Business Travel Counselor

Company Description

About Collabera:

Established in 1991, Collabera has been a leader in IT staffing for over 22 years and is one of the largest diversity IT staffing firms in the industry. As a half a billion dollar IT company, with more than 9,000 professionals across 30+ offices, Collabera offers comprehensive, cost-effective IT staffing & IT Services. We provide services to Fortune 500 and mid-size companies to meet their talent needs with high quality IT resources through Staff Augmentation, Global Talent Management, Value Added Services through CLASS (Competency Leveraged Advanced Staffing & Solutions) Permanent Placement Services and Vendor Management Programs. 


Job Description

  • Responsible for coordinating the company's travel needs.
  • Schedules hotel and flight accommodations and procures necessary documentation such as passports, visas, or other clearances.
  • Ensures that travel needs are met within the constraints of the company travel budget.
  • Requires a high school diploma or its equivalent with 3-5 years of experience in the field.
  • Has knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
  • Relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job.
  • Works under immediate supervision.
  • Primary job functions do not typically require exercising independent judgement.
  • Typically reports to a supervisor or manager.

Requirements:

  • Sabre GDS skills are required for this position
  • Arrange routine and complex domestic and international business travel for air, car, hotel, limousine and rail utilizing various GDS’s (Sabre) for VIP clients
  • Provide consultative multi-country routings for best fares and preferred carrier usage
  • Counsel clients on efficient, multi-city/multi-country routings for lowest available fares, and preferred carrier usage
  • Ensure optimum customer service while coordinating client travel policy responsibilities
  • Effective use of computer systems and exceptional telephone service techniques.
Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure optimum customer servicing while coordinating interdepartmental responsibilities
  • Research and resolve client inquiries
  • Use positive telephone service techniques; act on special customer requests and maintain excellent client relations
  • Coach, develop and mentor more junior Travel Counselors in the team 


Qualifications

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 5 + years Corporate Travel industry experience required/Internally 2+ years experience with high performance
  • Minimum of 2+ years International expertise experience highly preferred
  • High School Diploma/GED required.
  • Bachelor Degree preferred
  • Various GDS system experience is required. Strong knowledge of international fare construction and airline routing principles including tax rates

Additional Information

To know more about this position please contact;

Vishwas Jaggi

973-475-7482