Section Manager - Travel and Accommodation Management

Job Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Manage relationships with our travel agency, airliners, and hotels. This includes measuring service levels and working with our affiliated offices overseas, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement department to negotiate a cost-effective program and effective travel management arrangement as per requested by employees.
• Manage global online booking processes/tools, measuring volume and employee acceptance.
• Manage designated airline, hotel, and car rental suppliers.
• Provide leadership in evolving and communicating the global travel management policy.
• Coordinate the development and enhancement of global reporting tools for management and business units, monitoring travel spend, and employee policy compliance.
• Conduct periodic management briefings such as quarterly business reviews and monthly metrics reports.
• Interact with employees, management, affiliated offices overseas and suppliers to resolve traveling service issues for employees.
• Cooperate with IT to manage Travel Authorization workflow system & content, ensuring information accuracy and efficient work process.
• Benchmark industry standards and new industry trends
• Work closely with the accounting department to administer the payment to the travel agency and hotels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field with 4 years experiences in travel industry.
• Working experience in tickets & hotel booking will be a plus.
• Experience in an effective Travel application or start up tools is an advantage.
• Knowledge of Traveling Expenses reporting and processing
• Strong organizational, problem-solving skills and strong service mind
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Good command of English communication. (Required TOEIC score minimum: 600)