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Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States

• Project Manager for multiple projects to include Global Concur Travel and Expense re-platform with 16 country configurations, credit card application automation, and SSO.
• Global Concur Administrator; resource for four Geo-regions (AMER, LATAM, APAC, EMEA). Complete AMER back-office expense report audits and approvals for payment.
• Administer AMER credit card program including new applications, card terminations, and credit limit adjustments. First support for internal customers for addressing complaints, answering questions, and auditing credit.
• Lead team to implement local currency card for Mexico employees along-side treasury department.
• Lead team to implement seamless EU VAT reclaim process for all T&E transactions with Concur and VATBox (Q3 2021). Global VAT reclaim for APAC/LATAM/NA to be completed Q3 2022.
• Lead team to revise and realign Global Travel Policy with corporate strategy. Launched to all global regions (Sep 2019).

Minneapolis, MN

• Partnered with Corporate Travel Manager to track savings initiatives in PowerSteering tool – a total of $720K in savings was achieved in Fiscal 2016, exceeded the overall savings goal of $500K
• Increased hotel booking compliance by 42% in fiscal 2016 by contributing to the Indirect Sourcing newsletter program and disseminated additional program details through an internal email campaign – non-compliance is.
• Participated in local Concur collaborative and LinkedIn group to discuss duty of care responsibilities and best practices surrounding emerging travel trends
• Lead Team Member in North America Implementation of Concur Travel – in the first 6 months, online adoption of Concur Travel increased 33% over the previous travel booking tool
• Collaborated with Corporate Communications team to form detailed communication plan to manage user transition to Concur Travel program
• Launched series of monthly training webinars and continue to on-board new users ensuring best practices and compliance with Global Travel Policy

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Provided 24/7 support as the primary travel consultant for Board of Directors and Executive Team
• Served as Site Administrator for online travel booking tool, GetThere, and provided essential help desk and technical support to 5,000 domestic users
• Increased GetThere program adoption from 6.3% to 35% in 6 months
• Enforced quality control measures for ticketing and ticketing exchanges
• Assisted Corporate Travel Manager in revising the Global Travel Policy
• Coordinated corporate travel blog in partnership with the IT department

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Prepared and distributed monthly/quarterly travel reports for Executive Team and company business units
• Maintained department intranet site and a database of employee travel profiles
• Served on Corporate MOVE Team during the relocation of Valspar Headquarters
• Supported Corporate Travel Manager by monitoring email communications and calendar appointments, and attending meetings with vendors and suppliers

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Completed international travel arrangements, including air, hotel, car, and transportation
• Assisted travelers with international visa and passport applications
• Supported executive travel consultant
• Processed and prepared timely expense reports
• Maintained international travel logs

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Ba, Business Management

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates