Global Procurement Manager

JR United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading travel management company seeks a Global Procurement Manager in London. This exciting role focuses on optimizing travel programmes and includes working with clients and suppliers to ensure seamless procurement and delivery of services. The ideal candidate will be seasoned in business travel management with strong negotiation and communication skills, and a willingness to work in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• High level of knowledge and experience in business travel sector.
• Experience in travel programme management and RFP processes.
• Experience using a hotel sourcing platform is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing and procurement consultancy services.
• Conduct meetings to analyse requirements and agree on plans.
• Negotiate with suppliers and manage industry-leading pricing.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder Management

Interpersonal Skills

Data Analysis

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

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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.

• 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.
• 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 basic salary in the region of £50,000 - £60,000 per annum depending on experience +_ company bonus
• Its is preferred this role will operate on a hybrid basis out of the companies central London office (3 days per week) but remote options may be considered for those living further away subject to further approval.
• Occasional travel to visit suppliers, clients or attend industry events will also be required at times.