- Execute the global category strategies in the Americas region and make recommendations to adjust the regional strategies to better align with the business requirements.
- Review and make suggestions to maximize the ROI of the spend in the Americas region.
- Liaise with internal regional stakeholders on a regular cadence to address vendor service concerns and strategize best operational practices.
- Suggest recommendations and help implement problem resolution and seeks ways to improve metrics by identifying insights to drive optimization across the categories.
- Monitor and reply to the corporate travel inbox to assist transient travelers with travel questions or concerns.
- Develop and conduct regional travel training sessions on a regular cadence.
- Lead annual project to renew executive leadership airline status.
- Provide data analysis to support the category Manager & Director with decision making.
- Assist Global Travel Manager with tenders, perform cost analysis and benchmarking of suppliers.
- Take ownership of the annual hotel RFP for the Americas region.
- Support in monitoring the airline UATP card balances in collaboration with management.
- Value-creation through Procurement initiatives that drive sustainable improvement.
- Operate against the goals set by Director and Category Leads.
- Review and periodically make proposals to update the regional and/or local category policies.
- Global team collaboration with strong people and communication skills.
- Maintain high standard of data integrity.
- Help drive results in a fast paced, highly complex global business and contribute to the cost-effective internal control environment with a mindset towards compliance.
Skills:
- Excellent English language skills; Spanish language skills a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher academic degree.
- Travel industry experience for over 4 years; travel agency experience a plus.
- A strong level of resilience and the ability to identify opportunities.
- Ability to design and implement tenders.
- Excellent use of Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc.)
- Knowledge of the Concur Travel online booking tool.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to travel when required.
Horizontal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We seek to provide employment opportunities to talented, qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex/gender including gender identity and/or expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under federal, state or local law.
In addition, Horizontal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the application or interview process, please contact hr@horizontal.com.
All applicants applying must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment.
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