Quality and Brand Experience Manage Marriott International

OUR EXPECTATIONS FROM THE ROLE:

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

• Attends daily executive committee meetings to give real time updates on hotel performance, address guest incidences and attends monthly department meetings to enhance quality training.
• Presents and shares weekly analysis on defect trends, guest feedback and provides recommendations on focus areas.
• Coordinates a weekly quality meeting focusing on guestVoice, top incidents, and business standard audits.
• Records, tracks, and communicates the progress of quality related activities in the hotel to executive committee members, managers, associates, and the corporate office.
• Facilitates problem solving meetings to verify the systematic process is adhered to and quality tools are used, with the intent to achieve resolution.
• Facilitates process improvement teams, verifying use of the systematic processes, and improvement is achievable and measurable.
• Immerses in operations to better understand issues/defects faced on the ground.
• Drives several initiatives for business standard audits and guestvoice.
• Conducts monthly audit to verify compliance with company and brand standards.
• Makes and executes the necessary decisions to keep property moving forward toward achievement of goals.
• Directs property quality efforts to address critical customer requirements.
• Completes other reasonable duties as requested by leadership.

Executing Quality Training Programs

• Partners with Learning & Development (L&D) to train executive committee members and managers on problem solving, process improvement, and strategic planning techniques.
• Develops specific training designed to improve service performance.
• Drives brand values and philosophy in all training and development activities.
• Partners with L&D team to verify transfer of learning in the hotel/classroom takes place.
• Identifies performance gaps and works with managers to develop and implement appropriate training to improve performance.
• Partners with HR on hotel recognition program for associates to recognize associates for involvement in the quality process.

Managing Quality Tools

• Verifies that management practices at all levels are aligned with quality tools.
• Verifies the tools for continuous improvements are in place and being utilized.
• Uses data collection methods to identify, compile, display, track, and analyze defect trends.

Managing the Guest Experience

• Reviews guest feedback with leadership team and verifies appropriate corrective action is taken.
• Incorporates guest satisfaction as a component of departmental meetings with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Stays visible and interfaces with customers on a regular basis to obtain feedback on quality of product, service levels, and overall satisfaction.
• Supports operational leaders in the response and handling of guest feedback, problems, and complaints on various platforms (social media, TripAdvisor, etc.).