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Business Travel Consultant

Date posted: March 23, 2015
Company: Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Salary: $
Work type: Full time
Procure Global Reference: PGREF960

Position description

Position Purpose

Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is a global leader specializing in business travel management and our travel counselors know that teamwork and great results have no boundary. We are proud to have been named the most admired Travel Management Company – and we are even more proud that we achieved it together. Whether we are booking government travel, advising on international security or establishing relationships with global corporations, we work as a family. We support each other. We grow as a team. And to us, that’s what makes a world of difference.

Lean about our travel counselor opportunities and start your journey.

The mission of the CWT Travel Counselor is to “Deliver the Perfect Trip” so that CWT can sustain optimum results for clients and shareholders. You are specifically responsible for delighting the traveller/travel arranger, building commercial value, and strengthening the CWT brand in a way that balances the requirements of all stakeholders and positions our workforce as a key differentiator for our business

Position Responsibilities

You delight the traveler/travel arranger

Listen and lead the conversation to solve problems in a timely manner with all types of customers in all circumstances.
Connect with the caller to build trust and credibility even if the person is unknown.
Be a trusted advisor by offering informed and insightful recommendations which provide the very best traveler experience in each situation.
You build CWT’s commercial value

Sell products that are of commercial value to CWT and contribute to CWT’s profitability.
Remain current on value we provide to each customer.
Adapt and change as requirements of the business change.
You strengthen the CWT brand

Represent the CWT brand in how you work on a day-to-day basis.
Embrace new technology and ways of working that promote flexibility to adjust quickly to shifting needs of the business.
Build loyalty to CWT by ensuring consistency of service delivery around the globe in a way that compliments the unique travel policy of each client with interaction to make each traveler/travel arranger feel special.

Position Requirements

Experience in the travel industry in a similar position or in a customer service center
Ability to create travel arrangements including hote, rail & car
Excellent communication skills and follow through required to advise clients of those requirements
Ability to handle multi-cultural sometimes multi-lingual clientele
English fluent: written and verbal
Superior written and verbal communication skills (in person and on phone)
Customer focused and service oriented
Problem solver
Results-driven
Adaptable and motivated to learn
Influence and diplomacy

Proficiency in technology to research options and to complete process requirements

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