Sabre Corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the world. At Sabre, we make travel happen. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Today, Sabre is creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. It is our people who develop and deliver powerful solutions that meet the current and future needs or our airline, hotel and travel agency customers. Join our journey! The Finance team is seeking a detail-oriented, results-driven Principal Category Manager to join their ranks. Reporting directly to the Finance leader, this role collaborates closely with the team to provide strategic category management support. The position will be responsible for providing category management support and ownership of the procurement lifecycle for third party IT vendors. **Skill requirements** + Strong supplier negotiation skills. + Leads, plans and executes cross-functional strategic sourcing activities to support timely, cost-effective IT projects. Questions conventional thinking and norms and provides alternatives that can improve outcomes. + Gathers, monitors, interprets and leverages market intelligence data to better provide category expertise to BUs to influence sourcing strategies, supplier selections and sourcing decisions - with focus on cost savings and risk mitigation. + Performs spend analysis for various categories and identifies sourcing opportunities. Develops and executes plans to capture sourcing opportunities. + Conveys category and contractual context and other information in response to queries from internal customers. + Drives rationalization/standardization of processes, goods and services throughout the global enterprise. Builds cost/evaluation spreadsheets in Excel to facilitate discussions and decisions. + Ensures contractual documents accurately reflect the goods and/or services being sourced with relevant service levels. + Demonstrates strong communication (written and verbal), organization, accountability for results, ability to handle multiple priorities at the same time, problem-solving and interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all levels of management and employees. + Escalates issues as and when necessary and appropriate to overcome obstacles + Builds and maintains strong working relationships with key third party vendors, Procurement Operations, Contract Managers, BU/Stakeholder, Legal, Privacy, Compliance, Risk and Security Teams. **Education and experience requirements** + Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management or related discipline preferred. + 5-7 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management. + Demonstrated IT category expertise. + Knowledge of ERP and Contract Management/Purchasing Systems. (SAP and Coupa preferred). **Sabre Offers The Following Outstanding Benefits** + Very competitive compensation + Generous Paid Time Off (25 PTO days) + 4 days (one day/quarter) Volunteer Time Off (VTO) + 5 days off annually for Year-End Break + We offer a comprehensive medical, dental and Wellness Program + 12 weeks paid parental leave + An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements + Formal and informal reward, recognition and acknowledgement programs + Lots of fun and engaging employee development events Reasonable Accommodation Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre's Compliance Office at compliance.office@sabre.com Affirmative Action Sabre is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans, and disabled individuals. EEO IS THE LAW Stay connected with Sabre Careers