Senior Travel Procurement Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operational point of contact for day-to-day global travel inquiries, providing high-quality support and handling travel policy exceptions or reservation escalations with sound judgment.
• Maintain commercial ownership of our Travel Management Program, tracking vendor performance against service level agreements (SLAs) and auditing global program data.
• Support broader Procurement operations by creating, routing, and managing Purchase Orders (POs) and requisitions for team-level requirements, while verifying billing and budget line reconciliation.
• Lead direct commercial sourcing initiatives and negotiate competitive corporate contracts and rates directly with travel suppliers, including major hotels, airlines, and car rental agencies.
• Evaluate current travel workflows and booking platforms to identify inefficiencies; partner with leadership to map system optimization paths and support strategic assessments for our future technology roadmap.
• Independently extract, clean, and convert travel platform data into clear procurement reports, highlighting spend patterns, booking behavior, and policy leakage for leadership analysis.
• Support regular traveler readiness by updating internal user documentation, managing duty of care tracking configurations, and delivering travel program updates & training as requested.

Qualifications

• Education & Certifications: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, or a related quantitative field preferred; GBTA/GTP certification is a plus.
• Experience: 5+ years of corporate travel procurement, business analysis, or sourcing operations experience managing multi-country programs.
• Systems Expertise: Administrative familiarity across modern corporate travel management platforms and booking tools. Experience with Navan is a plus, but background with other prominent industry networks (such as SAP Concur, Amex GBT/Neo, Egencia, BCD Travel, or Corporate Travel Management) is highly valued.
• Direct Contract Negotiation Skills: Proven experience independently executing end-to-end commercial negotiations and contract sourcing directly with corporate hotels, airlines, and rental providers.
• Procurement Operations Skills: Hands-on experience executing standard procurement transaction cycles, specifically contract coordination workflows and managing purchase order (PO) / requisition lifecycles for corporate teams.
• Autonomy & Problem Solving: Proven ability to operate completely independently as a senior individual contributor, confidently managing everyday traveler inquiries while driving long-term programmatic efficiency.
• Analytical Background: Advanced analytical skills with a strong proficiency in interpreting raw data into clear executive dashboards and actionable procurement trends.
• Communication: Excellent verbal, written, and cross-cultural communication skills with a track record of delivering program updates and leading training presentations.