Sabre Corporation is a leading technology provider to the global travel and tourism industry. Headquartered in Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre operates offices in approximately 60 countries around the world. At Sabre, we make travel happen. Positioned at the center of the business of travel, our platform connects people with experiences that matter in their lives. Today, Sabre is creating a new marketplace for personalized travel. It is our people who develop and deliver powerful solutions that meet the current and future needs or our airline, hotel and travel agency customers. Join our journey!

Reporting to the Director of Strategic Planning, you will be part of the high powered and dynamic Strategic Planning team. The team has three primary responsibilities - leading and driving strategic initiatives, championing a multitude of special projects covering a wide gamut of business units and supporting the Lodging Ground and Sea (LGS) leader and team.

* Candidate needs to be based in DFW*

Responsibilities:

• Helps define & oversee the Travel Solutions strategy and vision for the Lodging Ground and Sea team. Close coordination with the TS leadership teams: Sales, Finance, Product, Marketing, Legal, etc.

• Co-leads the annual planning/budget process.

• Evaluates, oversees, and manages numerous highly complex strategic projects and initiatives ensuring they stay within the agreed upon timelines, at a regional level and globally.

• Improves processes and implements best practices across functions and regions.

• Provides general management support in managing weekly staff meetings, crafting and supporting the LGS leadership meetings, All Hands as well as sales regional meetings.

• Help design and execute analytics for studying business issues (market research, scenario planning, forecasting, market share, profitability, etc).

• Support development of formal recommendations to senior leadership in the form of presentations, business cases, investment proposals, reports, term sheets, etc.

• Work with different teams to identify key business issues, articulate problem, apply right analytical framework, develop solution and recommendations and represent findings to stakeholders.

• Involvement in all aspects of corporate development, from M&A and due diligence to financial modelling, valuations, and deal structuring.

• Other duties as assigned or requested.

Education: Business Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Experience:

• Ability to work in a highly independent and results-oriented environment.

• Strong analytical, strategic and financial acumen.

• Proven expertise in data analysis & financial modeling.

• Expert user of Excel and PowerPoint.

• Problem-solving skills with the ability to anticipate potential issues and suggest creative alternatives to overcome barriers.

• Ability to connect the dots and see the big picture and make recommendations based on emerging trends, expansion opportunities, competitive threats, and internal business process improvement.

• Ability to build consensus and alignment and communicate and collaborate effectively at all levels of the organization. The role requires close partnership and communication with senior leadership across Sabre. A strong team orientation is critical to the success in this role.

• Multi-tasking ability to facilitate quick turnarounds.

• Good creativity and problem-solving skills.

• Ideally hotel knowledge/experience (but not mandatory)

• Sales Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Account, Acquistion, Airline, Distribution, Hospitality, Travel

Skills:

• Sales Strategy, Corporate Strategy, Account, Acquistion, Airline, Distribution, Hospitality, Travel

Reasonable Accommodation Sabre is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. Applicants applying for a Sabre position with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact Sabre's Compliance Office at compliance.office@sabre.com

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