Sean Curley

Experience

1. Global Category Lead - Travel & Mobility

   Accenture

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Category expertise and leadership across travel-related areas, driving savings, compliance and supplier performance in travel program with over $1.5B in annual spend• Reshaped global Accommodations program, with an average annual spend in excess of $500M, to increase value, deliver consistent savings rate of 5-7% annually and improve customer experience.• Rebuilt global Ground Transportation program, reducing spend by $1M/year and restructuring strategic supply base. • Devised go-to-market strategies for commercial client support teams to support travel sourcing activities; clients’ spend ranged from $1M to $100M.• Piloted Supplier Relationship Management program to ensure contract compliance, define appropriate slotting of suppliers, improve performance, and mitigate risk.• Led contracting strategy and negotiations with global Travel Management supplier, resulting in lower cost model, improved rebate structure and improved customer experience.• Spearheaded category-wide sustainability initiatives to support company goals and improve travel-related impact.• Refined a decentralized Global Meeting & Events program with technology sourcing initiative, buyer training and consistent contracting practices.• Guided implementation of supplier integration into proprietary expense reporting tool, resulting in greater spend visibility and efficiency in traveler expense report submission. • Owned market intelligence process to optimize program effectiveness and cost efficiency.• Speaker at industry-wide and supplier-specific events.

Education

• Villanova University

  BA, General Studies

  1986 — 1990