
Hospitality Experience Manager
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Basics done better - ensure the fundamentals of customer services, as outlined in Colliers 'Beyond' procedures and guidelines, are followed and delivered to the highest standards.
- Obtain and evaluate CX feedback from customers, guests and stakeholders, draft improvement action plans.
- Launch & maintain property social media handles, create a social media content planner for each asset.
- Design and carry out occupier and guest satisfaction surveys, as well as mystery shopper audits.
- Carry out CX assessments at each property as specified
- Lead by example and demonstrate best practices for all Beyond teams to follow and adhere.
- Track, oversee and optimise all customer interactions across beyond assets to build strong relationships with all stakeholders (internal & external).
- Maintain and up to date beyond service overview file
- Make arrangements/book - travel, accommodation, F&B, meeting rooms etc as requested
- Research and source products and services as per business/client needs, submit costs proposals - managing expectations.
- Mapping customer journeys in order to identify CX enhancement opportunities
- Creating bespoke site plans and executing community, customer & social value engagement initiatives to elevate all customer interactions and build strong and loyal relationships.
- Responsible for overall content/engagement (events, activities, amenities, social media) plans for properties across the Beyond portfolio.
- Carry out walk arounds and inspections as appropriate when visiting sites, personally engaging with the customers.
- Conducting monthly documented 121s with each onsite team member, ensure all CX managers attend to discuss the engagement plans, social value data, success stories, feedback.
- Achieving the highest occupier satisfaction ratings for beyond services.
- Building a strong supplier database for occupier & community engagement events/activities
- Maintaining and producing CX specified reports (pre and post engagement plans execution data), illustrating operational statistics/data etc.
- Actively contribute towards ESG targets geared towards transforming the Beyond Portfolio for sound environmental performance and wellbeing.
- Recording and reporting success stories/case studies
- Regularly meet CX Managers on-site, especially on key event days to ensure the highest quality of service is delivered, interact, and engage with occupiers, guests etc.
- Responsible for managing the Beyond direct recruitment process (job adverts, phone screening, interviews etc)
- Ensure all CX managers draft a monthly social media report, review, and evaluate the quality assurance of the content.
- Ensure all SOPs are signed and sent back for approval.
- Identify and propose new initiatives to enhance CX
- Digital Marketing: Carry out any marketing tasks and produce digital content design as required -newsletters, proposals, MS office & canva, infographics - brand alignment
- Design and maintain the CX Team Channel content
- Vlogs/Blogs - deliver vlogs and blogs as specified
- Ensure any new beyond assets are mobilized as per the standards
- You actively look for best practice ways of working, encouraging CX team interactions with clients, customers, guests, and stakeholders.
- You are confidently able to execute Beyond: Front of House department's onsite succession plan.
- Commercial Acumen - Market conditions + expectations + product/service + cost
- Hospitality/events & digital marketing experience essential
- You display creative and innovative thinking to deliver best in class CX.
- You will demonstrate a sense of urgency.
- You actively listen and interpret key information from and to clients, customers, colleagues, and service partners.
- You manage and exceed expectations by prioritising tasks.
- You can tailor your message to different stakeholders to ensure that the correct message is received.
- You will strive to anticipate needs and exceed expectations.
- You will communicate to provide required information as well as offer prompt resolutions.
- At least 1 year of experience managing digital campaigns and events, with a grasp of social media platforms and community engagement.
- Minimum of 2 years' experience in a Front of House Manager role within a hospitality or guest-facing environment.
- You demonstrate and role model the key behaviours of service excellence.
- You continually go above and beyond the expectation of your team and stakeholders.
- You preempt the work required ensuring you are always delivering high levels of service.
- You continuously look to improve the quality of your work and ensure quality control.
- You demonstrate excellent organizational and time management skills.
- You challenge where you see that time is wasted and tasks could be delivered more efficiently by focusing your energy on those tasks that are within your control.
- Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to produce detailed CX reports.
- You have strong trusting relationships and promote a culture of information sharing and cross working relationships.
- You will create a positive and collaborative working environment.
- You are results and impact focused and go the extra mile to deliver the best CX.
- You show reliance, even when under pressure and during challenging times.
- You have an excellent change management mindset.
- Be flexible and open minded to positively adapt to any reasonable changes to your role proposed by your line manager and/or the Client.
- You actively request, take on board and action any feedback to develop, as well as provide positive and constructive feedback to CX team.
- You seek out and attend relevant personal and professional development such as training courses, new projects, and assignments.
- You are aware and can identify where professional conduct and integrity should be challenged, and act as a role model and advocate Colliers values.
- You are involved in the Balance in Business initiatives for the organization and promote a culture of inclusivity free of bias, calling out inappropriate behaviours and conduct.
- You represent Colliers in community groups at internal and external events and look at how your CX team can have an impact to the wider internal and external community.