Senior Business Travel Consultant

Senior Business Travel Consultant

This role reports to the Operations Team Manager

This is a full-time, hybrid role, working from our London office 3 x per week; suitable for fully remote for the right profile

Working hours for this role are 8am-6pm Monday to Friday, the shifts are on rotation, and this is shared with the team months in advance

Are you ready for your next professional layover? We’ve got the perfect destination.

CTM are an award-winning provider of travel service solutions for the corporate, events and sports markets. Headquartered and founded in Australia, we have a global presence, with offices in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia & New Zealand.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our crew and take your career to new altitudes.

The role

Working in a team of 6, you will manage all aspects of travel for our most exclusive VIP, finance & law clients. You will be providing a very high touch level of customer service, guidance and support using a variety of communication methods to ensure precision and smooth running of operations within the department.

What you have

• At least 5 years’ experience as a Business Travel Consultant across all areas of travel management, particularly within the finance sector
• Sound, proven SABRE skills with the ability to manage multiple reservations and PCC’s
• Excellent understanding of fares and ticketing – ideally to BA1/2 level or equivalent
• Experience using Freshdesk
• Experience in the international market, particularly North America
• Ability to cope well under pressure from clients and be understanding of their culture and needs
• Ability to be patient & diplomatic
• Ability to work independently and be confident in your decision making

What you’ll be doing

• Initial training on workflow and system will be in person in our office during 2 to 3 weeks

• Providing high level customer service to our range of Finance clients
• Assisting with all reservations and aspects of travel including air, hotel, rail and car reservations and any other travel related requests
• Assisting with emergency actions and contingency plans
• Ensuring client travel policies are adhered to correctly
• Ensuring all SLA’s and KPI’s are consistently met
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with colleagues in the appropriate offices
• Ensuring that all administration, both internal and external is of the highest standard.
• Responding to any other reasonable duties/tasks as may be requested by your Manager or other departmental Managers.

What you’ll get

Benefits

We have recently launched our new Flexible benefits scheme, allowing employees to pick the benefits that suit them. Including:

• Cycle purchase
• Health insurance
• Home & tech loan

All employees are also entitled to:

• 22 days base +3 days (you get your birthday off, a wellbeing day off and a volunteering day off) + the base increases by one day each year (up to 26 days)
• Purchase extra annual leave
• Life assurance at 4x your annual salary
• Pension scheme

Culture & Values

Our values guide our decision-making, actions and behaviours; creating a culture where everyone can contribute, grow and thrive.

Connect – We build strong relationships where people feel valued, listened to and celebrated

Evolve – We are adaptable, we embrace change and celebrate innovation

Deliver – We bring the energy, hold ourselves accountable and get stuff done

Reward & Recognition

Our learning platform CTM Learning, our annual conference the All Stars, our High-Performance programme and a global leadership programme.

Employee Wellbeing and Flexibility

Our wellbeing platform Vitality, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), our new private healthcare Medicash + our mental health first aiders.

Sustainability Focus

Principles of Governance, People, Planet, and Prosperity, CTM’s Sustainability Strategy identifies material issues and outlines initiatives to achieve this.

If you’re ready to embark on a career with a global leader in business travel, we want to hear from you.

What to expect from the recruitment process

1. Every applicant will have a Discovery call with our Talent Acquisition team. If your profile is selected you will be contacted by phone or email (please check you spam folder).
2. If you progress through to the next stage, the hiring manager will invite you to an initial conversation usually on Teams
3. If you are successful we will then invite you to our office for a final stage interview with the Operations Team Manager and Operations Director

Join our crew and help CTM take flight. Apply now and pack your skills for a business travel journey that promises growth, discovery and plenty of first-class moments.

Wherever possible we will provide you with feedback, however we are a small team and often we won't be able to do so until after we fill the vacancy.

Join our crew and help CTM take flight. Apply now and pack your skills for a business travel journey that promises growth, discovery and plenty of first-class moments.

Our office is located in Central London, a 5-minute walk from Cannon Street underground station. Kings Cross & Euston stations are 20 mins away.

CTM is a Disability Confident Employer. Do not hesitate to connect with our Recruitment team if you need to discuss arrangements.

CTM is the Data Controller with respect to the personal information you provide during your application. We will use this information solely to process your application, and our legal basis is that you are considering taking up an employment contract with us. We may share this information with our parent company in Australia, but otherwise we will not disclose it to any other organisation. If you take up employment with us, we will keep the information for the duration of your employment, otherwise we will destroy it 2 months after the post is filled.

All the information that we ask for in application forms has to be completed for your application to go ahead. There is no profiling or automated decision making applied to the personal information you supply. You have all the legal rights with your personal data as laid out in the General Data Processing Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, including the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Our Data Protection Officer may be contacted at [email protected].

CTM is a Disability Confident Employer. Our office are accessible and we welcome all applicants. Do not hesitate to connect with our Recruitment team if you need to discuss arrangements.