Senior Manager, Customer Experience - Singapore - EXPEDIA TRAVEL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.

Description

Are you an experienced B2B operations professional, with a passion for operating within a matrixed organisation and influencing through strong stakeholder management? If you are looking to join a global team (with regional focus on Asia Pacific) to deliver service that differentiates Expedia Group in the travel marketplace, this role is for you.

As the Senior Manager, Partner & Traveller Experience within the Traveller and Partner Servicing Platform (TPSP) organization, you will be accountable for the delivery of business to business (B2B) servicing for our Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) demand partners across the Asia Pacific Region (APAC).

Leading a team of Partner and Traveller Experience Specialists, and working across a highly matrixed organization, you will play a key role in building strong relationships with internal commercial & operational stakeholders and external demand partners, with accountability for the successful delivery of servicing strategy.

• Accountability to help define & deliver APAC service strategy for both A2A and CDS operations supporting our demand partners**:
• Work closely with retail operations to ensure servicing levels are achieved and staffing / quality controls (such as vendor quality calibrations) are in place to meet APAC demand partner network requirements real-time and for future growth
• Manage and audit EPS specific agent processes, agent knowledge base and agent communication processes to ensure efficient and effective service handling
• Help prioritize bugs in accordance with impact to operations and key metrics.
• Drive improvements in escalation management & intent insights across all APAC languages and LOB
• Establish deep understanding of agent tools, processes & policies to support the EPS business.
• Understand regional business norms / trends / competitor landscape to ensure our B2B service proposition is best in class
• Use data to identify efficiencies, customer service segment differentiation, and optimize against contractual obligations
• Stakeholder Management (internal/external) managing expectations to align with TPSP goals and initiatives to maintain / reduce costs and drive revenue**:
• Reduce unnecessary EPS demand partner / commercial account management escalations through root cause analysis, workflow improvements and initiatives to increase operational efficiencies
• Maintain balance between big picture and moving individual issues to conclusion
• Establish reporting needs and business review cadence to meet stakeholder needs
• Develop and maintain formal daily / weekly communications with retail operations, EPS commercial account management, and other internal stakeholders as required, to ensure processes are being followed, reports are being maintained and actions processed
• Utilize current reporting or develop new reporting to monitor cost and revenue to ensure TPSP departmental goals are achieved
• Through analysis, work with retail operations and EPS commercial teams to minimize errors, write offs and fraud
• Where appropriate, support the EPS commercial team in external partner facing forums
• Service Enhancement & Continuous Improvement leveraging the full suite of TPSP agent tools to drive efficiencies and effectiveness**:
• Support prioritization across the EPS & TPSP product portfolio by helping gather accurate tracking and business insights to support business impact sizing
• Use data to establish the most efficient channel to service traveler and agency needs
• Feed key insights to the right department to ensure EPS demand partner / internal stakeholder insights are effectively captured & where appropriate, actioned
• People Management strong leadership qualities, in alignment with the EG Leadership Agreement values of Include, Grow & Own**:
• Sets clear team strategy and goals for the APAC region that align to commercial and TPSP objectives
• Coach & mentor to develop individual & overall team skillset
• Fosters an environment of continuous improvement & growth where individuals are empowered & encouraged to drive self & business improvements
• Recognizes staff potential and guides employees in developing skills by recommending appropriate training and sources of information
• Creates environment for team effectiveness, where strengths are known and built upon and learning is shared to build capacity
• Obtains resources needed to reach individual and team goals
• Prioritizes team morale and productivity, celebrating team accomplishments Promotes collaboration among team members. Encourages others to cooperate and coordinate efforts

• 8+ years' experience in operational B2B customer service, management consulting or corporate strategy, preferably at a travel/ecommerce company. To include 3+ years' experience in people management
• Fluency in English and one or more of the following languages, Korean, Mandarin, Japanese
• Ability to trave