Remote Travel Procurement & Category Specialist

Gilbane Building Company; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Gilbane University training

Job summary

Gilbane Building Company is seeking a Supply Chain Professional II to drive strategic sourcing and procurement, focusing on travel category management. You will collect data, report supplier performance against KPIs, and support compliance with spend initiatives.

This role can be performed remotely or from any U.S. location with a Gilbane office, with salary determined by location and experience. CPSM is a plus, and Gilbane University offers ongoing training and development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business or related field.
• 1-4 years of Supply Chain related experience.
• Prior experience with a Travel Management Company (TMC) and knowledge of Travel as a supply chain category required.
• CPSM certification preferred.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day support and category management for travel, including supplier performance, stakeholder engagement and program administration
• Spearheads new supplier identification qualification, outreach, and enablement of new vendor opportunities
• Coordinates custom bidding events and procurement of materials and services
• Supports vendor performance tracking
• Ensures compliance requirements in partnership with vendors.
• Participates in pricing and terms negotiations across multiple suppliers in a category
• Manages discrepancy reconciliation with vendors
• Creates and maintains price contracts
• Provides help desk services to internal customers
• Provides periodic systems training to internal customers and suppliers
• Provides ad-hoc reporting, analysis and complete special projects as assigned
• Supports the Contract Lifestyle Management (CLM) process by coordinating contract submissions to Legal, tracking contract progress within internal systems, faciliatating communication between internal stakeholders and suppliers to address comments and revisions, and monitoring existing agreements to intiate timely renewal outreach

Skills

Data extraction

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Autonomous working

Attention to detail

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business or related field

Tools

Excel

MS Office Suite

Job description

Gilbane Building Company is seeking a Supply Chain Professional II to drive strategic sourcing and procurement, focusing on travel category management. You will collect data, report supplier performance against KPIs, and support compliance with spend initiatives.

This role can be performed remotely or from any U.S. location with a Gilbane office, with salary determined by location and experience. CPSM is a plus, and Gilbane University offers ongoing training and development.