Global Travel Procurement Senior Manager
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United Kingdom - London -
Job Description
- Leveraging the size and scale of company’s Global Network to deliver improved commercial value in the following travel sub-categories: air, hotel, travel management companies, online self-booking tools, corporate charge card, and data capture & spend analysis;
- Fostering relationships with the global travel team and territory travel managers throughout the world in order to improve engagement and better understand their business needs;
- Driving the adoption and implementation of global solutions which meet those needs;
- Consolidating a large number of locally managed deals to a smaller number of Global and Regional deals by evaluating and rationalizing company’s suppliers;
- Managing supplier relationships and leading commercial negotiations with our global travel suppliers;
- Assessing and recommending new tools and technologies which can further optimize company’s travel spend; and
- Promoting the use of tools to help us make more eco-friendly choices at the point of purchase
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities