Operations Supervisor (Amex GBT Ovation)

American Express Global Business Travel; New York (NY); Remote; USD 45,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Corporate Travel Operations Supervisor to lead a team of travel counselors. In this dynamic role, you will provide coaching and support to ensure high performance and exceptional service delivery. You will engage with clients, analyze performance metrics, and drive quality improvements, all while fostering an inclusive and collaborative culture. This position offers the flexibility of remote work, allowing you to balance professional responsibilities with personal commitments. If you are passionate about travel and leadership, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible benefits

Travel perks

Global tuition assistance

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in people leadership and corporate travel management.
• Strong coaching skills with a passion for developing team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach travel counselors to meet performance targets.
• Analyze client service escalations and ensure quality management.

Skills

People Leadership

Corporate Travel Management

Coaching Skills

Solution Orientation

Flexibility

Tools

Sabre GDS

Salesforce

Job description

Corporate Travel Operations Supervisor (Amex GBT Ovation)

Apply locations New York, United States Canada time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id J-71751

Amex GBT is a place where colleagues find inspiration in travel as a force for good and – through their work – can make an impact on our industry. We’re here to help our colleagues achieve success and offer an inclusive and collaborative culture where your voice is valued.

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The Operations Supervisor acts as the people leader for all travel counselors in their portfolio for Amex GBT Ovation, providing regular, documented coaching and feedback to ensure all are meeting or exceeding performance targets.

The selected candidate for this role will work remotely (US or Canada) Monday to Friday and should be flexible to work from 12 PM eastern time to 9 PM eastern time.

Key accountabilities:

People

1. Monitor (calls, e-mails, chats etc.), review and coach on KPI metrics at the individual and team level
2. Investigate service and quality errors, provide coaching and feedback
3. Make decisions on performance ratings and compensation that are aligned with Amex GBT standards
4. Manage underperformance on a timely basis, engaging the employee when developing Performance Improvement Plans, warnings, formal counseling, and working in partnership with HR as applicable
5. Facilitate ongoing account specific onboarding/training for new team hires after the initial centralized Amex GBT Ovation training program is complete

Customer

1. Participate in meetings with CSG client management partners when required. Partner with Manager/Director to determine when attendance is necessary to ensure your time is spent coaching and leading the team. Provide CSG partners with operational information that they may need for their customer facing conversations.
2. Research and resolve with CSG partners on client service escalations, assist with strategy, messaging to the team and CSG peers as necessary.
3. Analyze and act on CSAT performance, identify actions and communicate results
4. Document and update the TC desktop systems and tools with client policy changes
5. Keep team informed on changes to client travel policies

Quality/Financial

1. Ensure client performance goals are achieved and manage and deliver strong traveler and arranger experience.
2. Work with leadership to ensure client program is delivering high quality, efficient and effective servicing results, including:
3. Monitor errors (CSI/Debit Memos) in internal systems such as ‘Salesforce for CSIs’ to confirm closure and return to service level expectations
4. Work in collaboration with Workforce Management (WFM) to achieve client service level consistency per the contract and ensure client expectations are met or exceeded
5. Call listening as required, to ensure employees are adhering to minimum service and compliance standards and to validate any disputes or service issues

Skills and experience

1. Min 3 years’ experience People Leadership
2. Corporate Travel Management Company experience including native Sabre GDS experience (Salesforce experience a plus)
3. Passion for coaching with excellent questioning and listening skills
4. Solution oriented, coaching employees to find their own solutions and providing white glove service to all internal and external partners
5. Flexible and adaptable with schedule to meet the needs of direct reports; clients and travelers

Location

New York, United States

The US national annual base salary range for this position is from $45,000 to $83,000. The national range provided includes the base salary that GBT expects to pay for the role. Actual base salary will be based on factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the successful candidate’s relevant experience, skills, knowledge, and work location.

In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for an annual Performance Based Incentive, which rewards participants based on company performance. For information about our comprehensive US benefits programs and eligibility, please review our Benefits-at-a-Glance document.

Benefits at a glance

The #TeamGBT Experience

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.
• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.
• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you, with global tuition assistance, access to over 20,000 courses on our learning platform, leadership courses, and new job openings available to internal candidates first.
• We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.
• Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.
• And much more!

A ll applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to age, sex, gender (and characteristics related to sex and gender), pregnancy (and related medical conditions), race, color, citizenship, religion, disability, or any other class or characteristic protected by law.

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