Lead Travel Consultant, German Speaking

Posted 13hrs ago

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Lead Travel Consultant arranging complex corporate travel for Amex GBT, a global business-travel company. Serving German-speaking clients remotely from Gurgaon or Bangalore.

Responsibilities:

  • Advise and arrange travel for corporate business customers, including individuals and groups
  • Arrange and book domestic and international business travel involving air, road, rail, and accommodations
  • Use Global Distribution Systems, including Sabre, Apollo, Amadeus, and/or Galileo
  • Communicate with customers by telephone, chat, email, and/or back-office systems
  • Provide proactive travel advice and sell additional services while adhering to company travel policies
  • Work independently and collaboratively to meet business and account-specific goals
  • Recover dissatisfied customers through exceptional phone and email service
  • Serve as the primary customer contact throughout the resolution process
  • Set realistic customer expectations and communicate resolutions clearly
  • Explain complex situations and deliver challenging news while maintaining customer satisfaction and trust

Requirements:

  • Previous experience in travel, preferably business travel
  • Understanding of fares and ticketing rules for car, air, and hotel
  • Passion for excellence in client service, including proactive anticipation of needs
  • Native GDS expertise, specifically Amadeus
  • Fluent written and spoken German
  • Excellent level of English (required)
  • Attention to detail
  • Integrity and ability to protect personal traveler information
  • Strong understanding of the travel industry, including business travel, leisure travel, or airline reservation backgrounds
  • Ability to resolve customer issues quickly and independently
  • Teamwork and openness to feedback
  • Flexibility to work the European market shift: 11:30 AM–8:30 PM or 12:30 PM–9:30 PM, depending on daylight saving

Benefits:

  • Flexible benefits tailored to each country
  • Health and welfare insurance plans
  • Retirement programs
  • Parental leave
  • Adoption assistance
  • Wellbeing resources for employees and immediate family
  • Weekly travel deals from major travel providers on flights, hotels, cruises, and car rentals
  • Access to over 20,000 courses on the learning platform
  • Leadership courses
  • New job openings available to internal candidates first
  • Global INclusion Groups
  • Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities