Eric Schoenfelder Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead Global Business Support team (6 Associate Consultants, 1 Business Analyst), supervising development, performance, and delivery of internal reporting and analytics support provided to broader Air, Ground, and Hotel sourcing practice consulting teams in CWT Solutions Group. Lead Technical Development team (1 Developer) responsible for designing, developing, and testing web-based analytics platform utilized by CWT Solutions Group team globally. Responsible for liaising with internal stakeholders to collect feedback and development requirements, translating business strategies and needs into execution ready work for development team, acting as voice of end-user. Own backlog of development feedback and requests, including prioritization and refinement, and making trade-off decisions to maximize platform value.Lead Implimentation of transitional & efficiency projects across Solutions Group including migration to CRM, implimentation of time tracking and resource forecasting reporting, and Cross-Training effort across consulting teams to reduce seasonal workload strain. Ensure team adoption of new processes, monitor key KPIs, and provide key team resource and development feedback to Solutions Group leadership team.Partner of CWT Solutions Group leadership team, focused on development of CWT Solutions Group services, catalogue of reporting products and sales value proposition collateral across consulting verticals. Cross functional engagement with enterprise-wide stakeholders in CWT Data & Analytics, Data Architecture, Product and Technology, Sales, and Supplier Management teams on ongoing initiatives, acting as Solutions Group representative and ensuring business efficiencies and contingencies are understood and considered through enterprise development processes.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Own CWT Hotel Solutions Group (HSG) reporting product catalogue and lifecycle including product roadmap, documentation, internal training and implementation, enhancement development, version control, and consumer feedback collection.Partner with HSG leadership team in development of ongoing functional processes, value propositions, baseline strategies for Hotel Contract Sourcing engagements with the goal of guiding the business unit towards successful outcomes for both CWT and external customer.Manage customer Hotel Contract Sourcing engagements with HSG customers achieving successful project delivery, risks assessments, timely project completion. Created customer tailored strategies and solutions to grow customer satisfaction and revenue generation through cross-selling and upselling opportunities.Develop and impliment internal efficiency processes including CRM sales pipeline management and reporting, sales processes and collateral, and project time tracking process and reporting for Hotel Solutions team.Managed hotel contract sourcing engagements for multiple Fortune 500 customers with up to $200M in annual travel spend simultaneously. Tasks include data collection, meeting and alignment with key client stakeholders, strategic contract sourcing, analysis, and preferred supplier selection.Mentor more junior Consultants and Associate Consultants through sales initiatives, program strategy recommendations, and reporting related inquiries. Direct reports include 2 Associate Consultants and 1 Analyst.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As a Project Consultant with CWT, my responsibilities are a hybrid between being a client facing project consultant and the lead analyst for our Americas region. Project Consultant:- Represent multiple Fortune 500 companies in global hotel contract negotiations in consideration of client specific decision making structures- Analyze existing hotel programs of multinational companies to identify focal destination markets for hotel sourcing - Develop and implement cost reduction strategies and savings plans - Manage global internal and customer project teams to ensure alignment and timely completion of project tasks- Lead customer contract resign sales efforts and assist upper management in prospective customer sales effortsLead Regional Analyst: - Development and maintenance of internal reporting models and analytics product models and dashboards for Americas region primarily based in Microsoft Excel and Access- Work closely with enterprise IT to guide development of web based hotel contract sourcing application suite- Oversee and mentor Associate Consultants in production and development of Ad Hoc report creation- Mine hotel contract and customer hotel transactional data to identify new insights and recommendations for broader Americas consulting team client savings strategies

Minnetonka, Minnesota

Partnered with our global team of consultants to help provide data driven insights for sourcing and optimizing travel programs for Solutions Group clients. SME for all reporting and data modeling systems owned by the North-American hotel segment of Solutions. Regularly engaged with leadership to identify needs for new reporting solutions, oversee report and data modeling development, and translate insights into actionable results for both the broader consulting team and our clients. Primary responsibilities revolved around day to day reporting our team provides, leading multiple client engagements and regularly provided support to other non-hotel consulting divisions within CWT such as sales and supplier management.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Worked with CWT Hotel Solutions Group team of consultants and analysts on manual contract entry and production of standardized optimization reporting.

Prior Lake, Minnesota

Maintain fitness center beyond club standards and assist maintenance staff.Encourage membership retention and aid in new sales whenever possible.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mathematics With Emphasis In Actuarial Science

Mathematics