Communication Executive (Hilton Singapore Orchard)

Hilton; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilton Singapore is seeking a Call Centre Executive to manage all hotel communications during the assigned shift with professionalism and courtesy.

You will actively seek feedback, promote Hilton Honors, maximise sales, resolve guest issues promptly, and maintain guest histories.

The role requires coordination with hotel departments and familiarity with property systems to ensure outstanding guest experiences.

Responsibilities

• Actively seeking verbal feedback from customers and team members at every opportunity.
• Agree on and implement actions to make improvements to customer service.
• Promote Hilton Honors and its associated benefits to guests who are not already enrolled in the program, ensuring that existing Hilton Honors members receive personal and professional service that recognizes them as important guests and that their benefits are received.
• Maximize sales and revenue for the hotel by maintaining a sales attitude at all times.
• Positively deal with and learn from customers’ complaints and comments with follow‑up and feedback to the related Communications Manager / Duty Manager.
• Follow‑up with guests to ensure satisfaction with problem resolution (service recovery).
• Maintain guest history records to assist with returning guests.
• Make sure all guest requests and queries are responded to promptly and effectively while assisting on the floor during peak periods each day.
• Be available to assist on duty in the hotels during any busy days or special events.
• Be proactive towards guests, assist them with any reasonable requests, and train all team members to anticipate guests’ needs.
• Handle all internal and external guest enquiries promptly with minimal delay, directing them to the correct parties with which they wish to speak to and provide information where necessary.
• Effectively manage all hotel communications, telephone, fax, mail, in a prompt, courteous and efficient manner, ensuring that guests feel welcome when they contact the hotel.
• Be up to date with information on facilities, attractions, places of interests, sights and activities in and around the hotel.
• Handle and deliver all messages in a private and confidential manner, ensuring privacy for guests and ensure that the messages are received and delivered clearly, accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure that we provide on time wake‑up call services for hotel guests.
• Knowledgeable of Hilton’s departmental standards and run the Telecommunication Centre as a Communications Centre according to brand standards, explaining standards to the team, assess their performance against these standards and monitor standards through regular standards review checks.
• Familiar with hotel operating system especially OnQ PM, Kipsu, HotSOS, PBX, table management system and Micros system.
• Take on an active role in the team by being kind, cooperative, and helpful and never forgetting the person behind the guest.
• Record all equipment and be familiar with the system and functions, resuming the role as the person in charge of the section during the absence of the Communications Manager.
• Describe, assign and delegate duties and authorities for the operation of the department at all times.
• Knowledgeable of hotel and departmental KPIs especially SALT and Hilton Honors enrolment. Assisting Communications Manager to drive result to the maximum.
• Plan and coordinate with the team, ensure adequate resources are available.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure request is followed‑up and ensures follow‑up procedures are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with the F&B and Culinary teams to ensure in‑room dining quality is as per hotel standard.
• Be completely familiar with all emergency procedures and the fire system, ensuring that all Communications team members are familiar with the procedures too.
• Ensure handovers information to the next shift.
• Maintain in‑depth technical knowledge and skills required for the job.
• Maintain guest histories to assist with returning guests.
• Attend and participate in regular operational and hotel meetings.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as requested by the Communications Manager.
• Understand the goals of the hotel and the department’s role in achieving them, communicating the goals to the team.
• Understand departmental objectives for self and team, and work together to achieve the goal accordingly.
• Keep the team up to date about departmental, hotel and company activities through regular communication meetings and memos including special events and promotions in the restaurants and bars.
• Be aware of potential highs and lows in the business.
• Complete regular financial and operating reports, as required or requested by the Communications Manager.
• Follow company control procedures, controlling costs without compromising standards.
• Keep self up to date and Introduce appropriate product knowledge courses to the team.
• Understand relevant Health & Safety legislations and their implications on the department’s operation.
• Communicate to the team their responsibilities within Health & Safety, ensuring that safe and healthy working practices are implemented at all times.
• Maintain personal presentation to hotel and Hilton standards.
• Ensure that all reporting and servicing deadlines are met on a timely basis.
• Adhere to the hotel’s security and emergency policies and procedures.

Job description

Position Summary

The Call Centre Executive ensures that all communications relating to the hotel both external and internal are actioned efficiently in a professional and courteous manner and in line with Hilton and the hotel policies and procedures during the assigned shift.

What will I be doing?

As the Call Centre Executive, you will be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Actively seeking verbal feedback from customers and team members at every opportunity.
• Agree on and implement actions to make improvements to customer service.
• Promote Hilton Honors and its associated benefits to guests who are not already enrolled in the program, ensuring that existing Hilton Honors members receive personal and professional service that recognizes them as important guests and that their benefits are received.
• Maximize sales and revenue for the hotel by maintaining a sales attitude at all times.
• Positively deal with and learn from customers’ complaints and comments with follow‑up and feedback to the related Communications Manager / Duty Manager.
• Follow‑up with guests to ensure satisfaction with problem resolution (service recovery).
• Maintain guest history records to assist with returning guests.
• Make sure all guest requests and queries are responded to promptly and effectively while assisting on the floor during peak periods each day.
• Be available to assist on duty in the hotels during any busy days or special events.
• Be proactive towards guests, assist them with any reasonable requests, and train all team members to anticipate guests’ needs.
• Handle all internal and external guest enquiries promptly with minimal delay, directing them to the correct parties with which they wish to speak to and provide information where necessary.
• Effectively manage all hotel communications, telephone, fax, mail, in a prompt, courteous and efficient manner, ensuring that guests feel welcome when they contact the hotel.
• Be up to date with information on facilities, attractions, places of interests, sights and activities in and around the hotel.
• Handle and deliver all messages in a private and confidential manner, ensuring privacy for guests and ensure that the messages are received and delivered clearly, accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure that we provide on time wake‑up call services for hotel guests.
• Knowledgeable of Hilton’s departmental standards and run the Telecommunication Centre as a Communications Centre according to brand standards, explaining standards to the team, assess their performance against these standards and monitor standards through regular standards review checks.
• Familiar with hotel operating system especially OnQ PM, Kipsu, HotSOS, PBX, table management system and Micros system.
• Take on an active role in the team by being kind, cooperative, and helpful and never forgetting the person behind the guest.
• Record all equipment and be familiar with the system and functions, resuming the role as the person in charge of the section during the absence of the Communications Manager.
• Describe, assign and delegate duties and authorities for the operation of the department at all times.
• Knowledgeable of hotel and departmental KPIs especially SALT and Hilton Honors enrolment. Assisting Communications Manager to drive result to the maximum.
• Plan and coordinate with the team, ensure adequate resources are available.
• Coordinate with relevant departments to ensure request is followed‑up and ensures follow‑up procedures are maintained.
• Communicate effectively with the F&B and Culinary teams to ensure in‑room dining quality is as per hotel standard.
• Be completely familiar with all emergency procedures and the fire system, ensuring that all Communications team members are familiar with the procedures too.
• Ensure handovers information to the next shift.
• Maintain in‑depth technical knowledge and skills required for the job.
• Maintain guest histories to assist with returning guests.
• Attend and participate in regular operational and hotel meetings.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties and responsibilities as requested by the Communications Manager.
• Understand the goals of the hotel and the department’s role in achieving them, communicating the goals to the team.
• Understand departmental objectives for self and team, and work together to achieve the goal accordingly.
• Keep the team up to date about departmental, hotel and company activities through regular communication meetings and memos including special events and promotions in the restaurants and bars.
• Be aware of potential highs and lows in the business.
• Complete regular financial and operating reports, as required or requested by the Communications Manager.
• Follow company control procedures, controlling costs without compromising standards.
• Keep self up to date and Introduce appropriate product knowledge courses to the team.
• Understand relevant Health & Safety legislations and their implications on the department’s operation.
• Communicate to the team their responsibilities within Health & Safety, ensuring that safe and healthy working practices are implemented at all times.
• Maintain personal presentation to hotel and Hilton standards.
• Ensure that all reporting and servicing deadlines are met on a timely basis.
• Adhere to the hotel’s security and emergency policies and procedures.