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The Manager Guest Relations has overall responsibility for the Guest Relations and Baggage Claims teams.  A key role in the Customer Care Leadership team, the Manager Guest Relations sets the vision and strategy, whilst ensuring processes and procedures enable the team to meet business objectives and work to measurement frameworks and SLAs. The manager is also responsible for BPO Vendor Management for the Baggage Claims and Flight Disruption teams. 

• Plan, develop and implement the Guest Relations and Customer Care strategy, to ensure an exceptional customer experience, and maintain departmental integrity and values. Responsible for setting and controlling of allocated budget used for service recovery.
• Manage outsourced vendor Teleperformance teams, for Baggage Claims and Flight Disruption. Constantly assess vendor performance and establish review mechanisms to ensure quality control and increase operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Coach, mentor, and direct the Guest Relations department/supervisory team. 
• Evaluate and audit Guest Relations Officers’ performance, to ensure effective resolution, identify improvement opportunities, and provide appropriate support and feedback.
• Coach and develop teams to deliver exceptional and consistent guest service recovery.
• Support and advise stakeholders and Executives on effective guest complaint resolution.
• Manage Guest Relations and Baggage Supervisors to control, monitor and regulate compensation.
• Manage escalations from Etihad executives, to investigate and resolve the issue.
• Ensure regular reporting on quality measures and standards is completed and communicated to internal and external stakeholders, translating analysis into actions
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders, working together to resolve identified trends and/or systemic problems and reports from Guest Relations/Baggage Claims.
• Oversee completion of team activities, ensuring channels are effectively managed; mailbox, CRM workflow activities, daily responsibilities, to deliver against KPIs and SLAs.
• Record, track, and communicate regularly with Executives and Director Customer Care, on trends, improvements, and business outcomes.

• Degree level education preferred, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years management in a customer service/Guest Relations environment .
• Knowledge and experience handling baggage claims (preferred).