KPMG Careers – Associate Director

Job Description:

Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today’s most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It’s also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it’s no wonder we’re consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Diversity Inc. and others. If you’re as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.
KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Travel Sourcing and Operations to join our Finance and Accounting organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain and execute category strategies and maintain sourcing plans for Firm travel
• Lead all aspects from requirements gathering, sourcing, negotiations, contracting and supplier management processes to reporting
• Analyze supplier proposals, conduct objective evaluation and prepare recommendations to facilitate supplier selection process
• Facilitate negotiations with travel suppliers including air and ground transportation, lodging, travel technology, corporate card, TMC and others as needed
• Lead cross-functional teams through the requirements gathering, sourcing, negotiations, contracting and supplier management processes
• Partner with various compliance functions, including legal, F&A, independence, digital security and risk, to ensure adherence with applicable policies, regulatory conditions and achievement of favorable contractual terms; manage the travel supply base and drive continuous improvement for category scope, reviewing suppliers against contractual obligations/SLAs, assessing risk

Job Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal, collaborative and influencing skills to effectively navigate a complex management and organization structure with a high degree of ambiguity
• Demonstrated analytical, financial, problem solving, organization and project management skills to include stakeholder and meeting facilitation skills
• Minimum seven years of travel sourcing experience required
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university or equivalent experience; MBA and other relevant degree /certification highly desirable
• Experience with category management strategies for the travel category, opportunity diagnostic, strategic sourcing process, supplier management with a proven track record of delivering business impact
• Proved experience in the travel supply chain and a track record of leading sustainable high impact sourcing approaches beyond competitive bidding

Job Details:

Company: KPMG

Vacancy Type: Full Time

Job Location: Melville, NY, US

Application Deadline: N/A

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