Senior Buyer

Travel obsessed? Big tech fan? Hey, you're in good company. If you want to be part of the industry that makes the world go round, then look no further.

Travelport is the brains behind lots of your travel bookings- plane, car or hotel. Our technology is used to book that magical holiday, infamous bachelorette party or long overdue school reunion. While we can't solve mosquito bites or lost luggage, we can simplify a lot of the technical parts of travel, and we're looking for the best thinkers to help us do it.

How you'll make an impact:

The Senior Buyer directs and leads transactions in a key category primarily focused on technology-driving initiatives to optimize category spend, reduce costs, and lead projects in contract negotiations and procurement activities, while providing necessary linkages and leveraging scale across the organization.

This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders to understand their needs, translate them into specific supplier requirements, and lead vendor commercial and contractual negotiations. Strong stakeholder management skills are essential to coordinate with key business functions such as Legal, Data Protection, Cyber Security, and AI to ensure the end-to-end contract review process is successfully completed.

The Senior Buyer is an integral part of Travelport's Global Sourcing team-a highly regarded and broad-reaching function that ensures various business and technical teams have the tools, products, and services they need to deliver industry-leading solutions to our customers.

Your role in action:

• 3-5 years of procurement experience, including sourcing, supplier management, due diligence, and execution.
• Previous spend responsibility of $25M+.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Team-oriented with experience using tools like Oracle Financials and iProcurement.
• Deep knowledge of contracting principles, time and materials negotiations, and technology procurement.
• Skilled at building credibility with vendors and internal partners to elevate procurement value.

Could this be you?

Partner with Business Units & Supplier Teams

• Engage business units to understand strategies and third-party needs.
• Lead and coach partners through the sourcing process: requirements gathering, market analysis, supplier identification, proposal evaluation, negotiation, contract creation and management, and spend analysis.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal customers and support teams.
• Resolve supplier performance issues as they arise.
• Collaborate with internal clients to define needs and identify purchasing channels.
• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders to plan and execute procurement activities.

Contract Strategy & Execution

• Lead contract negotiations and drive closure with suppliers and internal partners.
• Define acceptable terms, evaluate and select suppliers.
• Support budgeting, purchase requisitions, and resolve invoice issues.
• Negotiate contracts alongside Technology, Legal, and business users.
• Track savings and reduce off-contract spend.
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project launches and compliance.
• Technology organization experience is a plus

Discover why our teams love working here:

We believe all employees contribute to the success of the company and should be able to share in that success, which is why all jobs are eligible to participate in our bonus program with any payouts being subject to individual and company performance. We offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, employer paid Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary life options, a competitive 401(k) match, as well as many other voluntary benefits to fit your specific needs. We make health and wellness a priority and offer a generous paid time off policy, hybrid working model, as well as contributing to our communities with an annual volunteer day off. We also offer a New Child leave policy, where the birthing parent receives 16 weeks of paid time off, and the non-birthing parent receives 8.

Salary Range: $82,000 - $90,000

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and will consider all qualified applicants purely on their skills and abilities. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation, if needed.