Category Manager - Travel and Hotels

VENNGROUP


Based in: London (with overseas travel)
Length of contract: Permanent

A Central Government organisation is seeking a highly experienced Category Manager for a designated category portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Travel and Hotel Category for a global organisation with a global spend of £70m across 113 countries
• Implement and oversee a global travel strategy
• Intelligent data analysis of spend patterns, spend compliance, market trends and contract registers to develop long term strategies for a category portfolio
• Building clear and understandable business cases to support the adoption of category strategies and specific projects
• Develop a strong understanding of the supplier market, structures and market dynamics
• Challenge existing processes and practices to drive economic benefit for the business
• Project manage major procurement projects, taking the lead professional procurement role, often as part of a cross functional team on these projects to ensure appropriate input of procurement advice as well as effective project management

Ideal Experience:

• Keen understanding of the travel and hotel industries from a category and procurement perspective
• Global exposure within a multinational organisation
• In depth knowledge of the category and other tools used to develop and manage a category plan
• MCIPS (or studying towards)
• Previous experience in procuring and Supplier Relationship Management role
• Excellent interpersonal skills: writing, speaking, listening, persuading, influencing and collaborating
• Analytical, evaluative, and financial management abilities with keen attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines
• Building relationships with internal stakeholders and identifying innovative ways of working with suppliers especially in the relevant category area

If you have the right experience for this role and feel your skills and experience match the requirements, or if you would like more information on the role, please contact Tom Rees or Emily Hall on and email your CV to

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