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American Express Global Business Travel Manager – Air & Ground Optimization in United Kingdom

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

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The Air and Ground Optimization Team ensures preferred suppliers who provide us with the best content receive foremost support by deploying technology and tools to highlight the key attributes and benefits of these products. As a result, our premium client base would continue to grow, and we would create a virtuous circle driving value for both our preferred suppliers and our customers.

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, have a strategic and commercial attitude and be able to grasp the various aspects of supplier and client travel economics as well as content distribution to set data grounded optimization strategies across different business units and client segments. You will need to have a highly developed eye for business and an ambitious mentality, spotting new revenue generating opportunities and be able to drive them from ideation through to rollout.

  • Create strategies based on an analytical, data driven mentality but also feels comfortable in driving that into hands on implementation.

  • A strong understanding of air and non-air content distribution, online retailing, channel management and travel economics would be a plus.

  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and influencing people at all levels of the organization or at partner organizations, setting common goals and deliver according to plans.

  • Feels comfortable using Excel databases and doing analysis on data sets.

  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral), fluency in English & strong presentation skills.

  • Excellent organizational and planning skills, able to handle multiple projects with different deliverables at the same time, has attention to detail and ability to deliver within deadlines and highlights deliverable issues and suggested solutions on time.

  • Preference for EMEA Based, US is also considered.

What you’ll Do:

  • Influence key stakeholders within AmexGBT and in partner organizations to inspire change and results.

  • Working with various teams to deploy strategies, track results and take corrective actions where necessary.

  • Set up tracking to gain insight in results and find opportunities to further optimize.

  • Commercial attitude and strong innovator, driver of change, balancing technology solutions versus investment and revenue.

  • Create strategies based on an analytical, data driven mentality but also feels comfortable in driving that into hands on implementation.

Location

United Kingdom - Virtual Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

  • Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.

  • Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

  • Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

  • We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.

  • Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.

  • And much more!

All applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

Furthermore, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the hiring process. For details regarding how we protect your data, please consult GBT Recruitment Privacy Statement (https://www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com/gbt-recruitment-privacy-statement/) .

What if I don’t meet every requirement? If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be a phenomenal addition to our team, don’t worry about “checking every box;" please apply anyway. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!

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