Customer Service Executive 981 views

Position: Customer Service Executive

Department: Operations & Customer Experience

Section: Customer Service

Reports to: Manager – Customer Experience / Supervisor – Customer Experience

Deputised by:

Job Description

Job Summary

Handle all customer service complaints to ensure client satisfaction and assist with medical emergencies and accidents.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Investigate all sales complaints, faults arising in operations and suggest appropriate action to all parties concerned.
• Liaise and coordinate with reservation agents and representative supervisors in ensuring clients’ problems are handled and solved efficiently and courteously and monitor that necessary follow-up action is taken.
• Promptly deal with correspondence regarding customer complaints received after clients’ departure and communicate information to all concerned.
• Make recommendations to improve the efficiency of operations and customer handling.
• Monitor and report on quality of own and subcontracted services, and take corrective action where appropriate.
• Ensure that Customer Services Incident Reports are submitted on time; take/advise on corrective action when required; dispatch to relevant department for further action.
• Critically analyse Daily Representative Reports and ensure that all complaints are actioned promptly and feedback given to Tour Operator.
• Ensure guests’ questionnaires are distributed, analysed and forwarded to appropriate department for action.
• Oversee arrangements for special events eg. Medical cases.
• Advise Reservations and Marketing Departments of state of hotels eg. building operations facilities etc. through the distribution of Reports following inspection visits.
• Analyse complaints and produce reports for management meetings on a weekly basis; prepare and submit monthly reports and statistics.
• Assist with Internal Auditing of allocated areas and submit reports on a timely basis.
• Customer Duty Phone is a must on a rotating basis
• Assist with the completion of documentation from Tour Operators as per agreement.
• Participate in activities relating to Educationals and attend dinners as designated.
• Assist with any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Benefits

Remuneration can be negotiated based upon experience and qualifications.

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• Post Secondary Level of Education
• High level of Computer literacy – WORD/EXCEL
• High level of numeracy
• Fluency in (oral/written) English; other languages highly desirable.

Experience

• At least two years experience in the hospitality/tourism industry.
• Previous experience in Guest services an advantage.

Other Skills and Attributes

• A people person who can adapt to different cultures.
• Flexible; able and willing to work odd hours
• Energetic, self-motivated and very well organized.
• Excellent communication skills and good time management.
• Ability to handle difficult customers and work well under pressure.

Training

• Induction/Orientation Training
• On the job Training
• ISO Awareness Training
• Lead Auditor’s training
• Time Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Customer Service and telephone skills training

How to Apply?

Interested candidates should Sign-up or login to apply now or forward your CV with covering letter to:

Human Resources Department, Mason’s Travel (Pty) Ltd, PO Box 459, Revolution Avenue, Victoria, OR by e-mail to: recruitment@masonstravel.com

Our Team will respond to shortlisted candidates only.

Closing date for all applications is 29th November 2024

Note:

In order to increase your chances of a successful selection, kindly ensure that your application is complete and that all relevant information such as your qualifications have been provided with your application.   Otherwise, the Employer reserves the right not to consider your application for selection.