Vice President, Corporate Procurement

Company: Expedia, Inc.
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

Expedia Group brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere. We design cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable, and we create groundbreaking solutions for our partners. Our diverse, vibrant, and welcoming community is essential in driving our success.Why Join Us?To shape the future of travel, people must come first. Guided by our Values and Leadership Agreements, we foster an open culture where everyone belongs, differences are celebrated and know that when one of us wins, we all win.We provide a full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources, all to fuel our employees' passion for travel and ensure a rewarding career journey. We're building a more open world. Join us.Introduction to teamOur Corporate Functions are made up of teams that support Expedia Group, including Employee Communications, Finance, Legal, People Team, Inclusion and Diversity, and Global Social Impact and Sustainability.The Vice President, Corporate Procurement leads the global procurement team responsible for managing, developing and executing a comprehensive procurement strategy and managing the strategic sourcing and purchasing operations of Expedia Group. As the global leader, you will constantly implement target setting and drive Procurement value contribution whilst ensuring compliance with policies, strategies and processes.In this role, you will:

• Define the Expedia Group procurement vision and execute the strategy against a short-range and long-range plan, while instilling best practices to support business growth.
• Drive improvements to current procurement processes and policies, implement an integrated best-in-class procure-to-pay system and processes.
• Lead on procurement performance efficiency, capability and capacity optimization. Simplify planning by understanding Expedia Group's spending to create more accurate forecasts and collaborate with suppliers to streamline essential processes, reduce waste, and optimize future spending.
• Support key Sourcing Initiatives and management of core suppliers. Develop negotiation strategies in collaboration with business leaders. Conduct supplier negotiations and ensure execution of developed strategy.
• Continuously review our governance framework, and establish relationship management best practices and performance scorecards, and clearly articulate governance processes around procurement engagement timing and channels.
• Continuously partner with the Legal team to review and enhance master service agreement templates and preferred terms and conditions for supplier contracts.
• Engage and build robust relationships with senior leaders across Expedia Group to understand business and procurement needs and opportunities to collaborate. Identify success metrics and develop regular reporting for the Leadership team and business stakeholders.
• Coach, develop and lead a global team of experienced procurement professionals, providing mentorship, feedback and direction.Experience and qualifications:
  • Global procurement functional leadership experience in a large-scale, multinational organization.
  • Deep understanding of the indirect procurement operating model and understanding of Total Cost of Ownership, Risk Management and Savings/Benefit monitoring etc.
  • Knowledge of best-in-class strategic sourcing & category management practices, systems and tools, with depth in Technology and Marketing categories highly preferred.
  • Supplier management leadership i.e. RFP drafting, negotiations, issue resolution and stakeholder management best practice.
  • Data-driven: leverage data to identify gaps, you think holistically and strategically, considering the interconnectedness of various factors.
  • Proven situational leadership skills with the ability to motivate and generate enthusiasm with individuals across all levels of the organization.
  • Large scale program management ability to drive solutions across a global organization with multiple functional stakeholders.
  • Bachelor's degree in finance or related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experienceThe total cash range for this position in Seattle, Austin & West Hollywood is $296,000 to $415,000. Employees in this role have the potential to increase their pay up to $474,000, which is the top of the range, based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.Accommodation requestsIf you need assistance with any part of the application or recruiting process due to a disability, or other physical or mental health conditions, please reach out to our Recruiting Accommodations Team through the .We are proud to be named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.Expedia Group's family of brands includes: Brand Expedia, Hotels.com, Expedia Partner Solutions, Vrbo, trivago, Orbitz, Travelocity, Hotwire, Wotif, ebookers, CheapTickets, Expedia Group Media Solutions, Expedia Local Expert, CarRentals.com, and Expedia Cruises. 2024 Expedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks and logos are the property of their respective owners. CST: 2029030-50Employment opportunities and job offers at Expedia Group will always come from Expedia Group's Talent Acquisition and hiring teams. Never provide sensitive, personal information to someone unless you're confident who the recipient is. Expedia Group does not extend job offers via email or any other messaging tools to individuals with whom we have not made prior contact. Our email domain is @expediagroup.com. The official website to find and apply for job openings at Expedia Group is .Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
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