Deb Vasseur

About Deb Vasseur

Accomplished, innovative and results-oriented global travel, expense and meetings professional with domestic and international experience. Respected leader of internal direct reports, customer and supplier-focused teams. Commitment to creative, shared, enthusiastic partnerships as a key driver of company goal attainment. Lead by example to successfully orchestrate complex relationships and work environments resulting in collaborative outcomes. Proven success in strategic initiatives to identify opportunities in sourcing, process improvement, cost savings/avoidance, and efficiency-driven technology deployment. Design, implement and manage new and existing domestic and global travel programs. Provide direction to travelers through company culture-driven T&E policies, marketing communications, online/social media tools and use of preferred suppliers. Goal to create productive, cost effective, efficient, and compliant business trips. Emphasis on traveler health, safety and comfort through risk management and duty of care. Provide data driven analysis to key stakeholders and identify opportunities for continued program improvement.Experience with large and mid-market companies in high net worth family foundation; consumer retail products; travel management companies; pharmaceutical, telecom, and environmental engineering. Industry endeavors include speaking and presenting at U.S. and international travel conferences and events; serving as an established source for the travel industry press; and serving on multiple industry advisory boards and contributing to white papers.Specialties: Supplier Management – Strategic sourcing of suppliers and negotiating preferred supplier agreements to maximize cost savings and avoidance while achieving high levels of service. Development of Travel Management Company, Airline, Hotel, Ground Transportation, Credit Card, Online Booking, Expense and Meetings programs.Travel Reporting and Analysis - Define exception code and documentation requirements to facilitate management reporting and ad-hoc analyses utilizing credit card, travel management company and expense reporting data to track, benchmark and analyze metrics to measure program progress and performance. Utilize proprietary technologies; MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; SAP Concur; DOMO; and iBank.Technology Deployment - including online booking tools; expense management integration; and meetings registration using Concur and Cvent. Integration of travel tracking and risk assessment tools including iJet and International SOS.

Experience

1. Global Travel Manager

   Cloudflare

   Jun 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Skills

• Program Management
• Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Negotiation
• Travel Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Account Management
• Meeting Planning
• Event Management
• Strategic Planning
• Budgets
• Customer Service
• Hospitality
• Hotels
• Tourism
• Analysis
• Event Planning
• Sales
• Customer Satisfaction
• Team Building
• Leadership
• Process Improvement
• Business Development
• Training
• Budgeting
• Hospitality Industry