Junior Project Manager

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American Express Global Business Travel (GBT) equips companies of all sizes with the insights, tools, services and expertise they need to keep their travelers informed, focused and productive while on the road. With approximately 12,000 employees and operations in nearly 120 countries worldwide, American Express GBT empowers customers to take control of their travel programs, optimizing the return on their travel and meetings investments, while, more importantly, providing extraordinary traveler care.

We’re moving faster than ever and introducing new products, services, and strategies that will revolutionize the travel industry and bring greater value to our business customers. Our clients’ success expands our success, so we put our heart and soul into helping our clients achieve results that exceed all expectations. As the world’s largest travel management company, we are continuing to build alliances with key travel leaders and suppliers throughout the world, strengthening our position as a quality provider to companies of all sizes. Get ready to make impressions that will last.

Position: Junior Project Manager

Key Responsibilities:

- Main point of contact for the client and the expansion of the relationship with the customer
- Full knowledge of event guidelines and SLA’s and compliance regulations of the customer
- Complete project management (travel and meeting): project control and supervision, including professional consultation on all required group air, event and meeting.
- Coordination of various suppliers (e.g. airlines, hotels, partners, and other meetings suppliers etc.)
- Full responsibilities of travel & meeting budgets and financial transactions as well as support for other team members.
- Knowledge of the company’s as well as customers' events guidelines and compliance requirements.
- Managing delivery of plans to stakeholders agreed time, quality and cost parameters including.
- Negotiating supplier contracts and terms for the meetings & events.
- Seek opportunities to develop and maximize new business and to identify any opportunities for further business.
- Lead of operational processes and tasks as well as oversight of all service level agreements.

Key Qualifications:
Experiences
- Experience to work in an national and international travel & meeting environment as well as to work with international processes in different languages.
- Deep knowledge of the meeting industry (venues, suppliers, etc.) in Switzerland as well as the airline industry.
- Consultative management and approach to questions, concerns and issues.

Skills & Knowledge- Very good knowledge of the national and international hotel
- and meeting industry, good knowledge on the event
- and meeting technology- Acting pro-active and independently.- Ability to build a strong and stable customer relationship on project management level- Very good organizing skills and time management.- Further education as professional event manager, apprenticeship in travel agency or hotel industry combined with a minimum of 3 years experience on the job in the meeting industry.- Strong ability to work team oriented.- Strong knowledge of travel & meeting related logistics incl. air & train, vendor negotiations, communication, and event techniques and methods.
- A strong understanding of travel & meeting related business figures and budget management (profitability of individual projects).
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and assignments simultaneously in a fast-paced work environment.
- Experience with MS Office, in particular Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook. Deeper knowledge of event tools just as CVENT is a plus.
- Ability to build strengthen customer relationship on a daily basis.
- Ability to uphold the team spirit and motivation every day.

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Location

Switzerland - Virtual Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.- Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans, retirement programs, parental leave, adoption assistance, and more.- Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.-
- We strive to champion Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in every aspect of our business at GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global Inclusion Groups, centered around common identities or initiatives, to discuss challenges, obstacles, achievements, and drive company awareness and action.- Wellbeing resources to support mental and emotional health for you and your immediate family.- And much mo