Staff Program Manager, Travel Supplier Strategy & Sourcing

Staff Program Manager, Travel Supplier Strategy & Sourcing

10/1/26

15216

Our team ensures the company's most sensitive and complex travel happens smoothly, safely, discreetly, and compliantly, while building the policies, vendor model, reporting, systems, and AI-enabled workflows that allow Travel & Expense operations to scale. About the role - you will:

The Staff Program Manager, Travel Supplier Strategy & Sourcing supports the Global Travel, Expense & Corporate Payment Solutions function by serving as the functional lead for travel supplier strategy and sourcing workstreams in partnership with Procurement, Legal, Finance, Travel Operations, and business stakeholders. This role manages travel supplier sourcing activity, RFPs and renewals, supplier scorecards, contract performance, benchmarking, savings/value realization, rebate improvement, and commercial recommendations. This role supports Travel Agency Services, airline, hotel, rail, ground transportation, travel technology, and corporate payment solution supplier initiatives, and partners closely with the Travel Digital Technology & Data Connectivity Platform Program Manager to ensure supplier decisions are grounded in data and aligned to Seagate business priorities. This role helps demonstrate the financial and operational value of the travel program by connecting supplier performance, savings, rebates, service quality, risk, traveler experience, timing, and business impact to broader business priorities.

Travel Supplier Sourcing and Contract Support •    Manage sourcing strategy and contract administration for Travel Agency Services, airlines, hotels, rail, ground transportation, travel technology vendors, and corporate payment solution suppliers. •    Coordinate RFPs, renewals, proposal analysis, supplier selection, and award recommendations for travel and expense-related services. •    Lead or support negotiation workstreams for discounts, rebates, service commitments, supplier data requirements, and commercial terms that maximize value at the best cost for Seagate. •    Partner with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and business stakeholders to ensure supplier agreements align with policy, controls, data, security, service expectations, and business risk. •    Focus Finance and stakeholder conversations on risk, cost, timing, value realization, and operational impact. Supplier Performance, Savings, and Value Realization •    Build and maintain supplier scorecards covering spend, adoption, service performance, contract commitments, market share, savings, rebates, issue resolution, and business impact. •    Track savings targets, rebate improvement, supplier value realization, and sustainability initiatives related to business travel. •    Benchmark travel suppliers, pricing structures, service levels, content availability, and payment solution opportunities against peer and market standards. •    Evaluate supplier value beyond trip cost by considering service quality, disruption support, contract performance, adoption, traveler productivity, policy compliance, leakage, duty of care, and operational impact. •    Prepare supplier QBR materials, leadership updates, sourcing summaries, and action plans for recurring supplier performance