Travel Program Manager Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the travel program manager position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for standard and ad hoc travel program reporting to line of business owners and EC Level management.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• A proven track record of successfully delivering hotel contracting projects through building and maintaining productive long-term relationships to maximize value and savings
• Established track record of change management within a global environment & sensitivity to multinational cultural differences
• Successful leadership of a large portfolio of global business travel accounts/corporations
• Experience with pricing from the hotel industry would be an advantage
• GDS (Global Distribution Systems) proficiency would be preferable (Amadeus and/or Sabre)
• Knowledge of the Lanyon RFP process would be an advantage
• Proficiency with MS Office applications (particularly advanced power point skills)
• Strong people management skills an asset

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the travel program manager position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for management and operational fiscal support to department-wide functions such as payroll, purchasing, travel reimbursement, procard, budget reconciliation, and fiscal planning.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Superior organization skills and significant attention to detail
• Strong presentation and social media skills
• Experience managing the complexities of global travel programs
• Experience with Egencia, AmEx, Concur, Coupa, and/or similar travel, card, and expense platforms preferred
• Experience working with external partners on joint marketing strategies
• Articulate both verbally and in written mediums
• BS in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Linux system administration, preferably RHEL or CentOS

I am excited to be applying for the position of travel program manager. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for active oversight of the travel management companies including all operational issues, SLA’s, management reporting, and adherence to policy.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Requires a strong team player who works collaboratively with regional and cross-functional teams throughout the company, including other corporate event leaders, Marketing, Sales and Executive Staff
• Significant experience in progressive strategic account management in the Service Industry at regional level with knowledge of the APAC, ME and EMEA regions
• Previous experience working with pharmaceutical or life science clients
• Solutions & technology oriented with significant experience of working with financial and analytical tools, travel technology and customer feedback
• Fluent in English, German is considered an advantage
• Lead sourcing and contract award process for travel- and event-related commodities, such as global air, charter, hotel, ground transportation, extended stay providers
• Develop, benchmark, and optimize university travel and expense policies
• Procurement experience for large travel programs and effectively scaling programs

Please consider me for the travel program manager opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In my previous role, I was responsible for oversight and direct management of the day-to-day administrative functions and operations relating to the Travel staff.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Technical expertise in all related categories regional markets
• Manage financials, budgets and program management data and analytics
• Excellent communication, negotiation, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Strong negotiation, sourcing, contracting, and supplier management skills
• Analytical skills with strong demonstrated problem solving abilities
• Prior large scale program and project management experience and a solid track record of delivering critical projects in the EMEA, JAPA and/or US markets
• Consultant mindset – someone who can come into the role and quickly learn, ask the right questions and begin driving results
• Evidence of leading cross-functional working groups virtually to identify, recommend and deliver results and change

I am excited to be applying for the position of travel program manager. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for high level guidance on the overall continuous strategic sourcing process from needs identification, through supplier performance management across multiple travel and events agencies.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Familiarity with Jira or other issue and ticket tracking/project/workflow software
• Understanding and experience with public cloud technologies
• Understanding of logging, infrastructure management and monitoring tools
• Demonstrated experience in network and large scale SaaS systems troubleshooting and maintenance practices
• Experience with modern application technologies and design patterns including Cloud infrastructure, distributed computing, horizontal scaling & database (SQL and NoSQL) technologies
• Experience with Agile and sprint/scrum based working methodologies
• Experience managing and leading implementation projects through the entire project life-cycle
• Experience with automation technologies like Puppet, Chef, Ansible or similar, understanding of container technologies like Docker