Travel Procurement Professional

We are seeking a Travel Procurement Professional to join our team. As a Travel Procurement Professional, you will lead and support global sourcing initiatives, manage contracts, and contribute to our global travel category strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support global sourcing initiatives, including requests for information and proposals, supplier evaluations, and commercial negotiations
• Define service requirements, KPIs, and service-level agreements, and manage contracts
• Manage our global preferred hotel programme, working with hotel sourcing partners, hotel chains, and individual properties
• Ensure negotiated rates and preferred hotels are correctly loaded, available, and maintained across booking tools and global distribution systems
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed KPIs and service levels, and lead supplier reviews
• Identify opportunities to improve service quality, strengthen supplier relationships, and support sourcing decisions
• Provide clear escalations and support ongoing improvements as the business key user for our Online Booking Tool
• Act as a point of contact for travellers and travel arrangers, helping resolve operational escalations, master data, and billing topics
• Prepare monthly travel spend and hotel reports, supplier performance dashboards, and actionable recommendations

Requirements:

• Completed higher secondary education and a relevant commercial or vocational qualification in business administration, procurement, tourism, travel management, or a comparable field
• 3-5 years of relevant professional experience in strategic procurement, corporate travel management, category management, or a comparable international environment
• Experience with sourcing processes, commercial negotiations, contracts, statements of work, KPIs, and service-level agreements
• Strong knowledge of global hotel programmes, hotel sourcing, negotiated-rate loading, and global distribution systems
• Ability to manage supplier performance and use benchmarking, forecasting, and market insights to inform decisions
• Practical experience with online booking tools, including key-user support, testing, and issue escalation
• Strong analytical, reporting, and presentation skills, combined with clear communication and effective stakeholder management

Benefits:

• Attractive compensation package based on market-oriented salaries
• Opportunity to work with a diverse and dynamic company
• Chance to develop your potential and strengths