Assistant Category Manager – Travel

Overview

Assist the global Category Managers in the Indirect Category Management Travel team in procuring travel categories such as Global Hotels, Meetings & Events, Car Hire and Travel Management Company.

What you'll do

• Assist the global Category Managers with their categories, i.e. Airlines, Hotel, Meetings and Events and Travel Agencies.
• Map and analyse travel data on current spend patterns and identify cost drivers and opportunities across categories.
• Create and optimise dashboards for internal stakeholders and Maersk leadership on travel spend.
• Assist strategic decision making through data analysis and daily feedback from stakeholders.
• Assist with and independently execute various tenders and projects.
• Service internal stakeholders on various operational ad-hoc requests related to travel activities.
• Execute and deliver on time and with a great sense of detail.

What you'll need

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to generate innovative insights from analysis; develop and implement new methodologies and analysis to drive actionable results, with a sharp eye for details.
• Excellent written, oral, and formal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, adjust priorities as needed and meet deadlines.
• Ability to influence and communicate across the organization at multiple levels.
• Mastering Excel based analysis and able to transform conclusions into sharp key messages.
• Comfortable working with PowerPoint, Excel and Power BI, and interested to develop digital capabilities and AI integration.
• Strong professional interest in the Travel Industry.
• Entrepreneurial in spirit and adaptable in a continuously changing environment.
• International mind-set supported by high level of proficiency and confidence in spoken and written English.
• Service minded and comfortable communicating with many different cultures and all levels of the organization.
• Interested in developing your skills within Procurement and taking the first step to a potential career within Maersk Procurement.

Nice to have

• A Master's degree or similar.
• Experience from a job in the airline/hotel industry or Travel Management Company.

Details

• Based at the Esplanaden headquarters in Copenhagen.