WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
If this is you, you will be a member of the Global Travel Team as part of the Global Travel and Events Team and will have oversight and execution responsibilities in tasks like:
- Create and maintain global travel strategies across Air, Car, Hotel, Ground, Rail, and Technology; collaborating with regional teams and stakeholders to ensure program efficiencies and effectiveness
- Strategically articulate current program and future shifts to support in keeping users informed
- Co-create, deploy, and maintain a robust supplier engagement plan, working with internal standards and an already existing supplier base to ensure effectiveness globally
- Responsible for supplier management; business reviews, RFPs, program optimization, resolving supplier issues, contract management, and representing Nike on select customer boards
- Responsible for all current and future technologies inclusive of end-user engagement
- Create a process and cadence for internal and external trend analysis
- Analyze travel data and metrics to identify trends and opportunities for program improvements, develop and deliver regular reporting and presentations to stakeholders on the performance and impact of the Global Travel Program
WHAT YOU BRING
The candidate will bring:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience or training
- A minimum of 8 years directly relevant work experience, including corporate travel experience
- Experience of launched travel services and successful implementations
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work across many different users, teammates and partner groups, having the ability to deliver and bring along a global vision and approach
- Experience working with teams with collaborative approach
- Demonstrated project & program management skills with the ability to manage complex projects and programs with cross-functional teams
- Experience managing suppliers
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to analyze reporting and decide where corrective action is necessary
- Experience with travel management technology, such as online booking tools, expense management systems, and travel risk management tools