Consultant, Air Spend Management - ADVITO

Multimodal Consultant
Full time role (40 hour) week
Remote position-can be based anywhere in North America or Europe
Are you an experienced corporate travel professional who can articulate the value Advito can bring to our customers' airline programs? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and complex environment, where no two days are the same? Do you have a proven ability to develop and maintain good relationships with prospects and existing clients along with internal stakeholders at all levels of the organization? If so, we want you to join our team.
We are looking for a Multimodal Consultant to join our growing Multimodal Solutions team. This role is responsible for the oversight, delivery, and overall success of new and existing client projects related to corporate airline programs.
Our consultants work with clients to adopt a more modern approach to travel spend management. Powerful analytics, innovative sourcing strategies and Advito's ongoing performance management helps our clients elevate their airline programs beyond traditional sourcing.
The successful candidate will be skilled at managing and completing multiple client engagements simultaneously within timeline and budgetary guidelines, learning and staying abreast of industry developments, utilizing proprietary and third-party tools and technologies in conducting analyses, negotiating with suppliers, managing project teams, and providing actionable recommendations to clients.
A snapshot of the opportunity
- Lead client engagements, manage projects to timelines and meet client expectations and resource budgets
- Identify additional revenue opportunities with the client from both current and future engagements
- Educate clients on current industry events, issues, and trends
- Prepare and conduct client presentations providing analysis and consultancy
- Perform quality control metrics associated with project delivery
- Conduct ad hoc analysis to accommodate specific client needs
- Participate in initiatives to improve internal tools, processes, and expanded service offerings
- Maintain constructive relationships with account and travel managers and share trends/industry changes
- Support department's business development and marketing efforts with client renewals and by cross selling additional services
How you can set yourself apart
- Experience in travel supplier/agency management experience in industry relations, sales, account management, or financial analysis
- Experience with: pricing/yield management, project management, incentive and corporate discount programs
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Advanced analytical skills
- Well-developed problem solving and decision-making capabilities
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to work with diverse, cross functional international teams
- Knowledge of industry supplier corporate discount programs
- Experience with airline faring, GDS, hotel program management and hotel sales
What we offer you At Advito, we work with highly motivated and passionate people. We value open communication, collaboration, and a flexible work-life balance. We offer unique, often global, experiences that empower you to develop and grow within the organization. Sustainability and helping others is also high on our list. We make a difference through charitable activities in our communities across the globe
About us Advito is the travel industry's most progressive consultancy, enabling procurement leaders to modernize their approach to managing the travel and meetings spend category. Led by a unique team of multi-disciplinary experts and thought leaders, we work with both clients and suppliers to push the boundaries of traditional air and hotel sourcing and strategic meetings management for higher program returns. We provide advisory, procurement and outsourcing services in the area of corporate travel sourcing, expense and meetings management, along with RFP development and management; benchmarking and vendor management services. We minimize our clients' travel spend and maximize their travel program value in a data-rich, consumer empowered world. Headquartered in Chicago, Advito operates in key business markets around the world
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