Robyn Saunders

Experience

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  Legacy Hotels & Resorts International

  Mar 2000 - Sept 2007

  Key Account Manager

  Legacy Hotels and Resorts, I was a Key Account Manager first looking after the northern Johannesburg area with clients such as Siemens they spent 6 million rand with Legacy at hotels such as the Michelangelo and Commodore hotels. My area was a strong area and I brought in approximately 17% of the total bed nights for the group. I was then moved to look after the Sandton area and to concentrate on the five star properties such as Michelangelo and The Commodore in Cape Town. I serviced the top perform companies such as UBS Warburg, City Bank, Deutsche bank, Microsoft and large travel consortiums such as Rennies Travel, Tourvest etc. While at Legacy I went on numerous training courses one being the Disney Way which I gained tremendous amount of insight on how you have internal clients and external clients. When I left Legacy I was achieving about 19356 bed nights a year. I was part of the team who opened the Michelangelo Towers and met with clients such as Sean Summers of Pick n Pay. Show less

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  Hospitality Property Fund

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Sales Manager

  Client meetings, rate negotiations

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  American Express Business Travel

  Feb 2008 - Jan 2010

  Strategic Relationship Manager

  American Express Travel; here I was a Strategic Relationship Manager my portfolio of clients amounted to R153 million per annum, clients such as Group Five( Mandy Diggle), Bateman(Graham Cummins), Associated Motor Holdings(Scott Hendren) Imperial Logistics( Christie Els) Barrick Mining(Michele Smit). I managed their financial spend on a daily basis making sure that my staff never booked the most expensive flight tickets, stayed within the rules and contracts signed with suppliers. I had to reach a target of 2.5% profit of which I averaged 6.2%. Unfortunately, Tourvest were retrenching Show less

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  Barra Resorts

  Mar 2010 - Jan 2012

  Sales & Marketing Manager

  Design of the website, adverts, magazine contracts and hold workshops at consumer, trade shows etc. Rate strategies for the four lodges and rate implementations. Sales incentives and managing staff to reach those targets,

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  Guvon Hotels & Spas

  Jan 2012 - Sept 2012

  Sales Manager The Fairway Hotel & Golf Resort
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  Aurecon

  Sept 2012 - Jan 2015

  • Operational Management:o Management of contracted Travel Management Companies o Daily interactiono Regular service and savings review meetingso Monthly financial analyzing of travel spend o Bi-annual Service Score Card (SSC) review and sign-off o To assist and give guidance to stakeholders in connection with any travel related issues outside the normal daily needs.• Travel Management Procurement:o Strategic Sourcing of external Travel Supplierso Facilitation of tender (RFP) process, as requiredo Monthly Travel spend report and analysis for all of Aurecon, for delivery to the Head of Facilities and Procurement.o Maximize savings and efficiencies• Managing Travel Policy, Directives and Guidelines:o Ongoing review of policies, directives, guidelines and processeso Communicating, training and educating business units on travel policy and processeso Monitoring compliance with travel policyo Liaise with travelers on a regular basis in order to identify improvement opportunities• Managing the Travel Agent and Other External Supplier Relationships:o Ad hoc interaction with Aurecon’s contracted suppliers in order to proactively manage contracts, initiate the reduction of travel spend, through cost improvement initiatives • Monitor Financial Performance of Company Travel:o Provide required information to the Finance Department for payments to supplierso Monitor travel costs and identify savings opportunitieso Provide weekly/monthly traveler and travel reports o Work with the Units to analyze their travel spend and advise where savings can be made Show less

  • Travel Manager

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2015

  • Business Travel Manager Africa

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2012
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  Zutari

  Sept 2012 - now

  Business Travel Manager

  Zuatri co-creates an engineered impact.