[Hiring] Specialized Travel Counselor @American Express Global Business Travel

Role Description

Our Specialized Travel Consultants work in a high-touch service environment to book travel and accommodation for some of our top clients at Amex GBT. Working from the comfort of your own home, you’ll collaborate with your team to provide creative and timely travel solutions and an outstanding travel service experience.

If you’re curious, collaborative, and enjoy working in an environment that prioritizes quality of interactions over quantity of calls, this may be the perfect role for you!

• Advise and arrange travel for corporate business customers (both individuals and groups)
• Arrange and book domestic and international business travel, in a variety of complexity, for air, road, rail, and accommodations
• Use various Global Distribution Systems (GDSs) - Amadeus. Training may be provided
• Communicate effectively with customers over the telephone, messaging (chat), e-mail, and/or back office systems
• Act as a trusted advisor by using travel expertise to proactively provide advice and selling additional services to clients to meet their needs while adhering to their company’s travel policy
• Work individually and as a team to meet business and account-specific goals, which may include customer satisfaction, call adherence and service metrics
• Providing service fluently in English and Norwegian or Swedish or Danish

Qualifications

• Previous experience in travel (preferably business travel) and understanding of fares and ticketing rules for car, air, and hotel
• Passion for excellence in client service, including proactive anticipation of needs
• Native GDS expertise (Amadeus)
• Professional communication (written and verbal)
• Attention to detail
• Act with integrity, and look after personal traveler information
• Possess a strong understanding of the travel industry (background in business travel, leisure travel, or airline reservation)
• Resolving customer issues quickly and independently
• Teamwork and openness to feedback
• Energy & Marine experience

Benefits

• Flexible benefits tailored to each country starting the day you do, including health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and wellbeing resources
• Travel perks with a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on flights, hotels, 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
• Championing Inclusion through global INclusion Groups to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action
• And much more!