Travel Specialist

Travel Specialist

Job Number: 240347

Primary Location
: US-IL-Bloomington

As we are working to design and implement COUNTRY's Enterprise Travel Program, we are looking for a Travel Specialist who can work in a fast paced, maturing environment and build relationships with Suppliers and Internal business partners. The perfect candidate will need to be organized, familiar with travel, comfortable with creative solutioning, and have experience with designing and implementing new business process, policy and tools.

This position is based out of our corporate office in Bloomington, IL five days per week.

• Serves as primary vendor manager with corporate jet vendor(s), hotels and commercial airlines. Cultivates relationships with preferred suppliers including contract negotiation. Monitors and tracks hours allocation for the fractional ownership agreement(s).
• Assists in scheduling flights thru corporate jet vendor and commercial airlines. Coordinates flight itineraries with other trip itineraries placed thru Egencia.
• Ensures that reservations for air travel, car rentals and overnight accommodations are accurate, and that itineraries, tickets and instructions are available to employees on a timely basis.
• Provides various reports for management review including but not limited to: quarterly billing of travel expense, corporate jet usage/passenger load factor, Standard Industry Fare Level reporting, and IFB travel. Utilizes Egencia reporting and history to help determine optimum use of corporate aircraft vendor vs. commercial airline travel.
• Maintains and monitors compliance with COUNTRY Travel Policy and Procedures.

• Travel Experience.
• Process
  -work.
• Tech-savvy.
• Basic Negotiation Skills.
• Professional.
• Typically requires 4 years of relevant experience or a combination of related experience, education and training.

This position is part of a job family. Placement will be determined by skills and qualifications of the candidate.

Our employees and representatives serve nearly one million households with our diverse range of personal and business insurance products as well as retirement and investment services. We build relationships and work together to create a stronger, more secure future for our clients and our communities. We’re a big company, yet small enough you can make an impact and won’t get lost in the shuffle.

You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow throughout your career, either within this role or by exploring other areas of our business.

You’ll be able to take advantage of our benefits package, which includes insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, disability, and life), 401(k) with company match, parental leave, paid time off, paid company holidays and time off to volunteer in your community. Please  to learn more about who we are and the many benefits we offer our employees.

COUNTRY Financial is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of employment, and in providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable laws or regulations.

Come join our team at COUNTRY today!

COUNTRY Financial does not generally sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.