Kovuru Sasikumar

To be part of a dynamic organization, to work and interact with people of a growing and professionally managed organization that will challenge my skills and utilize my abilities. To fulfill the challenging opportunities, meaningful career growth and professional development, which will benefit to me and my company.

• ABINBEV
• Responding to travel requests promptly and professionally.
• Ensuring accuracy in managing all tools and storing data.
• Managing and resolving customer service issues across all levels of the organization in a timely and effective manner.
• Blocking air tickets and hotel reservations for employees through appropriate tools.
• Arranging transportation for employees, including cabs for client visits, brewery tours, and airport transfers.
• Screening purchase requisitions to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Manually creating purchase orders from approved purchase requisitions.
• Validating purchase requisitions and purchase orders based on reference points and company standards.
• Leading the procurement function, overseeing purchasing processes, comparison of quotations, price validation, and creation of purchase orders.
• Maintaining travel reports, as well as PR/PO reports for analysis and presentation.
• Negotiating fares with vendors and onboarding new vendors into the organization.
• Collecting data from various sources to monitor and track the travel budget.
• Frequently using websites such as MMT, Egencia, and TravelPlus for air ticket bookings and accommodation reservations.

• Reviewing travel requests to ensure they comply with company policy.
• Collecting train or bus details for booking train or bus tickets based on their preference.
• Blocking air tickets and hotel reservations for employees using the appropriate tools.
• Arranging cabs for employees where cab aggregators (Ola or Uber) are unavailable.
• Collecting travel bills from vendors weekly, both in soft and hard copies, and verifying the bills for accuracy, including identifying duplicates.
• Submitting soft and hard copy travel bills to the finance department every 15 days.
• Collecting the NDC (No Dues Certificate) from vendors every quarter.
• Coordinating with vendors each month to check for outstanding payments after releasing the payments.
• Reviewing vendor agreements for annual renewals or extensions.
• Maintaining a well-organized travel request tracker.
• Sending feedback forms to employees after completing official travel and following up with them up to three times. If the employee does not respond to the feedback survey, reaching out via phone to gather their feedback.
• Frequently using websites like Riya, Yatra, and TravelPlus for air ticket bookings and accommodation reservations.

• Responded to employee travel requests promptly and professionally, ensuring efficient coordination and communication.
• Processed flight, bus, and train bookings in alignment with company travel policies and employee preferences.
• Arranged accommodations for employees traveling on business, maintaining quality and budget standards.
• Coordinated local, outstation, and airport cab transfers for official purposes.
• Planned and supported internal events, including venue scouting and logistics coordination.
• Resolved employee queries related to the travel partner portal, claims, and travel advances.
• Handled MyClaims and advance requests efficiently through the employee self-service portal.
• Generated and analyzed monthly MIS reports covering flights, hotels, cabs, claims, and advance requests for reconciliation.
• Processed travel claims and advance requests in accordance with employee entitlements and budget limits.
• Negotiated fares and onboarded new travel vendors to optimize cost-efficiency.
• Maintained an organized travel request tracker for internal audits and reference.
• Verified and submitted vendor invoices to the finance team for timely payment processing.

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