POSITION PURPOSE
- To facilitate the pre-arrival planning
- To meet and greet the guests on their arrival or during the stay.
- To provide our guests with an on brand personalized experience journey.
- To recognize special occasions of the guests to enhance their stay experience.
- To lead the guest retention and recognition program of the hotel.
- To use the guest amenity program to enhance the guest stay experience.
- To review the guest global profile for guest preferences and their delivery.
- To drive the guest engagement at the hotel by using the GXP cases.
- To effectively contribute in a high Guest Voice loyalty composite through recognition, friendliness, helpfulness and efficiency.
- Support Front Desk and Club operation when needed
- Assist with check in and check out for the guests
- To do adhoc tasks as per operations requirement
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Ensure that services provided are in harmony with our Sheraton core values.
- Ensure that our guests receive an on brand personalized experience upon arrival, departure and throughout their stay.
- Acknowledge and recognize Marriott Bonvoy members and deliver the related welcome amenities upon arrival.
- Ensure implementation of the WELCOME upon Check in and FAREWELL upon check out.
- Ensure strict compliance with Sheraton Brand Standards in all related tasks and duties achieving 90% or above in the BSA inspection
- Live the Sheraton Brand Differentiators (Sheraton Sleep Experience and Sheraton Club).
- 100% daily usage of the Guest planning Screen to deliver preferences successfully to our guests.
- Ensure smooth and clear communication with all other FO, HK, club and Room service associates.
- Ensure rooms allocated for VIPs are not changed unless amenities are shifted.
- Acquire the proper product and service knowledge needed to perform your job properly.
- Ensure that guests’ requests are fulfilled and closed in GXP within 15 minutes as average response time.
- Ensure guests’ defects are closed in GXP within 15 minutes from the time the complaint was received while ensuring that guests are appropriately compensated and guests are satisfied.
- Use GXP to update guests profiles with requests, defects, preferences and any other comments/information acquired during stay
Be aware of the hotel Fire and Emergency procedures.
- Assist the hotel revenue by:
Rooms/Suites Upselling.
Suggestive selling of the hotel restaurants.
Special occasions packages
- Have sufficient information about local surrounding areas to able to provide guests with choices and/or alternatives when requesting for assistance.
- Build positive, effective and on brand relationships with internal and external customers including VIPs and Marriott Bonvoy Elite members.
- Enforce free marketing activities to promote the hotel services through our guests by encouraging them to post reviews and tweets in the various social media.
- Actively participate in the hotel sustainability, community and OI (Operational Innovation) activities.
- Ensure proper grooming and personal hygiene at all times as per hotel guidelines.
- Be knowledgeable about the hotel Guest Voice scores and current improvement plans set for the department.
SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Computer Skills
- Opera knowledge
- GXP knowledge
- Team work spirit
- Excellent command of English
- Additional language is highly required
- Excellent communication and follow up skills
- Prompt and caring with guest services experience
- Honesty, integrity and ownership skills
QUALIFICATION STANDARDS
We do expect that you do have the experiences/ behaviors below. You:
- Totally embrace the philosophy of guest and customer service and owns the guests;
- Identify yourself with the hotel’s brand and operating philosophy;
- Possess a warm and friendly demeanor;
- Strive to achieve satisfaction and delight of our customers;
- Are detail oriented;
- Thrive on pride of work and its product;
- Play as a team to achieve common goals;
- Have immaculate personal presentation e.g. grooming and conversational ability;
- Demonstrate self-confidence, energy and enthusiasm;
- Have a strong ability to learn skills, retain and demonstrate learning;
- Uphold ethical business practices.
EDUCATION
Bachelor degree required.
PSYCHICAL CONDITION REQUIRED FOR YOUR ROLE
Ability to stand for long hours.