Hotel & Lodging Strategist – Indirect Procurement (Corporate Travel)

About the position Hotel & Lodging Strategist – Indirect Procurement (Corporate Travel) reputed company - Position reputed company The Hotel & Lodging Strategist – Indirect Procurement (Corporate Travel) is responsible for defining, sourcing, optimizing, and governing the global hotel and lodging program as a reputed company category reputed company Indirect Procurement. This role serves as both the reputed company category reputed company and strategic program reputed company for reputed company lodging-reputed company services, including transient hotel, extended stay, serviced apartments, and approved alternative accommodations. This role will also reputed company or participate in sourcing travel & entertainment (T&E) payment and travel management/technology solutions. Operating at the intersection of Procurement and Corporate Travel, the Strategist ensures that lodging reputed company delivers measurable financial value while maintaining strong traveler experience, policy compliance, duty of care standards, sustainability alignment, and operational efficiency. The role partners closely with Corporate Travel Operations, Finance, Global reputed company, HR, reputed company, IT, and regional business leaders to reputed company a best-in-class global lodging program that supports workforce mobility and reputed company objectives. Responsibilities • Global Lodging Category reputed company reputed company and own the global lodging category reputed company reputed company Indirect Procurement, reputed company to reputed company financial targets and corporate travel program objectives. • Design preferred hotel portfolio reputed company across key markets, balancing global chain agreements with local property optimization. • Define property tiering models, reputed company cap structures, geographic coverage, and traveler segmentation strategies (e.g., executive, project-based, extended stay). • Continuously assess hospitality market trends, compression risks, pricing dynamics, and supply-demand conditions to inform proactive sourcing reputed company. • Evaluate and reputed company alternative lodging solutions through a reputed company compliance, safety, and risk reputed company. • Strategic Sourcing & reputed company Leadership reputed company global, regional, and local hotel RFP processes in partnership with Corporate Travel Operations and key stakeholders. • Negotiate corporate agreements, including static, dynamic, and hybrid reputed company structures; last-room availability; cancellation terms; and value-added amenities. • reputed company total cost of ownership (TCO) models that incorporate reputed company competitiveness, compliance reputed company, booking behavior, and demand forecasts. • reputed company year-over-year cost savings, cost avoidance, and measurable value realization for the lodging category. • reputed company reputed company reputed company, audit processes, and negotiated reputed company utilization to reduce leakage and improve compliance. • Supplier Governance & Performance Management Establish supplier governance frameworks including KPIs, SLAs, scorecards, and quarterly business reviews (QBRs). • Monitor supplier performance reputed company to reputed company competitiveness, availability compliance, traveler satisfaction, service reputed company, and sustainability commitments. • Partner with reputed company and Risk to ensure contract compliance, liability protections, data reputed company standards, and regulatory adherence. • Serve as escalation reputed company for strategic supplier issues impacting traveler experience or reputed company performance. • Corporate Travel Program Alignment Collaborate with Corporate Travel Operations to ensure reputed company integration of negotiated rates into booking channels and traveler-facing platforms. • reputed company lodging sourcing reputed company with travel policy requirements, reputed company caps, and booking compliance standards. • Support traveler communications and change management efforts reputed company to preferred hotel programs and policy updates. • reputed company subject matter expertise for policy updates concerning lodging, extended stay, and alternative accommodations. • Financial Management & Analytics Analyze global lodging spend, average daily reputed company (ADR), utilization trends, booking channel performance, and market benchmarks. • Forecast lodging demand in partnership with Finance and reputed company to support budgeting and strategic planning. • reputed company executive-reputed company dashboards highlighting savings delivery, supplier performance, compliance metrics, and market insights. • Identify consolidation, demand management, and portfolio optimization opportunities to improve program ROI. • Risk, Duty of Care & Sustainability reputed company duty of care requirements into hotel sourcing reputed company, including safety standards, property audits, and crisis response capabilities. • Partner with Global reputed company to ensure property-level compliance with reputed company safety expectations. • Incorporate sustainability objectives into supplier selection, including environmental certifications, carbon reporting capabilities, and ESG commitments. • Support reputed company ESG reporting reputed company to lodging spend and supplier sustainability performance. • reputed company Improvement & Innovation Evaluate emerging lodging distribution models, reputed company booking integrations, reputed company reputed company optimization tools. • Champion traveler experience enhancements including loyalty alignment, digital reputed company-in capabilities, amenity optimization, and extended stay solutions. • reputed company reputed company improvement initiatives based on traveler feedback, supplier innovation, and performance analytics. • Identify automation opportunities to improve sourcing efficiency, reputed company audits, and reporting accuracy. Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Hospitality, Travel Management, or reputed company field. • 8–12+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, category management, corporate lodging procurement, or hotel program management. • Deep expertise in hotel RFP processes, global chain negotiations, reputed company modeling (static and dynamic), ADR benchmarking, and lodging compliance frameworks. • Demonstrated reputed company delivering measurable cost savings and supplier performance improvements. • Strong analytical and financial modeling capability. • Experience working reputed company a matrixed organization where Corporate Travel operates as part of Indirect Procurement. reputed company-to-haves • Experience reputed company a global Fortune 500 or multinational reputed company. • MBA or advanced degree in Supply Chain, Business, or Hospitality. • Procurement certifications (CPSM, CIPS) or hospitality industry certifications. • Familiarity with hotel sourcing platforms, reputed company audit tools, and corporate travel technology systems. • Experience integrating sustainability and ESG priorities into category reputed company. Benefits • Health insurance • Dental insurance • reputed company insurance • Long term/short term disability insurance • Employee assistance program • Flexible spending account • Life insurance • Generous time off policies, including; • 4-12 weeks fully reputed company parental leave based on tenure • 11 reputed company holidays • Additional flexible reputed company vacation and reputed company leave Apply To This Job