Sourcing Corporate Services - Travel

Chain IQ Group AG; Hamburg; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain IQ Group AG is a global AI-powered leader in indirect procurement, with offices worldwide. This role focuses on strategic sourcing for corporate travel, managing end-to-end supplier engagements and delivering measurable value across cost, quality, and traveller experience.

You will work with clients, suppliers and internal experts to optimize travel categories and implement sustainable procurement solutions on international projects.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in strategic procurement or category management.
• Knowledge of travel categories like air, hotels, TMCs, and meetings/events.
• Experience managing sourcing projects, tenders and negotiations.
• Good understanding of drivers in corporate travel programmes.
• Experience developing sourcing and supplier strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with spend data, benchmarks and business cases.
• Structured, independent and results-oriented.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Enjoy client interaction and international collaboration.
• Fluent English; German or other languages is a plus.
• University degree in business administration, procurement, travel management, hospitality or finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead corporate travel sourcing from analysis to award recommendation.
• Develop and implement travel category strategies.
• Manage RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, bid evaluations, negotiations and awards.
• Source travel services: air, hotels, TMCs, ground transport, meetings, events, tech.
• Advise on market trends, supplier strategies, policies and options.
• Analyze spend, costs and benchmarks; identify consolidation and policy compliance.
• Build supplier relationships and framework agreements; monitor KPIs/SLAs.
• Prepare sourcing recommendations and business cases for clients.
• Collaborate with clients, suppliers and international teams for improvements.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Sourcing

Category management

Supplier management

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Travel industry knowledge

English fluent

Education

University degree in business/procurement/travel management

Tools

Excel

Spend analytics

Job description

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-powered leader in indirect procurement, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across major delivery centers and 26 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters, bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-powered leader in indirect procurement, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across major delivery centers and 26 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters, bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

To learn more about Chain IQ, our services, and the clients we support around the world, please visit our website at https://chainiq.com/about-us/.

Role purpose

In this role, you will be responsible for strategic sourcing and procurement projects for national and international clients in the area of corporate travel. You will manage the full sourcing process from demand analysis, market assessment, tendering and negotiations through to award recommendations, creating measurable value in cost, service quality, traveller experience, compliance and sustainability.

As a trusted advisor, you will support clients in developing travel sourcing and supplier strategies, identifying optimisation opportunities and implementing commercially sound procurement solutions across complex travel categories. You will work closely with clients, suppliers and internal subject-matter experts.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing projects in corporate travel from analysis through to award recommendation.
• Develop and implement sourcing and category strategies for travel-related services.
• Manage RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, bid evaluations, supplier negotiations and award processes.
• Source and optimise travel services such as air travel, hotels, travel management companies, ground transportation, meetings and events, and travel technology platforms.
• Advise clients on market trends, supplier strategies, travel policies, service models and commercial options.
• Conduct spend, cost, market and benchmark analyses and translate findings into actionable recommendations.Identify opportunities for supplier consolidation, demand management, policy compliance and programme optimisation.
• Build and develop supplier relationships, framework agreements and partner networks while monitoring supplier performance against KPIs and SLAs.
• Prepare sourcing recommendations, business cases and supplier decision papers for client stakeholders.
• Collaborate with clients, suppliers and international teams to deliver improvements in cost, quality, compliance, traveller experience, sustainability and global travel sourcing strategies.
  
  

Requirements

• Several years of experience in strategic procurement, sourcing, category management or supplier management in corporate travel or a closely related corporate services category.
• Sound knowledge of one or more travel categories such as air travel, hotels, travel management companies, ground transportation, meetings and events, or travel technology.
• Experience in independently managing sourcing projects, tender processes, commercial negotiations and award recommendations.
• Good understanding of commercial, operational and service-related drivers in corporate travel programmes.
• Experience in developing and implementing sourcing and supplier strategies.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence in working with spend data, pricing models, benchmarks and business cases.
• Structured, independent and results-oriented way of working.
• Strong communication, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Enjoyment of client interaction, project responsibility and international collaboration.
• Fluent English skills; German or further languages are an advantage.
• University degree or comparable qualification in business administration, procurement, travel management, hospitality, finance or a related field.
  
  

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.

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