Manager - Category (Travel)

Key responsibilities include:

• →Ensure contracts are operationally managed for performance, compliance, value and risk
• →Develop effective relationships with key functional stakeholders
• →Build strong relationships with the key day-day WPP customers
• →Ensure any identified operational risks are managed
• →Ensure operational delivery of Travel Management strategy
• →Drive compliance to category strategy and contracted commercial solutions and supplier partnerships
• →Identify any areas of improvement or process efficiencies
• →Liaise with Responsible Procurement and ensure initiatives are appropriately managed
• →Execute key transformational projects in co-ordination with the relevant internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience of working collaboratively
• Experience of operational management of large complex regional travel programmes 
• Ability to problem solve and demonstrate critical thinking
• Appetite to learn and develop
• Knowledge of sustainability
• Structured and assertive communication skills
• Effective stakeholder management skills

• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Contribution to process improvements / efficiencies
• Timeliness of customer response / interaction
• Effectiveness in executing key transformational projects