Travel Procurement Professional

About the role

Red Bull's Indirect Procurement team is looking for a Travel Procurement Professional to help shape its global travel programme. The role combines strategic procurement expertise with a hands-on approach, covering global tenders, supplier negotiations, hotel programmes, travel technology and daily operations. It involves managing selected travel programmes, supporting country rollouts and improving supplier performance, booking processes and the traveller experience.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support global sourcing, including RFPs and proposals, supplier evaluations, commercial negotiations, service requirements, KPIs, SLAs and contract management
• Manage the global preferred hotel programme and ground transportation programmes, ensuring negotiated rates and preferred hotels are correctly loaded across booking tools and global distribution systems
• Monitor supplier performance against KPIs, run supplier reviews and follow up on corrective actions
• Support the online booking tool as business key user: coordinate testing, document issues and escalate to IT, application management and the travel management company
• Act as point of contact for travellers and travel arrangers, coordinate the travel management company's daily service delivery and support supplier onboarding
• Prepare monthly spend and hotel reports, supplier dashboards and recommendations, and maintain the Travel Hub, guidelines and FAQs

Required profile

• Higher secondary education and a relevant commercial or vocational qualification, or equivalent experience; a university degree in project management, procurement, business administration or economics is an advantage
• 3-5 years of experience in strategic procurement, corporate travel management, category management or a comparable international environment
• Experience with sourcing, commercial negotiations, contracts, KPIs and SLAs
• Strong analytical, reporting and presentation skills, and clear communication with stakeholders

Required skills

• Global hotel programmes, negotiated-rate loading and global distribution systems
• Ground transportation categories, supplier onboarding and international programme rollouts
• Online booking tools, including key-user support and testing
• Understanding of travel management company operations, booking processes, master data and billing

The stated minimum salary under the collective agreement is EUR 2,362 gross per month, but the actual pay is market-oriented and higher.