The position is responsible for ensuring high level of guest satisfaction and ensuring good customer feedback and response to customers’ queries in a timely manner.  Reaching out and liaison with tour agencies and the increase the sales tickets and meeting the monthly sales target.

Primary Responsibilities

Providing A Great Shopping Experience

• Handling customer complaints and concerns.
• Answer to customers questions through in-person, phone, email, chat and may also providing timely, empathetic help that keeps customers’ needs at the forefront of every interaction.
• Be personalized, competent, convenient and proactive.
• Detailed guest product knowledge and assist guest with selection of gifts and souvenir based on details product knowledge.
• To ensure stocks are fully replenished on retail shelves at all times. Takes corrective action or communicates half empty shelves to Senior Operations Executive.
• Operate P.O.S machine and handle cash and other payment methods professionally, courteously. Understands how to handle local and foreign currency.

Provide Retail Experience That Meets Guest Expectations

•  Manage and communicate merchandise opportunities to Boutique Manager.
• Participate on monthly inventory stock take.
• Proactively engages with all guests and upsells items.
• Working with Senior Retail Operations Executive to ensure stocks are been clear timely.

Supervision/Training Of The Retail Team

•  Inducts and trains Retail Associates in technical skills and product knowledge.
• Manages team within guidelines of the hotel.
• Coaches Retail Associates to constantly improve or maintain performance and provides guidance where performance is below expectation.
• Ensures execution and maintenance of all Visual Guideline as well as guaranteeing the visual presentation of retail store is meeting all set Raffles standards.
• Ensures that safe working practices are followed including emergency procedures.
• Maintains levels of confidentiality and discretion for colleagues and guests.
• Develops own knowledge and skills as a contributing member of the Retail team.

Online Orders And Store Orders

•  Ensure that all web orders and enquiries are answered timely.
• Ensure all online products information, inventory and new products are up to date
• Maintains levels of confidentiality and discretion for colleagues and guests.
• Continuously develop own knowledge and skills as a contributing member of the Retail team.

Other Responsibilities

• To oversee and ensure smooth processing of mail orders request.
• Timely providing feedback from guests to enhance guest’s experience.
• To observe professional and customer focused telephone etiquette at all times.
• To be familiar with any and all promotional events for the Retail store or hotel.
• Corporate purchase/festive hampers.
• To record and handle any defective and damaged goods and highlight to Manager in timely manner
• Performs any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned.

Tour Guide

• Manage and communicate with tour guide at the boutique.
• Participate in relationship building with the tour guide.
• Identifying tour guide in the boutique.

Candidate's Profile

Knowledge and Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience in the retail industry.
• Ability to speak Japanese will be an advantage.

Competencies

• Interpersonal skills well developed with guests, employees, management.
• Ability to work independently, effectively, reliable and self-directed.
• Good presentation and influencing skills.
• Multicultural awareness and able to work with people from diverse cultures.
• Flexible and able to embrace and respond to change effectively.
• Ability to work independently and has good initiative under dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated and energetic, confidently able to resolve problems and make decisions.
• Communication skills in English spoken/written.

Benefits of Joining Raffles Hotel Singapore

• 5-day Work Week.
• Duty Meals are provided.
• Colleagues’ Discount and/or Preferential Room Rates at worldwide Accor Hotels.
• Flexible Benefit – Dental/Optical/Vacation Expenses/Children’s Education.
• Medical and Wellness Benefit.
• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage.
• Local/Overseas Career Development & Growth Opportunities.
• Holistic Learning and Development Opportunities.