Administration Manager (Travel Unit)
Cobham Aviation Services
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Oversee and Manage the Business and Leisure related Travel for Cobham Australia. Implementing formal contracts with our Suppliers and payment of the associated costs, while maintaining Service Level Agreements. Building relationships and networking within the industry to ensure ‘best industry practices and benchmarking’, to ensure we achieve the best rates, products, services and systems available. Uphold and enforce the company Travel Policy, WHS standards and Duty of Care. Key Responsibilities*Utilise Power Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Reporting (ER) to engage and support the Business Units’ (BU) Travel Spend / Budget / Forecast, Tenders & Travel Policy adherence.*Conduct and facilitate a domestic Hotel RFT for $5m and align with Budget requirements.*Ongoing reviews and tenders for Airline (DOM $2.5M INTL $1M) and car rental.*Approve and oversee Accounts Payable requirements for Travel suppliers $10m annual spend.*Conduct annual PDR's + KPI’s for staff. & Develop annual Departmental KPI’s, Objectives and Budgets.*Manage the company Intranet page for Department.*Create and maintain Travel Policy & a Business Continuity Plan.*Perform risk assessment reviews for services undertaken by staff, along with administering a system resolution for staff and client complaints.*Liaising with stakeholders, to ensure travel requirements are being met and maintained.*Manage and monitor 3rd party providers in accordance with SLA's.*Encourage innovation and lead teams through business change and process improvement issues.*Develop relationships and engage staff, encouraging ‘open-door’ policy and organising team building exercises.*Contribute to continuous improvement and implement ideas to maximise efficiencies.Key Achievements*Implemented and Managed project roll-out of ‘Serko Savi’ & 'Lightning' – on-line Travel booking tools + 'Uber for Business', across the business*Cobham SPIRIT ‘Travel Team’ Recognition Award