As the Senior Manager, Travel & Meetings Operations - Americas, you will be responsible for operations relating to Travel, Meetings, Expense and Payment Solutions Operations for the Americas region (Regional responsibility can change subject to alignment with GSK BU’s). Stakeholder management across all BUs and the region is key to this role in order to manage policy for meetings and travel. You will provide close monitoring and analytics of Travel, Meetings & Expenses spend to optimize GSK spend. This is a high-risk category requiring duty of care.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

• Collaborates with the Operations and Sourcing team to develop best in class service and optimized and cost appropriate traveler and meeting experience for GSK people
• Establishes and manages KPI’s to ensure effective control and manage all Travel & Meetings Spend and supplier service for the region
• Works in partnership with Country/ Region LOC Procurement (LOC’s) and Country/ Region Finance (CFO’s) team to optimize traveler and meeting owner awareness of spend and behavior (to control spend and optimize demand in line with industry benchmarks
• Manage meetings operations and strategy for the Americas regions
• Agree and align on meetings forecast with key meeting stakeholders and support meeting stakeholders in developing meeting strategy for the Americas Markets
• Manages Americas Operations for Travel including budget management
• Corporate Card (and other relevant card products) programs including adherence to established KPIs, process optimization, and end-user support in liaison with GM’s and CFO’s
• Works in partnership with the Country / Region CFO’s to provide strategic direction, insight into meeting management practices and advice
• Provide reporting and support to key travel & meetings and events stakeholders
• Manages T&E/ Meetings & Events regional supplier relationships in line with the global supplier's strategies and initiatives
• Implement and manage global and regional projects  
• Regional Travel & Meetings Supplier (TMC, MPA’s, air & hotel suppliers etc) management including QBR’s and communicating initiatives throughout the region
• Proactively manage key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies and support execution alongside sourcing team

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of direct travel, meetings and events, and expense experience or experience in procurement
• Experience with travel, expenses and meeting systems

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Master’s degree
• Experience generating data insights for performance metrics
• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders
• Strong Influencing skills
• Communications experience
• Negotiation and contract management skills
• Experience delivering quality, compliant, timely, well-specified agreements to generate a clear return on investment for GSK
• Market knowledge of supplier capabilities (current and future)
• Ability to exercise considerable judgment and discretion in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project management skills
• Ability to provide effective procurement management in complex organizations using technical expertise and analytical skills

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The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $103,500 to $172,500 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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