Travel Procurement Professional

Sits within the Indirect Procurement team and helps shape Red Bull's global travel programme. It spans global tenders and supplier negotiations through to hotel programmes, travel technology and daily operations, turning sourcing decisions into reliable services for travellers. Working with global and local stakeholders, the postholder manages selected travel programmes, supports country rollouts and drives improvements in supplier performance, booking processes and the traveller experience.

• 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, manage contracts and contribute to the global travel category strategy.
• Assess country requirements with internal stakeholders and translate sourcing outcomes into implementation plans.
• Manage transfer providers and support supplier onboarding and country rollouts for ground transportation programmes.
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed KPIs and service levels, lead supplier reviews and follow up on corrective actions.
• Use benchmarking, forecasting and market analysis to identify opportunities to improve service quality, strengthen supplier relationships and support sourcing decisions.
• Act as business key user for the Online Booking Tool, coordinating functional and user acceptance testing, documenting issues and tracking them to resolution, and working with IT, Application Management
• Booking-tool providers and the Travel Management Company to provide escalations and support improvements.
• Act as a point of contact for travellers and travel arrangers, resolving operational escalations, master data and billing topics, coordinating the Travel Management Company's daily service delivery, maintaining booking and loading instructions
• Supporting supplier onboarding and providing negotiation support for meeting and event-related travel requirements.
• Prepare monthly travel spend and hotel reports, supplier performance dashboards and actionable recommendations, maintain the Travel Hub, guidelines, FAQs and operational documentation, and support adoption, compliance and self-service through training materials and employee communications.

• Completed higher secondary education and a relevant commercial or vocational qualification in business administration, procurement, tourism, travel management or a comparable field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• 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.
• Experience with ground transportation categories, supplier onboarding and international programme rollouts.
• 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.
• Understanding of Travel Management Company operations, booking processes, master data and billing.
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills, combined with clear communication and effective stakeholder management.
• A structured, commercially minded and solution-oriented approach, with ownership, attention to detail and the ability to balance strategic projects with daily operations.

• University degree in project management, procurement, business administration or economics is an advantage.
• Manage the global preferred hotel programme with hotel sourcing partners, hotel chains and individual properties, ensuring negotiated rates and preferred hotels are correctly loaded, available and maintained across booking tools and global distribution systems.