Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Reed & Mackay is a global leader in travel and event management and a unique brand within the Navan Group, providing sector expertise and customised programmes worldwide. The Navan Pro Consultant will build client relationships, understand client needs, and deliver high-touch business travel services while managing reservations, identifying savings opportunities, supporting booking tools, and ensuring policy and service-level compliance.
Responsibilities
- Provide a dedicated, consistently high level of service to all clients tailored to their individual requirements with a desire to always exceed client expectation
- Effectively manage your workload to meet all deadlines as required, either set by the client or within R&M
- Ability and willingness to service different client industry sectors across the wider business
- Demonstrate innovative thinking and provide a consultative approach
- To be proficient in R&M and Navan Technology, sharing knowledge with the client to ensure an all- encompassing service
- To be responsible for the delivery of all air, rail, car rental, ferry, black car and charter reservations and to advise clients on best practice utilising R&M and Navan technology
- Manage your own full client portfolio to the highest R&M and Navan standard, demonstrating extraordinary customer service to your wider team
- Pro-actively build meaningful and long-lasting relationships both internally and externally
- Always exceed client’s expectation
- Identify and implement opportunity to add value to each booking
- Ability to apply a variety of fare types and ticketing methods, whilst maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of industry innovations (e.g., airline direct connect)
- Working with IFD (International Fares Desk) to proactively identify cross market and local inventory differences
- Procure the best hotel rates for clients utilising GDS and non GDS channels, as well as leveraging supplier relationships to gain the best result
- Monitor all bookings for further saving opportunities up until completion of the trip
- Utilise detailed understanding of the client policy to drive compliance whilst maximising opportunity to enhance the traveller experience
- Ability to apply a variety of fare types and ticketing methods, whilst maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of industry innovations (e.g., airline direct connect)
- Monitor all bookings for further saving opportunities up until completion of the trip
- To be proficient in all R&M and Navan Technology and to ensure knowledge is shared and maintained amongst the team
- To oversee the client experience by utilising mixed mode booking tools and to provide 1st line support for both offline/online bookings
- Demonstrate proactive thinking when providing travel solutions
- Able to provide cost effective solutions across all aspects of travel
- To always comply with the client policies and guidelines
- Achieve SLAs for all accounts
- Regular interaction with overseas colleagues
- Apply Quality Control procedures and processes in line with company and GREC requirements
Skills
- Exceptional telephone manner and written skills
- Demonstrate ability to make effective use of resources available to complete tasks to agreed deadlines
- Has a proven record of experience in a core business travel environment
- Fully conversant with one or all GDS systems; Sabre, Galileo, Amadeus
- Experience of mixed mode booking tools, and 1st line product support for both offline/online bookings
- Comprehensive knowledge of the travel industry and products in the market including different aircraft types and cabins
- Knowledge of Low-Cost Carriers in the market and their different products available
- Fully conversant with various rail, black car, LCC, OTA booking systems
- Have a ‘team player' approach to an office environment
- Experience in using MS software packages
- Ability to build an exceptional rapport with all clients
- Excellent attention to detail
- Have an enthusiastic approach and willingness to learn attitude
- Independently commit to attend and complete all relevant training
- Achieve individual and team-based business objectives
- Previous VIP experience is preferred
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