Executive Travel Counselor

American Express Global Business Travel

5d • Remote

About The Position

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. The Executive Travel Consultant role at Amex GBT delivers an exceptional travel experience for our Corporate Travel customers. By working together as a high performing team, specializing with in depth knowledge, our Travel Consultants provide exceptional traveler care and highest quality of customer service. This is a high touch service environment, where you will have true accountability for the service relationship and customer experience, by providing creative and timely travel solutions using available tools and technology as needed. The role will form part of a highly skilled small team of Executive Corporate Travel Consultants located virtually from home. If you’re motivated, collaborative, and enjoy working in an environment that prioritizes quality of interactions over quantity of calls, this is the perfect role for you!

Requirements

• In depth knowledge of domestic & international air, hotel, car, and rail booking practice and policies
• High touch Executive customer service
• 5+ years experience as a Corporate Travel Consultant
• Detailed understanding of fares and ticketing rules for domestic and international travel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for Excellence in Customer Service with attention to detail
• Ability to act with integrity when handling personal and confidential traveler information
• Basic computer navigation skills with an ability to multitask in multiple computer applications
• Candidates should be comfortable working any assigned shift during business hours: Monday-Friday 5:00am-6:00pm Pacific Standard Time. This varies depending on the clients’ hours of operation.

Nice To Haves

• Native Sabre proficiency preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Act as the point of sale on all Domestic & International travel reservations, arranging both routine and complex air, rail, ground, and hotel accommodation, utilizing native Sabre
• Provide consultative advice, solutions, and recommendations for our VIP travelers, whilst ensuring adherence to the customers’ travel policy and requirements
• Operate in a multi-channel environment where you are accountable to key performance indicators of success, such as customer satisfaction, key productivity metrics, and driving key partnerships and sale of preferred partners
• Use positive telephone and email service techniques; act on special customer requests and maintain excellent client relations
• Proactively sell additional services for our travelers, e.g., hotel and car
• Express enthusiasm and energy within the organization and always act according to company Ethics, Values, and Compliance guidelines
• Act in accordance with all Amex GBT policies and procedures

Benefits

• health and welfare insurance plans
• retirement programs
• parental leave
• adoption assistance
• wellbeing resources
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed