Procurement Leader - Travel Services

Description:

Job No: 675529

Sydney - Inner Suburbs & CBD, Brisbane - Inner Suburbs & CBD, Melbourne - Inner Suburbs & CBD

Max Term Full Time

Strategy, Corporate & Professional Services

Pay Band 5

Brisbane OR Sydney OR Melbourne

• Use your travel industry experience in a corporate environment
• Join a market leading Insurer with an enviable culture
• Hybrid (50% WFH) and flexible working, great office locations; 8-month fixed term contract

Overview of the role

This is a great 8-month secondment opportunity for a procurement or travel professional to deliver procurement category management across Suncorp, focusing on Travel Services.

It will require the development of category plans and strategies, subsequent sourcing/negotiation initiatives and ongoing vendor management of services.

You will need resilience and strong communication skills with the ability to hold tough conversations, in return you will work within a great team environment providing you with support and plenty of growth opportunities.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and implement category plans, sourcing strategies and/or negotiation strategies
• Identify initiatives that derive benefits through sourcing, demand management and/or contract management opportunities
• Manage a category of existing suppliers and contracts including analysis of existing contracts and current spend
• Ensure contract renewals are competitive, delivered through an appropriate supply model and well scoped
• Manage supplier performance including SLA’s governance and other contract deliverables
• Execute extensions, variations and terminations of legal instruments that meet stakeholders’ business needs
• Prioritise initiatives according to business criticality, capacity requirements, inter-dependencies and potential benefits

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in procurement and category management within a medium to large complex organisation or a background in the travel industry
• Experience with Travel Services type agreements
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and resilience with the ability to hold tough conversations are essential
• Experience in a centralised procurement/commercial environment providing services to a broad customer base.
• Experienced in achieving and being accountable for tangible commercial results
• Ability to work with agility in a changing environment

Job Description_Procurement Leader_Professional Services People and Travel_Travel Services_05042023.docx

For more information please contact melissa.turkington@suncorp.com.au

Advertised: 05 Mar 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 18 Mar 2025 AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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