Lead Travel Sourcing Analyst

Job Description Summary
As a Global Travel Team Sourcing Analyst at the LPB level, you will play a critical role in supporting our global travel sourcing strategy and support the strategy for Fleet and Meetings and Events. You will be responsible for analyzing travel spend data, benchmarking market rates, and assisting in the end-to-end procurement process for travel-related services (air, hotel, car rental, and travel management services). The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, analytical, and capable of collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to drive cost-efficiency and traveler experience improvements.

Job Description
Essential Responsibilities

Support development and execution strategies within the assigned spend category to include all Travel categories including Fleet and Meetings & Events as needed.
Spend Analysis: Extract and analyze travel expense data to identify trends, leakage, and opportunities for cost savings.
Sourcing Support: Assist the Global Travel Sourcing Manager in the preparation of RFPs/RFIs for airline, hotel, and travel management company (TMC) partnerships.
Supplier Performance Management: Track and report on supplier compliance, performance metrics, and service-level agreements (SLAs).
- Spend Analysis: Extract and analyze travel expense data to identify trends, leakage, and opportunities for cost savings.
- Market Benchmarking: Conduct market research to ensure our travel programs remain competitive and aligned with industry best practices.
- Data Integrity & Reporting: Ability to maintain accurate documentation of contract terms and savings trackers; prepare periodic reports for leadership review.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with finance, HR, and global mobility teams to ensure travel policies are effectively communicated and implemented.
- Process Improvement: Ability to identify bottlenecks in the sourcing lifecycle and propose solutions to streamline operations.
- Collaborate with all Indirect Sourcing teams and internal stakeholders from HR, Finance, Compliance, and other business partners to align on Travel processes, methodologies and supplier management.
  - Drive benchmarking, best practices, and continuous improvement
  - Ability to lead development of best-in-class analytics specifically related to the assigned spend category
Build and own the relationship with assigned stakeholders and suppliers within the assigned spend category to include Travel Management Companies (TMCs), Online Booking Tool, and Airline & Hotels providers
Support the management of corporate sourcing process end-to-end, including hedging strategy and trigger points within the assigned spend category
Partner with the TMC supplier consulting team on tactical sourcing activities aligned to deliver category strategy and negotiated rates to GE Vernova travelers

Collaborate with all Indirect Sourcing teams and internal stakeholders from HR, Finance, Compliance, and other business partners to align on Travel processes, methodologies and supplier management. Drive benchmarking, best practices, and continuous improvement
Lead development of best-in-class analytics specifically related to the assigned spend category

Qualifications/Requirements

Demonstrated ability in leading organizational, process, and culture change
Strong experience within the assigned spend category
For roles not in USA, this role requires significant experience comparable to a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience/ knowledge from an accredited university or college.
For roles in USA, this role requires a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with major experience in job family group/function), or equivalent experience/ knowledge

Desired Characteristics

Bachelor's degree in Sourcing or Supply Chain Management, or equivalent experience/ knowledge
Strong experience in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other analytical tools.
Strong analytical/problem solving skills
Deep understanding and hands on experience with AI tools and ability to implement solutions that meet organizational needs.
Sourcing or Analytics experience in a multinational company
Comfortable with a broad range of research tools and technologies, analytics, and financial analysis
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
Strong project management skills
Thought leader, experience with external benchmarking to drive next level process improvements
Strong track record for implementing change and delivering results

GE Vernova: Leading a New Era of Energy

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority. If we want our energy future to be different ... we must be different. That is our singular mission.

GE, the 130-year-old energy pioneer. Our unwavering commitment to powering the planet, now fully focused on the energy transition. No company has the unique combination to pioneer what's next - just as we have before. As we answer the call with renewed purpose and vigor, we are moving our GE energy businesses-including Renewables, Power, Digital and Energy Financial Services - under one banner to deliver a united, focused, one-of-a-kind force: GE Vernova. Together, with our customers and partners, we will chart the course to a better future.

Our mission is embedded in our new name. We retain our treasured birthright, "GE," in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. "Ver," "verde," "verdant," all signal Earth's verdant and lush ecosystems. "Nova," from the Latin "novus," nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver.

Our new name sounds different, because it is. GE Vernova will act swiftly and surely to help build a cleaner, better future. This is not business as usual: this is business purpose-built to lead the new era of energy.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

#LI-Remote - This is a remote position