The posting
Title:
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Travel and Fleet
Job Description:
NOW HIRING: Strategic Sourcing Manager, Travel & Fleet
Compensation: $85,000-$95,000 per year
Job Overview
The Strategic Sourcing Manager owns the operating model for corporate travel and fleet, including policy administration, supplier governance, technology enablement, reporting, compliance controls, budgeting support, and continuous improvement. The manager will balance cost, service, duty of care, safety, sustainability, and business continuity while maintaining clear escalation and exception-management processes.
The Strategic Sourcing Manager executes strategic sourcing initiatives based on Procurement priorities, including market analysis, competitive events, negotiations, contracting support, implementation, savings validation, and supplier performance management.
Roles & Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.
Travel Program Management
- Own and enforce the Global Travel Policy, approvals, and exceptions; monitor compliance and maintain audit-ready records.
- Govern travel suppliers, booking tools, and payment providers through performance standards and timely resolution of service issues.
- Oversee booking, ticketing, itineraries, disruptions, and traveler communications through approved channels, including executive, complex, group, and meetings-related travel.
- Administer travel-platform configurations, profiles, content, controls, and integrations; partner with Finance and technology teams to improve travel and expense data.
- Source and negotiate travel services, using high-volume markets and recurring demand to build preferred programs and reduce total cost.
- Report spend, adoption, advance purchase, unused tickets, supplier share, exceptions, and savings to drive program improvements.
- Translate stakeholder needs into cost-effective travel solutions, including demand forecasts for transitions, mobilizations, acquisitions, and major events.
- Optimize booking channels and airfare controls around lowest logical cost, service, policy, and traveler risk; compare costs for exceptions and premium services.
- Audit charges, commissions, credits, refunds, unused tickets, and negotiated rates; recover value and partner with Finance and card owners to reconcile payments and reinforce controls.
Fleet Program Management
- Own fleet policy, governance, operating standards, and exceptions; partner with EHS, Legal, HR, Finance, and Operations on driver eligibility, incidents, insurance, assignments, and compliance.
- Manage suppliers across the vehicle lifecycle, including leasing, acquisition, disposal, maintenance, fuel, telematics, rentals, roadside support, and registration.
- Maintain accurate fleet data and report utilization, total cost of ownership, replacement needs, maintenance compliance, fuel performance, downtime, service levels, risk, exceptions, and improvement actions.
- Develop vehicle standards and sourcing strategies that balance safety, operational needs, availability, sustainability, and cost.
Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Governance
- Lead assigned sourcing projects from intake through implementation, including requirements definition, market analysis, RFI/RFP/RFQ execution, evaluation, negotiation, award recommendation, contracting support, and transition.
- Build fact-based business cases that quantify baseline, savings, cost avoidance, implementation cost, risk, and operational impact.
- Partner with Legal and stakeholders to define commercial terms, service levels, pricing controls, audit rights, data requirements, insurance, security, and termination protections.
- Establish supplier governance routines, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, corrective-action plans, and escalation protocols.
- Track realized savings and benefits in partnership with Finance and business owners; identify leakage and corrective actions.
- Maintain sourcing, contract, supplier, and decision documentation in approved systems and in accordance with procurement standards.
Qualification
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, finance, operations, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Relevant experience managing corporate travel, fleet, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, or related enterprise programs.
Licenses and Certifications
A valid driver's license may be required for this position based on business needs. Employees required to drive as part of their job duties must maintain an acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) and meet company driving eligibility requirements.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Strong commercial judgment and understanding of total cost of ownership, savings methodologies, supplier economics, and contract risk.
Ability to analyze large datasets and translate findings into executive recommendations and operational actions.
Working knowledge of travel management, online booking, payment, expense, fleet, telematics, and reporting platforms.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, project-management, and change-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, make sound decisions with incomplete information, and operate effectively in a matrixed environment.
High level of discretion when handling traveler, employee, financial, supplier, and company information.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Carries out management responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, planning, assigning, and directing work; performance evaluations; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Ensure employees are properly trained on tasks and safety requirements.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Benefits:
SBM offers comprehensive benefit packages. For information about SBM's benefits, please visit SBM's website at:
www.sbmmanagement.com/careers Careers – SBM
SBM Management Services, LP and its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity workplaces. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, sex, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or other legally protected status.
