German Speaking Global Travel Manager

Location: Hungary - Budapest | Job-ID: 211842 | Contract type: Standard | Business Unit: Finance & Accounting

Your future tasks will be…

Procurement professional to manage our global travel spend and travel programme, developing our global travel strategy and driving policy compliance.

• Responsible for management of our global travel spend and suppliers
• Run RFP for a new global travel management company
• Run RFP for a global meetings and events provider and implmenet
• Develop strategy to ensure our global travel policy is consistently applied and adhered to across all of Computacenter
• Ongoing management of our global travel partners and online booking tool
• Manage travel administration teams across Computacenter ensuring our employee travel queries are fully supported
• Conduct regular benchmark reviews to ensure we are obtaining the best price
• Driving strategic initiatives to achieve our global travel strategy
• Ensuring our travel policy guidelines and best practices are applied on a global basis
• Build and maintain key performance targets to measure performance of our travel providers and ensure contractual obligations are met
• Continually analyse supplier spend determine best options and make recommendations
• Draft companywide email communications with key travel information and updates
• Build mutual beneficial relationships with key travel suppliers
• Build and develop relationships with key business stakeholders
• Keep up to date with industry information, travel trends, immigration & visa requirements and associated legislation to support the business
• Provide the business with accurate, detailed spend analysis
• Develop strategy to promote key travel initiatives and important information throughout the business
• Manage Online Booking Tool functionality and incidents/faults
• Ensure travel suppliers invoices are managed and processed on a timely basis

You are the ideal candidate if...

• You have minimum 10 years’ experience in procurement specialising in travel services manging travel spend for a global a global multi national organisation.
• You have previously conducted and managed a tender exercise for a new global travel provider and implemented across multiple countries.
• You are fluent in English and German (additional language skills would be a benefit).
• You have bachelor’s degree / equivalent qualification in procurement.
• You have excellent data analytic capabilities and advanced proficiency in Excel.
• You have experience in implementing a Travel Management company (TMC) in multiple countries and new online travel booking tool (OBT).
• You have experience with using KDS NEO or Concur.
• You have a proven experience of strategic and tactical sourcing within the corporate travel industry.
• You have excellent leadership skills.
• You have a proven ability of analysing and resolving complex problems quickly to drive performance improvement.
• You are able to influence and engage with key business stakeholders across the globe.
• You have excellent communication (written and verbal) and collaboration skills.
• You have experience in supporting global travel strategy and experience in supporting international travel projects.

What can we offer to you?

• Language courses & talent programmes
• Training opportunities & Stable Career Path
• Rewards & Bonuses
• Team competition & Process optimizing
• Fun & Diverse atmosphere
• Home office & Flexible scheduling
• Be part of a winning team with a clear purpose and a strategic plan in place 
• Opportunity to work on projects involving different teams and business areas
• Medicover private health care package and cafeteria benefits (yearly gross 480000 HUF and after the first year spent within the company, it grows to gross 750000 HUF)

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 20,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.

We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.

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