Representative Cruise

Royal Caribbean Group; Philippines; On-site; PHP 201,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Caribbean Group in the Philippines is seeking a Representative, Cruise to handle in-bound sales and service calls from travel partners and direct guests. You will assist customers with pricing, availability, and reservation changes, while ensuring accuracy and adherence to established procedures.

You will enter data into Royal Caribbean systems, answer inquiries, and pursue cross-sell/up-sell opportunities. Training and a fast-paced, metric-driven environment are part of the role.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; associate degree preferred.
• Minimum six months of customer service experience.
• Accurate data entry of text and numbers at 35 wpm.
• Strong verbal and written communication with internal/external customers.
• Attention to detail in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment.
• Ability to understand promotions, commissions, and payments.

Responsibilities

• Answer inbound calls from travel partners and direct guests with a friendly, can-do attitude.
• Quote prices and availability; cross-sell and up-sell; secure bookings.
• Assist with changes to reservations; record payments; accommodate guest preferences.
• Enter reservation data into systems and maintain history of transactions.
• Research and resolve customer questions; escalate non-routine issues.
• Comply with company policies and quality assurance standards.

Skills

Customer service

Data entry

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Sales skills

Problem solving

Numerical proficiency

Learning new systems

Education

High School Diploma

Associate degree (preferred)

Job description

Job Description:

Representative, Cruise

Under the direction of a Reservations Supervisor, handles in-bound sales and service telephone calls from Travel Partners and/or direct guests. This role requires them to provide assistance to our customers with shopping for pricing and availability as well as those servicing existing reservations. The reservation Agent is expected to respond to customer inquiries or direct these to the appropriate resource. They are required to comply with established protocols, procedures, and quality assurance standards. Team members must have the ability to confirm a pre-determined schedule including daily shifts, breaks and lunches. Schedules may change as required by the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Answers in-bound telephone calls from travel partners and/or direct guests with an upbeat and friendly disposition, exceptional verbal communication skills, and a strong commitment to customer satisfaction. Provides general information regarding Royal Caribbean products, services and promotions. Quotes prices and availability including cross-selling and up-selling. Secures bookings.

• Services existing bookings including making changes to reservations, accepting and recording payments and assisting travel partners with arranging guest preferences. Researches and provides information in order to accommodate special needs.

• Enters required information into Royal Caribbean systems and maintains an accurate history of each reservation and any associated transactions. Uses multiple data base systems, internal computer programs and various computer-based resources

• Conducts basic research for the purpose of problem resolution and communicates solutions to travel partners and/or guests. Directs non-routine matters to the appropriate Royal Caribbean resource for special handling and resolution

• Complies with established industry and company protocols and procedures. Understands and complies with company quality assurance standards

• Attends required training classes, completed required on-line virtual training courses and satisfies completion standards. May be assigned to special projects and may serve on employee committees

• Performs other duties as required. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor or management

QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• High School Diploma required associate degree preferred

• A minimum of six months customer service experience

• Ability to accurately perform data entry of both text and numeric information at a rate of at least 35 wpm from both spoken and printed sources

• Effective communication skills in spoken and written formats with both internal and external customers.

• Attention to detail

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment

• Decision making skills in situations where variables exist. Ability to assess situations and make mutually beneficial decisions within established guidelines

• Sales skills including positioning products to meet customer needs

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to understand and explain promotions, basic accounting, commissions, and payments

• Demonstrated ability to utilize internal computer software and web-based resources. Ability to learn and utilize multiple systems in completion of job functions

• Ability to comply with internal policies, guidelines and conduct standards