Travel & Expense Manager (EMEA and APAC)

Meet our Team

We represent Hitachi Vantara Global Travel & Meetings program. We collaborate as a team and cross-functionally to ensure the success of our internal stakeholders travel, meeting & expense needs.

What you'll be doing

• Work alongside the Global Travel Director/Global Process Owner of Travel & Expense to help improve employee productivity and the employee experience, ensure duty of care, while achieving cost reduction

• Lead the travel operations within EMEA & APAC to align with the Global Travel Management Strategy
• Assist with global projects, and manage a range of regional travel suppliers (air, ground, hotel, travel management company (TMC), and overall tools used to facilitate booking to expense settlement process)
• Manage regional expense exception approvals for EMEA & APAC
• Help drive policy and program compliance through reporting and recommendations
• Oversight of EMEA/APAC Meetings Sourcing programs

What you bring to the team

• Minimum of 5 years' experience managing a multinational or global travel program
• Strong understanding of complexities of managing global travel at a large company with strong emphasis on EMEA & APAC
• Experience with expense submission and expense policy management complexities
• Outstanding communication and customer service skills, both written and verbal
• Attention to detail with excellent organizational skills

Our Company

Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what's now to what's next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.

Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Values

Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don't meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa - Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto - Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin - Pioneering Spirit, Challenge