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Lead Travel Sourcing Analyst
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29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
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27 December 2026
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Description Summary
As a Global Travel Team Sourcing Analyst at the LPB level you will play a critical role in supporting our global travel sourcing strategy and support the strategy for Fleet and Meetings and Events. You will be responsible for analyzing travel spend data benchmarking market rates and assisting in the end-to-end procurement process for travel-related services (air hotel car rental and travel management services). The ideal candidate is detail-oriented analytical and capable of collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to drive cost-efficiency and traveler experience improvements.Job Description
Essential Responsibilities
- Support development and execution strategies within the assigned spend category to include all Travel categories including Fleet and Meetings & Events as needed.
- Spend Analysis: Extract and analyze travel expense data to identify trends leakage and opportunities for cost savings.
- Sourcing Support: Assist the Global Travel Sourcing Manager in the preparation of RFPs/RFIs for airline hotel and travel management company (TMC) partnerships.
- Supplier Performance Management: Track and report on supplier compliance performance metrics and service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Spend Analysis: Extract and analyze travel expense data to identify trends leakage and opportunities for cost savings.
- Market Benchmarking: Conduct market research to ensure our travel programs remain competitive and aligned with industry best practices.
- Data Integrity & Reporting: Ability to maintain accurate documentation of contract terms and savings trackers; prepare periodic reports for leadership review.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with finance HR and global mobility teams to ensure travel policies are effectively communicated and implemented.
- Process Improvement: Ability to identify bottlenecks in the sourcing lifecycle and propose solutions to streamline operations.
- Collaborate with all Indirect Sourcing teams and internal stakeholders from HR Finance Compliance and other business partners to align on Travel processes methodologies and supplier management.
- Drive benchmarking best practices and continuous improvement
- Ability to lead development of best-in-class analytics specifically related to the assigned spend category
- Build and own the relationship with assigned stakeholders and suppliers within the assigned spend category to include Travel Management Companies (TMCs) Online Booking Tool and Airline & Hotels providers
- Support the management of corporate sourcing process end-to-end including hedging strategy and trigger points within the assigned spend category
- Partner with the TMC supplier consulting team on tactical sourcing activities aligned to deliver category strategy and negotiated rates to GE Vernova travelers
- Collaborate with all Indirect Sourcing teams and internal stakeholders from HR Finance Compliance and other business partners to align on Travel processes methodologies and supplier management. Drive benchmarking best practices and continuous improvement
- Lead development of best-in-class analytics specifically related to the assigned spend category
Qualifications/Requirements
- Demonstrated ability in leading organizational process and culture change
- Strong experience within the assigned spend category
- For roles not in USA this role requires significant experience comparable to a Bachelors degree or equivalent experience/ knowledge from an accredited university or college.
- For roles in USA this role requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with major experience in job family group/function) or equivalent experience/ knowledge
Desired Characteristics
- Bachelors degree in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience/ knowledge
- Strong experience in Microsoft Excel PowerPoint and other analytical tools.
- Strong analytical/problem solving skills
- Deep understanding and hands on experience with AI tools and ability to implement solutions that meet organizational needs.
- Sourcing or Analytics experience in a multinational company
- Comfortable with a broad range of research tools and technologies analytics and financial analysis
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong project management skills
- Thought leader experience with external benchmarking to drive next level process improvements
- Strong track record for implementing change and delivering results
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Our new name sounds different because it is. GE Vernova will act swiftly and surely to help build a cleaner better future. This is not business as usual: this is business purpose-built to lead the new era of energy.
GE the 130-year-old energy pioneer. Our unwavering commitment to powering the planet now fully focused on the energy transition. No company has the unique combination to pioneer whats next just as we have before. As we answer the call with renewed purpose and vigor we are moving our GE energy businessesincluding Renewables Power Digital and Energy Financial Services under one banner to deliver a united focused one-of-a-kind force: GE Vernova. Together with our customers and partners we will chart the course to a better future.
Our mission is embedded in our new name. We retain our treasured birthright GE in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. Ver verde verdant all signal Earths verdant and lush ecosystems. Nova from the Latin novus nods to a new innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.
Our new name sounds different because it is. GE Vernova will act swiftly and surely to help build a cleaner better future. This is not business as usual: this is business purpose-built to lead the new era of energy.
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