Kristina Orlin

- Set strategy for prioritizing and executing Travel related subcategories (including: airlines, hotels, car rental, meetings and events) to deliver value for the business

- Act as liaison between suppliers and business units. Lead Periodic Business Review and Partner meetings with a focus to drive accountability and improve supplier performance and negotiate remediations with suppliers, when necessary

- Proactively implement changes to improve and enhance the travel and event management program.

- Oversee day to day T&E Operations

-Liase with Virtual First team to streamline meeting/events for the company including creating offsite playbooks, ensuring all contracting, and purchasing tasks to payment PO are completed
- Reconciliation of Global credit card program including Travel P-Card
- Define travel and event reporting metrics and dashboards for key stakeholders and compliance.

- Thorough knowledge of company operations, policies, and procedures ensuring a high level of customer service for key stakeholders and executives.

-Manage travel partners globally- TMC agency, airlines, hotels, rental car, and transfers
-Manage corporate card program including reconciliation duties
-Assist with Passports and visas- provide advice, support and invitation letters, review visa docs
-Duty of care responsibilities including traveler tracking, managing health and security provider, emergency assistance
-Advise on COVID restrictions globally
-Manage small to medium groups- meetings under 50, group air, room blocks
-Run travel workshops and update and manage travel intranet

- Oversaw company travel requests and ensured employees followed travel policies and procedures
- Acted as company’s liaison with corporate travel agency to resolve any travel-related questions or issues and provides
after-hours travel coverage for emergency issues
- Assisted with training for travelers and office administrators globally
- Negotiated corporate rates with travel vendors so company obtains the best pricing
- Managed corporate apartments: reservations, cleaning services, maintenance requests, lease renewals
- Maintained and updated Travel confluence site