Customer Relations Manager

Air Arabia; Sharjah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Arabia seeks a Customer Relationship Management Lead to enhance customer satisfaction and engagement across the organization. This role requires extensive experience in customer relationship management within the aviation industry, including team management and a strategic approach to customer engagement.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in a similar customer management role, preferably in aviation.
• 2+ years supervising a team.

Responsibilities

• Implementing CRM strategy and solutions across the group.
• Managing customer relations teams and ensuring KPI achievements.
• Analyzing data to recommend improvements for customer satisfaction.

Skills

Customer Relationship Management

Stakeholder Management

Team Leadership

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Management or Communication

Job description

Job description:

Job Purpose

Lead the overall Customer Relationship Management (CRM) function across the Group with the aim of improving satisfaction, engagement and customer lifetime value. Responsible for implementing comprehensive and integrated customer satisfaction management solutions that support the entire customer travel lifecycle.

Key Result Responsibilities

• Co-creates along with other business functions and implements a group-wide CRM strategy, for the execution of cost-effective, revenue-protecting customer complaint solutions and service recovery actions.
• Work cross-functionally with other business functions such as Sales, Ground Operations, Contact Center, Customer Experience, Ancillary services etc. for implementation of projects/ initiatives to improve customer satisfaction.
• Implements standardized processes & procedures across the group for handling customer complaints / communication and requests pertaining waivers/adjustments/revalidation/refund on tickets and other related issues.
• Builds, manages and maintains effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders providing expert advice to achieve desired benefits and business outcomes.
• Provides direction & guidance to the Customer Relations teams in all Hubs for resolving customer complaints at all stages of the customer journey as well as delivering key insights back to the business.
• Consolidates and analyzes group -wide reports & customer centric data & trends; recommends to Management, ways and means of overcoming service shortfalls to promote customer satisfaction. Designs and delivers projects which help achieve tangible outcomes.
• Monitors and ensures that operational related KPIs are achieved for customer relation function across the Group. E.g. Average Response Time; Service recovery expenditure etc.
• Work in close collaboration with the IT team to define requirements and identify the IT infrastructure capable of best supporting seamless engagement, service delivery and recovery at each customer touchpoint.
• Manages the performance of Customer Relations team members across the Group while providing regular coaching and mentoring for their continuous enhancement. Partners with HR to provide training and career development opportunities.
• Provides direction, coaching & guidance to team members for their career & professional Development.
• Create a conducive working environment to build and sustain a performance driven, engaged, and committed team.

Profile description:

Qualifications (Academic, training, languages)

- Minimum bachelor’s in Management/Communication or any other relevant field

Work Experience

- 7+ years of extensive working experience in a similar role in the aviation industry of which minimum 2 years' experience supervising/ managing a team.