Global Procurement Manager

CM recruitment; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel management company seeks a Global Procurement Manager to enhance travel programs for clients. The role focuses on sourcing and procurement consultancy, requiring expertise in the business travel sector and excellent negotiation skills. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity for hybrid working.

Benefits

Private health

Pension

Life assurance

Travel insurance

Qualifications

• High level of knowledge and experience in business travel.
• Experience managing travel programmes and RFP processes.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing consultancy services for hotel and air travel.
• Negotiate prices and services with global suppliers.
• Communicate project processes to stakeholders.

Skills

Business Travel Knowledge

Travel Programme Management

RFP Process Management

Excel

PowerPoint

Interpersonal Skills

Negotiation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Positive Attitude

Tools

Hotel Sourcing Platform

Job description

Global Procurement Manager, Business Travel, London / Hybrid, £50-60k + bonus & benefits. An exciting opportunity to join a highly reputable travel management company (TMC) at the forefront of delivering exceptional service and cutting edge technology solutions to their clients. This role will sit within a specialist consulting division of the organisation working with a range of clients to optimise their travel programmes across Hotels, Air and Ground Transportation.

Global Procurement Manager Responsibilities

• Delivering project based, sourcing and procurement consultancy services to a range of clients on their hotel and air travel programmes.
• Conduct meetings with clients to identify requirements, analyse data sets, agree on programme brief and sign off on project plans and pricing.
• Work closely with global suppliers including airlines and hotels to negotiate industry leading prices and value added services, managing the RFP process, ensuring the operations team have the correctly loaded rates and conducting quarterly reviews thereafter to monitor success and ROI to the client.
• Communicate project process to all stakeholders
• Build longstanding relationships with key suppliers
• Attend occasional supplier and client meetings as well as industry events / conferences.

Global Procurement Manager Skills Required

• High level of knowledge and experience within the business travel / travel management sector.
• Experience of travel programme management
• Experience managing RFP processes, preferably with airlines and hotels
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Experience using a hotel sourcing platform would be advantageous but not essential
• A positive, 'can-do' attitude

Global Procurement Manager Additional Details

• A basic salary in the region of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on experience +_ company bonus
• Private health, pension, life assurance, travel insurance
• Its is preferred this role will operate on a hybrid basis out of the companies central London office (1-2 days per week) but remote options may be considered. Occasional travel to visit suppliers, clients or attend industry events will also be required at times.