Senior Associate - Procurement Operations
Are you someone who loves to work on data and reporting and help businesses reach informed decisions, then this may be the right opportunity for you.
You will be part of Global Services Team, which comprises procurement, real estate, and facilities management functions. We are responsible for delivering value by providing safe, efficient, and effective procurement and real estate services to Thomson Reuters businesses and functional operations. Our overarching mission is to ensure our colleagues spend less time and energy on ordering Services, ensuring their primary focus is building great content and products that delight TR customers and grow TR business.
Global Procurement is the organization which manages and optimizes the third party spend of Thomson Reuters. Our mission is to partner with our stakeholder to acquire the right goods and services at best value and within an acceptable risk perimeter to drive our corporate objectives. In order to achieve our mission, we integrate and manage a highly complex network of products, services, processes, technologies and suppliers across all Thomson Reuters locations worldwide.
About the Role:
In this role as a Senior Associate, Procurement Operations, you will:
- Monitor travel expenses and identify cost-saving opportunities. Ensure compliance with travel policies and procedures. Collaborate with various departments to improve travel operations. Develop and maintain travel databases and dashboards.
- Expense report review: Reviewing and approving employee expense reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with company policies
- Reimbursement management: Overseeing the reimbursement process to ensure timely and accurate payments
- Policy compliance: Ensuring compliance with global travel and expense policies and guidelines
- Employee communication: Keeping employees informed of initiatives and changes that impact travelers.
- Customer inquiries: Handling customer inquiries related to travel and expense reimbursements
- Corporate card management: Processing corporate card applications and making payments to vendors.
- Reconciliations: Preparing monthly reconciliations of corporate card statements.
OBJECTIVES
- Collect and analyze travel data from various sources.
- Identify trends and provide actionable insights to optimize travel strategies.
- Prepare detailed reports and present findings to stakeholders.
- Monitor travel expenses and identify cost-saving opportunities.
- Ensure compliance with travel policies and procedures.
- Collaborate with various departments to improve travel operations.
- Develop and maintain travel databases and dashboards.
- Conduct market research to stay updated on industry trends.
- Evaluate the performance of travel vendors and negotiate contracts.
- Assist in the development and implementation of travel policies.
- Provide support and training to employees on travel-related matters.
- Analyze the impact of travel on the company's budget and financial performance.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with travel.
- Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) related to travel.
- Assist in the planning and execution of corporate travel programs.
About You:
You are a fit for the
Senior Associate - Procurement Operations role , if your background includes:
- Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Data Science, or a related field.
- Experience Required : 3 - 6 Years of Work Experience
- Mode of Working: Hybrid (2 days mandatory Work from Office in a week
- Proven experience as a Travel Analyst or in a similar role.
- Strong experience into Data Reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, SQL, Tableau).
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Knowledge of the travel industry and market trends.
- Experience with travel management systems and software.
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
What's in it For You
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
- Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters caf networking.
- Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
- Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future At Thomson Reuters, we've been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world's most global news services Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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