Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) LtdTravel Coordinator
Feb. 2018• Arrange and co-ordinate all the travel related requirements and visa application for the head office staff. Accountable for coordinating the Global Travel & Expense teams ensuring accurate and timely processing of all service requests within the required SLA.
• Coordinate and coach a global team to be passionate about providing a superior customer service
• Build and develop relationships within a complex business environment across various stakeholder levels across multiple geographies
• Develop procedures, processes and guidelines to ensure compliance and standardization of the Travel & Expense service across the three regions are harmonized and provided consistently to all stakeholders globally
• Develop and maintain level 4 and 5 process documentation for the Travel & Expense service line.
• Ensure all teams are right sized to deliver operational excellence and individual development/training plans are actioned on an annual basis
• Accountable for all Concur user permissions ensuring all Concur Administrators have the correct permission level requirements in line with GDPR requirements
• Drive Concur systems compliance and standardization across all Business Units and Group Functions (monitoring authority over travel requests and expense spend) ensuring align with relevant Group Travel and Expense policies.
• Establish a quality assurance/audit standard to continuously perform expense spend audits. Accountable for follow up with the client to ensure responses are received to recommendations made.
• Drive strong business relationships adding value through optimal customer service, improved processing efficiency, ensure the evolving business needs are met and continuous improvement is the core focus
• Overall administration related to the Company Credit Cards /Expense reimbursements and staff accounts to ensure that all expenses are in line with policies.
Negotiate rates with suppliers where applicable.
Update Travel policy and negotiate rates with hotels.