Overview
Train in office with future work from home opportunities possible!
Responsibilities
- Promote awareness of brand image internally and externally.
- Use sales techniques that maximize revenue while maintaining existing guest loyalty to Marriott, including up‑selling.
- Communicate with potential owners via telephone to verify preview package sales/tours.
- Explain details and requirements related to attending a sales presentation to potential owners and verify that individuals meet eligibility requirements.
- Overcome potential owner objections while maintaining a polite and enthusiastic demeanor.
- Encourage guests or callers to purchase or schedule preview package sales/tours.
- Check availability of accommodations and dates, including finding alternative dates or options if first choice is not available.
- Answer guest questions about property facilities/services.
- Contact appropriate individual or department (e.g., Sales, Data Administration, Accounting) as necessary to resolve guest calls, requests, or problems.
- Follow all company policies and procedures; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
- Welcome and acknowledge all guests according to company standards; anticipate and address guests’ service needs; thank guests with genuine appreciation.
- Speak with others using clear and professional language; answer telephones using appropriate etiquette.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals; listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
- Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
- Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.
Critical Tasks
Safety and Security
- Follow company and department safety and security policies and procedures to ensure a clean, safe, and secure environment.
Policies and Procedures
- Protect the privacy and security of guests and coworkers.
- Maintain confidentiality of proprietary materials and information.
- Follow company and department policies and procedures.
- Protect company tools, equipment, machines, or other assets in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.
Guest Relations
- Actively listen and respond positively to guest questions, concerns, and requests using brand or property specific process (e.g., LEARN, PLEASED, Guest Response, LEAP) to resolve issues, delight, and build trust.
- Anticipate guests' service needs, including asking questions of guests to better understand their needs and watching/listening to guest preferences and acting on them whenever possible.
- Address guests' service needs in a professional, positive, and timely manner.
- Engage guests in conversation regarding their stay, property services, and area attractions/offerings.
- Thank guests with genuine appreciation and provide a fond farewell.
- Welcome and acknowledge each and every guest with a smile, eye contact, and a friendly verbal greeting, using the guest's name when possible.
Communication
- Answer telephones using appropriate etiquette including answering the phone within 3 rings, answering with a smile in one's voice, using the callers' name, transferring calls to appropriate person/department, requesting permission before placing the caller on hold, taking and relaying messages, and allowing the caller to end the call.
- Speak to guests and co-workers using clear, appropriate and professional language.
- Talk with and listen to other employees to effectively exchange information.
- Provide assistance to coworkers, ensuring they understand their tasks.
Working with Others
- Support all co-workers and treat them with dignity and respect.
- Develop and maintain positive and productive working relationships with other employees and departments.
- Handle sensitive issues with employees and/or guests with tact, respect, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
Telemarketing Representative
Job Family: Sales and Marketing
- Partner with and assist others to promote an environment of teamwork and achieve common goals.
- Comply with quality assurance expectations and standards.
- Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 10 pounds without assistance.
- Promote awareness of brand image internally and externally.
- Recognize opportunities to up‑sell the customer and sell enhancements to create a better Marriott experience or event.
- Use sales techniques that maximize revenue while maintaining existing guest loyalty to Marriott.
- Explain details and requirements related to attending a sales presentation to potential owners.
- Verify that individuals meet eligibility requirements for preview package sales/tours prior to scheduling a tour for a Marriott vacation club property.
- Overcome potential owner objections while maintaining a polite and enthusiastic demeanor.
- Communicate with potential owners via telephone to set up preview package sales/tours, including explaining the opportunities available and answering questions.
- Encourage guests or callers to purchase or schedule preview package sales/tours. Check availability of accommodations and dates, including finding alternative dates or options if first choice is not available.
- Answer guest questions about property facilities/services (e.g., hours of operation, rates and room types, packages, promotions, entertainment, restaurants, special events).
- Contact appropriate individual or department (e.g., Sales, Data Administration, Accounting) as necessary to resolve guest calls, requests, or problems.
Critical Competencies
- Analytical Skills
- Learning Interpersonal Skills
- Diversity Relations
- Customer Service Orientation
- Team Work
- Interpersonal Skills
- Influence
- Communications
- Listening
- Telephone Etiquette Skills
- Communication
- English Language Proficiency
- Applied Reading
- Integrity
- Positive Demeanor
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Presentation Administration
- Telephone Operations
Qualifications
- Education: High school diploma/G.E.D. equivalent
- Related Work Experience: No Related Work Experience Is Required
- Supervisory Experience: No supervisory experience is required
Marriott Vacations Worldwide is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture.