- Fun & driven environment.
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, accidental death and dismemberment, accident, critical illness, and disability insurance.
- +10% of gross salary as food stamps.
- 1 paid volunteer day & 25 PTO* days to start - accrue up to 28 over 3 years, 4 mental health days, and 5 bereavement days.
- Statutory Holidays by Mexican Federal Labor Law.
- Tuition reimbursement up to five thousand, two hundred fifty dollars annually or one thousand dollars towards professional certification annually.
- Flexible work schedule providing on-site and hybrid opportunities.
- Encouraged participation in our Employee Resource Groups and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion council.
- Fitness opportunities.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)- Paid statutory parental leave.
- WorldStrides, a global organization, is committed to_ educate and serve communities w

📌 Operations Coordinator (Supplier Payment And Compliance) (Mérida)
🏢 Worldstrides
📍 Mérida