Senior Category Manager Travel Americas
Job Description
About DHL Group and Procurement:
DHL Group the logistics provider of the world with over 580,000 employees in more than 220 countries and territories. We are an organization that is not just moving goods around, we have a very clear purpose, and we are: Connecting People. Improving Lives. We provide challenges and opportunities for personal and professional development, we recognize the difference you bring to our business and together we share the pride of building one of the largest world leaders in logistics and supply chain.
DHL Corporate Procurement is a trustworthy business partner that builds a competitive ecosystem for the DHL Group - SUSTAINABLE, AGILE, CONNECTED, FORWARD LOOKING. We transform the way DHL Group is sourcing products, systems and services from external partners, leveraging modern digital tools and technologies. Our global procurement team is our biggest asset and by focusing on clear priorities, we drive tangible value for our colleagues. As our business keeps growing, we want you in our Americas region.
Ready to immerse yourself in the exciting world of Procurement? Join the team and bring your expertise on board! As part of DHL Group, you will be working with a global network of Procurement colleagues and benefit from a wide range of development opportunities.
Job Purpose:
Refine and implement best local / sub-regional Travel category specific strategies. Work closely with local procurement teams to ensure identify and recommend "best in class" suppliers and maintain good. Prepare and support supplier negotiations at local level. Ensure to build and maintain a seamless & state of the art Business Travel ecosystem for DHL Travelers in the region.
Your Tasks:
- Conduct sourcing tenders and lead difficult negotiations with regional, national and international suppliers. Understand the business travel market dynamics and maintain good working relationship with key travel suppliers, hotels and other travel related service providers.
- Develop and align a regional business travel category strategy supported by market intelligence and business partner direction
- Seek out opportunity to improve the business travel program for the region and increase compliance of travel booking in line with the Travel Policies.
- Develop and maintain thorough knowledge of relevant supply markets, vendor trend analysis and compliance
- Develop and implement regional sourcing strategies, utilizing sourcing practices, under the guidance of corporate sourcing and with the input of country procurement and business partner engagement.
- Establish and manage good working relationships with corporate sourcing and country management (procurement and others) to optimize their spend in relation to corporate initiatives.
- Maintain understanding of regional business sector and resulting business travel demand.
- Drive regional standardization in line with corporate standards, provide ongoing support to country and regional stakeholders (procurement and others).
- Select, develop and manage best in class business travel partners
- Contribute to the definition of supplier assessment criteria. Drive ongoing assessment of supplier performance and provide formal feedback including leading quarterly business reviews.
- Define action plans with suppliers to meet corporate and regional objectives.
- Deliver supplier and contract related communication to internal stakeholders in corporate sourcing, countries and businesses.
- Negotiate and manage suppliers to identify and deliver benefits of continuous improvement initiatives.
- Monitor ongoing benefits tracking and compliance assessments to achieve optimal competitiveness and cost savings.
- Conduct regular supplier & market benchmarking.
- Achieve identified key performance indicators including savings and managed spend ratio, supplier performance, savings target achievement, business partner satisfaction and spend compliance.
- Guide regional category teams for the Procurement category Business Travel.
- 4-6 years of experience in Procurement & Travel Management, preferably in Travel demanding organization similarly sized as ours with sourcing colleagues, operating management and business partners
- Proven experience in sourcing and negotiating medium to high spend contracts.
- Proven experience in sourcing and implementing a regional Travel Agency incl. OBT, experience implementing Concur Travel is of advantage as well as implementing central payment programs
- Degree in Business Administration, International Management, or a related field.
We offer:
- Great opportunity to work for the biggest logistics company in the world
- International and virtual environment
- Flexibility and great opportunity to learn
- Tempting Compensation and benefits
DHL is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo-law-poster
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.