Deputy Travel Manager

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Job Description

We have a vacancy in our Europe & India Central Operations Team and currently have an opportunity for a Deputy Travel Manager to join us to support our existing team. The role would ideally suit an existing junior travel manager with experience managing programmes of $1 - $2m and looking to develop to lead larger programmes of up to $10 - $15m over three to four years.

Our Europe & India Central Operations Team manage a diverse range of business projects, initiatives and suppliers which support the business in our region, including travel and resilience. With this role you will be supporting our existing team in a deputy capacity, gaining experience managing our Europe and India travel programme, and helping to roll out our next 3-5 year travel contract. You will also help to manage our travel supply chain, support traveller safety and well-being through our resilience programme and work with our Global Travel team to co-ordinate the regional programme within the Global portfolio. Being at the centre of travel for a region with around 10,000 employees, and part of a global team, you will also learn how to handle some of the challenges of being an international business.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Supporting the existing team with the roll out of the new travel contract
• Preparing for meetings with travel suppliers, and managing follow up
• Overseeing day to day management of vehicle hire suppliers
• Overseeing responses to traveller queries and complaints 
• Maintaining internal business systems 
• Communicating travel updates to employees 
• Support with incident response

As you develop you will have opportunity to:

• Take ownership of further travel supplier relationships
• Develop proposals to improve our travel offering to employees
• Manage travel finances and identify savings opportunities

This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career, gaining valuable work experience, within an established and successful consultancy and to develop skills within a supporting environment which encourages challenge and collaborative behaviour

Qualifications

• Applicants should have experience in either the travel industry, as a project manager or as a procurement manager ideally with responsibility for portfolios or programmes of at least $1-$2m/year.
• Good knowledge of European and Global travel systems and ideally the travel industry.
• Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus.
• Ability to record and analyse data at scale efficiently and methodically with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and report writing skills with computer skills in the Microsoft toolset.
• A mindset to responsibly integrate AI into day-to-day workflows.
• Hard working and highly motivated individual.
• Client focused with good interpersonal skills and team approach.
• Willing and able to visit other locations on company business, if necessary.
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team.

Additional Information

To apply you will need to provide the following - if this information is not provided it will slow your application down and therefore you may miss out.

· CV (Curricula Vitae) including details of experience in particular in the travel industry or as a project or procurement manager, and your education including dates, grades, and what you studied.

· Covering letter demonstrating your passion, why you are interested in this position, how your skills and education/

qualifications

support your application and where you would prefer to work.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

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Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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