Frank Perone Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Define, implement, and manage policies, processes, and contractual relationships that ensure the vitality of the global travel and travel security programs. • Ensure that all Donaldson travelers and contracted travel agencies are aware of and adhere to travel and travel security policies and procedures. • Create and distribute monthly and ad hoc executive reports for travel and travel security activity.Global Travel includes: • Development and ongoing maintenance of all travel policies and procedures for Donaldson globally. • Designing travel and meetings management programs that meet current and anticipated traveler, regulatory and cost containment requirements. • Negotiations with travel suppliers and coordinates with Regional Travel Champions to manage all aspects of contractual agreements with travel agencies, airlines, hospitality vendors, ground transportation and meetings management companies. • Defining and conducting travel information seminars for travelers and arrangers. • Partners with Regional Travel Champions to manage the relationships and performance of all travel management companies. • Provides travel program discount information to all travelers.Global Travel Security includes: • Development and ongoing maintenance of all travel security policies and procedures for Donaldson globally. • Leads the global Center of Excellence (CoE) for the travel security program to ensure understanding and adherence by all Donaldson entities around the world.• Selects and negotiates appropriate contractual agreements with travel security providers. • Develops and oversees maintenance of travel security web pages on MyDCI portal. • Organizes quarterly and ad hoc global Travel Security Steering Committee meetings and regional travel security meetings. • Coordinate initial contact with travelers and Donaldson senior management when critical security or health events occur.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Manage vendor relationships of all third-party travel management service providers. Manage contracts and ensure appropriate service level agreements and policies are followed.• Develop and recommend a global travel management strategy and drive the implementation of the strategy. Recommend, maintain and administer global travel policy.• Responsible for the development, implementation and execution of procurement, sourcing, negotiation and supplier management strategies related to travel to support the objectives in cost, quality and service levels.• Work with International Security team on Duty of Care issues and other incidents related to business travel.• Benchmark, analyze and report on travel expenditures. Provide monthly and quarterly reports on travel spend and compliance.• Develop global communications for all travel related changes. Design and implement training programs to increase awareness and compliance. Maintain corporate travel intranet.• Responsible for the implementation of a global business travel and expense management system. Oversee the development of cost and benefit analysis and a strategic global travel and expense system rollout. Monitor and control system implementation costs.• Seek opportunities for synergy, improvement, simplification and automation of existing processes and reporting across travel-related expenditures globally.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

I was with Valspar for 28 years. I started the Valspar Travel Center in 1989 and led the expansion of the Travel Center to include EMEAI in 2006. I managed a staff of 9 that were responsible for traveler reservations, VIP Services and Groups and Meetings. I also managed the supplier relationships and contracts for Air, Hotel, Car suppliers as well as our TMC.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead corporate travel agent for family owned travel agency. Responsible for reservations and ticketing. Resolved issues as they arose. Followed up with clients to ensure satisfaction.

Ellsworth Air Force Base

Responsible for the procurement and delivery of all medical supplies, presription drugs and other medical related items for Ellsworth Air Force Base.