Responsibilities
Purpose of the job is to plan, develop and implement E2E Travel 2 Expense implementation activities at Kostal Europe plus region.
Co-ordinate and own the Kostal Travel management services for Europe plus region.
Co-ordinate and lead all activities related to the services between contracted service providers, internal and external stakeholders.
Establish and run the service.
Builds and develops the Travel Management Services Team and the relevant processes, systems and structures.
Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:
Co-ordinate and own the Kostal Travel management services for Europe plus region.
Co-ordinate and lead all activities related to the services between contracted service providers, internal and external stakeholders.
Establish and run the service.
Builds and develops the Travel Management Services Team and the relevant processes, systems and structures.
Main tasks, roles and responsibilities:
- Ensuring that Travel 2 Expense project and process standards are considered and implemented and followed.
- Support the development of group Travel management E2E process and standard policy
- Ensure that the policy is followed by all employees
- Drive and own system selection and implementation with close collaboration with relevant peer departments and teams
- Create the governance and organisation structure proposal – TOM- for the Travel 2 Expense services and lead the implementation.
- Actively supports the transition of Travel management activities from KOSTAL Europe plus countries to Hungary and actively shape a new SSC- HQ in Budapest inclusive of distant service locations
- Support the transition as your main project, and deliver operating process which are ensuring the smoothness operation even performed from distant locations
- Identify the service level agreement and key performance indicators
- Take responsibility to hire, retain and develop team members with close collaboration our stakeholders.
- Stakeholder management in a matrix organisation, drive change and improvements
- Selecting and managing external service providers, own and drive the contractual details and maintain the service level through KPIs, and SLAs
- Providing reports to management on budgeting
- Developing methods to decrease cost and improve efficiency
Requirements
Education:
- College or university degree/business management/finance faculty is an advantage
- Solid experience at Travel and Expense management services as well as transformation, transition experience to establish and/or improve processes and services
- Support of transformation and change management initiatives
- Vendor and stakeholder management experience
- Experience in a service driven, customer-oriented environment (beneficial: SSC experience)
- Experience with process migrations is a must
- Experience in process standardization and documentation is an advantage
- Introduction of new technologies to drive digital transformation
- Experienced user of MS Office tools
- Fluent English
- German and language of other bigger KOSTAL location is an advantage
- Ability to see the big picture and manage complex tasks, analytical mindset
- Strong problem solving and solution focus skills
- Project management skills is an advantage
- People management, leading a small team (appr.team of 5-8)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, cross-cultural skills
- Independent, goal oriented, confident personality
- Change management skills
- Service oriented and service driven personality
- Experienced traveller
What we offer
Flexible working conditions with remote work possibility (in-person presence is required from time to time), you can have a real work-life balance
I'm interested
- Modern, newly renovated, sustainable office with parking space and bicycle storage area in the heart of Budapest
- Competitive salary, benefits and compensation packages (Medicover health insurance, bonuses, an extra day off on your birthday, eyeglasses contribution)
- Supportive, diverse and highly skilled community
- Ability to really make a difference and build new processes from scratch, you can participate in the formation and shape of the BSC processes
- KOSTAL is a dynamically developing company (10-20% yearly growth in the automotive and solar industry), an independent, family-run business which provides much flexibility
- You can enjoy our value-oriented work culture: we are down-to-earth, appreciative, inspiring and innovative
I'm interested
Workplace extras
- Canteen
- Cafe
- Bicycle storage
- Parking
- Free coffee, soft drinks
Company info
KOSTAL Group is a global, family-owned German company that develops market-leading solutions for the solar and automotive industries. The company was established in 1912 and employs about 20 000 people at 47 locations in 22 countries. In Hungary, KOSTAL is about to build its first business service centre to provide business support in IT, finance, procurement, master data, sales and HR fields. This will be a global centre with high value-added and complex processes which you can help to build.
The work can be managed remotely – with time-to-time office presence depending on the team’s agreement and the demand of the respective professional area – from any location in Hungary. In case of some company events, office attendance is expected from the colleagues. Technical conditions for working from home are fully in place.
The work can be managed remotely – with time-to-time office presence depending on the team’s agreement and the demand of the respective professional area – from any location in Hungary. In case of some company events, office attendance is expected from the colleagues. Technical conditions for working from home are fully in place.