Global Category Leader, Travel, Meetings & Expenses

Role Summary

You will lead strategic sourcing and category management activities for Travel, Meetings and Expenses (TME). We are also keen to hear from procurement professionals who bring deep experience from other indirect spend categories and can apply their category leadership, commercial acumen and stakeholder management expertise to this area.

You will design and deliver sourcing strategies that balance cost, service, risk and sustainability. We value curious problem-solvers who build strong relationships, use data to drive decisions, and help teams translate insight into action. This role offers growth, visible impact, and the opportunity to contribute to GSK's mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a global sourcing and category strategy for travel, meetings and expenses, covering travel services, booking tools, corporate card programs and expense management.
• Lead global supplier selection, contract negotiation and ongoing supplier governance to deliver value and service consistency.
• Use data and analytics to identify savings, improve compliance and enhance traveller experience.
• Lead change initiatives to implement new tools, processes or commercial models across regions.
• Coach and influence cross-functional teams and regional procurement partners to ensure smooth delivery and adoption.

• Own end-to-end category planning, prioritisation and benefit delivery for travel, meetings and expenses.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance frameworks to ensure quality, innovation and resilience.
• Create compelling business cases and present recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, tax and duty of care requirements across all regions.
• Track and report category performance, savings and non-financial benefits such as traveller wellbeing and carbon reduction.
• Support digital transformation of travel, meetings and expense processes, including integration with finance systems and data platforms.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in Procurement, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in procurement, sourcing and category management.
• Experience managing complex supplier relationships, commercial negotiations and contract governance.
• Strong commercial mindset with a track record of delivering measurable business value.
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders across global, cross-functional environments.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including experience engaging senior leaders.
• Experience within Travel, Meetings and Expenses categories is advantageous but not essential.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep category expertise in Travel, Meetings and Expenses, or transferable experience from other indirect procurement categories.
• Experience working in a global, matrixed organisation.
• Strong analytical capability and experience using data to support procurement decisions.
• Experience leading procurement transformation, change management or digital procurement initiatives.
• Knowledge of travel management companies, booking tools, corporate card programmes, expense platforms or similar supplier ecosystems.
• Procurement qualification such as CIPS (or equivalent) is desirable.

Work Arrangement

This role offers a hybrid working model, with a mix of on-site and remote work. Remote or fully home-working arrangements are not available for this role.

Closing Date for Applications – 05 October 2026 EOD

Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.  
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. 

Skills

Category Management Strategy, Category Strategy, Commercial Contract Negotiations, Contract Management, Cost Optimization, Data Analysis, Digital Literacy, Financial Acumen, Indirect Spend, Influencing Skills, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Value Realization

 

 

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

 

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

 

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

 

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

 

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