UK Trade Service Agent

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Royal Caribbean Group's GTS APAC Shared Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time UK Trade Service Agent reporting to the Manager.

Position Summary

Working within an inbound contact center team, the Royal Agent's role is to support trade partners & guests. The role is of medium complexity as the role covers trade partners and some guest contacts from initial Sales enquiry all the way through the air and service touch points to the guest departing for their cruise holiday.

The primary focus of the role is to deliver a premium service to our Royal UK & Ireland trade partners & guests by giving consistent elevated service through incoming calls.

To ensure that personal and team KPI's and objectives are met whilst staying true to the Royal brand vision and core values.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Key accountabilities

• Answers inbound telephone calls from travel partners and direct guests with an upbeat and friendly disposition, exceptional verbal communication skills, and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction.

• Servicing existing bookings through our in-house Reservation System, to match our customers' needs

• Servicing air enquiries, using all of the relevant air booking tools

• Accountable for taking full ownership of guest issues, 'I can solve this for you.'

• Convert any Sales enquiry calls into bookings using our in-house reservation system, focusing on 'right guest, right ship, right price'

Measured by

• Perform against department & personal KPIs

• Through regular monitoring, feedback and the QA process, ensure that high value guest enquiries are being converted and retained through their service experience

• Delivering a personalized and premium level of customer service for every Royal guest contact, including all phone and some off phone contact

• Effectively handle guest complaints to prevent complaint reoccurrence

• Provide a first call resolution by pre- emptying the callers next question and to prevent unnecessary calls

OPERATIONS & KPI's

Key accountabilities

• Achieve service levels to ensure the Company's team and individual targets are met.

• Consistently meet and exceed the Company's Quality Assurance Standards

• Demonstrate flexibility to provide support and assistance to other departments when needed

Measured by

• Attend regular 121's with the Supervisor/Manager to discuss performance against targets

• Ensure that all written responses are of a consistently high standard to prevent follow up emails

• Engage with the QA process, to maximize performance against set goals

• Attend 'cross function training' to support key functions and be multi skilled when required

STAFF TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Key accountabilities

• Attend regular training to become brand, product and & policy experts within the Company

• Be fully confident in using all systems that relate to the role; (ie AS400, Travelbox, WFM, KD).

• Provide accurate and timely information utilizing Company resources

• Participate in departmental projects and tasks as required

Measured by:

• Demonstrate your knowledge when speaking to agents & guests.  Become a knowledge expert

• Take ownership for keeping updated on system, product, brand and policy enhancements, to ensure that your knowledge is up to date

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills

• Experience within Royal Caribbean and/or the travel industry. Particularly within a cross functional customer service/sales/operational environment.

• Experience of guest complaints desirable

• Good attention to detail

• Ability to multitask and work under pressure

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Flexible, approachable with a passion for the business.

• Working on a shift pattern, weekends will be worked on a regular basis

We know there's a lot to consider. As you go through the application process, our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance, and more relevant details to answer any additional questions. Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group. We'll hope to see you onboard soon

It is the policy of the Company to ensure equal employment and promotion opportunity to qualified candidates without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, sexuality, gender identity or expression, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Royal Caribbean Group and each of its subsidiaries prohibit and will not tolerate discrimination or harassment.