Senior Quality Officer

Etihad food group; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi invites a qualified QA leader to define and manage the Quality Assurance program for both in-house and outsourced guest relations and baggage claims.

You will act as the Etihad POC for vendor errors, drive continuous improvement, and provide leadership in analytics to reduce errors and enhance customer experience.

This role requires strong contact center QA experience, Six Sigma and COPC knowledge, and the ability to engage vendors and senior leadership.

Qualifications

• University degree or higher.
• 5+ years in contact center and e-mail handling in travel industry.
• Experience in customer service.
• Six Sigma Green Belt; Black Belt is a plus.
• COPC implementation leadership is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA program for in-house and outsourced teams.
• Calibrate vendor e-mail transactions and report outputs.
• Provide insights to improve quality and reduce errors.
• Develop monitoring guidelines and compliance reports.
• Present analytics to senior leadership.
• Monitor performance and manage scorecard against strategic plan.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Vendor management

Call center

Six Sigma Green Belt

COPC knowledge

Education

University graduate

Job description

Job Description

An exciting opportunity to define, implement and manage the Quality Assurance program for in-house & outsourced Guest Relations & Baggage Claims. As the Etihad Point of Contact (POC) for vendor errors, you will manage the dispute process while providing insights into technical improvements necessary to reduce the inflow of errors and strengthen overall quality. This role is ideal for someone who combines strong contact centre QA expertise with analytical thinking and continuous improvement experience and is confident engaging vendors, operational stakeholders and senior leadership.

Accountabilities

• Lead the calibration session with the vendor for e-mail transactions along with recording and reporting calibration primary outputs, minutes, and required monitoring guidelines updates.
• Ensure that the quality framework is supportive of Etihad goals and support customer experience as well as present customer experience analysis during monthly team meetings and provide inputs and insights for Etihad senior leadership as well
• Ensure the inhouse & vendor quality organization are providing business intelligence supporting performance enhancement
• Own reporting the process level improvement opportunity to the organization and hold the vendor & inhouse teams accountable on officer level opportunity
• Following QA Process to identify Officer-controllable & uncontrollable root cause and Performs spot check activities to detect and prevent revenue loss
• Ensure the vendor provides analysis to evaluate the outlier and behaviour data in a highly actionable and coaching format as well as run spot check
• Monitor performance by gathering relevant data and producing statistical reports and manage a healthy program performance scorecard based on annual strategic plan
• Develop Monitoring Guidelines for all e-mail transactions, present suggestions for group and individual performance improvements
• Build and maintain compliance reports requested by Management and other reports to meet business requirements

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• University graduate
• 5+ year experience in contact centre & e-mail handling in travel industry
• Experience in customer service
• Six Sigma Green Belt (Black Belt is an advantage)
• COPC implementation leader is an advantage

Additional Information

Why this opportunity stands out?

This is more than a traditional QA monitoring role. It offers the opportunity to influence quality across multiple operations, turn performance data into actionable insights, partner with vendors, drive continuous improvement and provide insights that reach senior leadership.

For an experienced QA professional who wants broader ownership and the opportunity to influence both operational performance and guest experience, this is a role where your expertise can make a real difference.

Etihad Airways is more than the UAE's national airline - we're shaping the future of global aviation. From our hub in Abu Dhabi, we connect people across continents and cultures, while driving our "Journey 2030" ambition to double our fleet, expand our network and grow our people for a new era of excellence. Join us and become part of a vision where the world is your workplace and extraordinary experiences take flight.

To learn more visit www.etihad.com