Manager, Procurement North America, Travel Operations

at  Manulife

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• As the Manager Procurement, Travel Management you:
• Manage contracts and data for Travel vendors for North America and UK
• Attend meetings with strategic vendors to identify issues, perform data analysis and identify areas for potential savings and efficiencies.
• Initiate and monitor progress with internal subject matter experts and external vendors on action items such as employee support and technology configuration improvements.
• Manage travel vendor billing process to ensure accuracy and timely payments.
• Manage relationships, contract performance and service levels to optimize the value of each contract with preferred transactional travel vendors such as airlines, hotels, ground transportation, rail and re-shopping.
• Collaborate with Managers of Travel Operations and Meetings & Events Operations, along with internal partners to:
• Identify operational efficiencies.
• Design processes in support of new programs or program components
• Produce, and collaborate on the analysis of data and production of management reports for the travel and meeting & event programs.
• Collaborate with operations and sourcing groups by, representing business partners requirements necessary to evaluate and propose new vendors or when renewing incumbent contracts.Solicit feedback and requirements from business partners necessary to evaluate and select travel suppliers